Originally Posted by rickair7777

Airline pilots make $113 and work 20 hours a week???

Those surveys conveniently exclude unpaid non-flight time...many pilots work 2-4 times the hours they actually get paid for if you count sit times, mx delays, pre/post flight duties, travel to/from the hotel, etc.

$113 / 3 = $38

Let's look at an FO...divide $38 by 2 = $16

Normalize that for an age 65 retirement 35/40 x $16 = $14/hr.

There is also a tax penalty since pilots (the lucky ones) experience a large increase in pay during the last years of their career...they get taxed more haevily on this pay "balloon" even though it is compensation for dues paying early in their career.

Want to really scare yourself? Do that math again, but start with 2nd year regional FO pay...