Originally Posted by SkyHigh
A starting paramedic makes 36K his first day out of school and rapidly moves up to the mid 50's at least a full decade before the average Horizon pilot makes that much.
SkyHigh
Just like your first post that I replied to I agree to with most of what you said and it makes for good debate as it is our opinions that we are exchanging. Once again though you throw in a line that just doesn't make sense. I'll ask you again, and any other Horizon pilot on this forum...is the payscale and garauntee listed here on APC wrong?
If the most junior captain was hired in '99, a "full decade" later he'd be a 10 year DH8 capt. $63 X 92hr X 12mo = $69,552
The most junior capt was hired in AUG '99 and therefor just started his 7th year for pay, so in his 7th year he'll be in the mid 60's ($58x92hrx12mo=$64k)(end of factual dispute......opinion to follow)
My brother is a fireman and does quite well. And yes he has a very lucrative retirement package. Retirement in the private sector is a thing of the past though. There is another thread here that states DAL may not send out 3500 retirement checks this month. UAL & USAir have screwed their current and former emloyees and DAL & NWA are doing it now. I'm glad that I don't have a company pension plan as we have seen that it is at risk of being taken away, I own my 401k, and IRA's, not the company. When I was an FO, I used to tell my brother that he had the third best job in the world and that I had the second. He say 'oh yah, who's got the best' and I'd say 'my captain'. He would disagree since he didn't care anything about flying. We both work about 11 days/mo but I make 3x as much. He wouldn't want my job though, he loves his at .30c on the dollar. My point being is, either do something you love or go work for as much money as you can and 'buy' things that will make you happy. If it's the pensions and retirement that you are covetting, then go get a federal gov't job (those pensions are secure as they'll just raise our taxes to cover them). I recently read somewhere that the average Air Traffic Controller now makes more than the average Airline Pilot. I think the #'s were something like $103k vs. $89k (who would have thunk?) I'll be listening for you on the radio
