Originally Posted by
Beachboy
US Navy F18 pilot
Year 6/7
2022 hours flown: 230 (Good year but only due to deployment. Probably average 150/year)
$82K base pay
$27K housing allowance
$3K food allowance
$7K flight pay
$3.8K “company” match
Total Gross: ~123K
Nights away from home ~ 7 months
Posting this as a joke but damn... the grass is looking pretty green right now.
Perspective for 20 years USAF
Base pay: about 110k$
Flight pay: 12k$
BAH: 22k$
Company match:7.2k$
Tax free (deployed):about 3k$
Perdiem: about 2k$
Total: about 156k$
Hours flown: about 440
Gone about 110 days straight, numerous overnight/multi day trips (TDY)
I’m out now.
1st year NB FO at UAL
86k$ min pay guarantee of 73 hrs a month
6.6k$ company contribution
92k$
320 hrs
Mostly RSV (RSV at UAL isn’t great)
Commuting sucks-12-13 days off a month which translates to 6 days home a month.
2nd year is gonna be nice.