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Old 12-14-2008, 06:20 PM
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SeamusTheHound
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Default Baker's Math

Originally Posted by Sbaker1595 View Post
Branded...lets do some math.....simple grade school math....assume you are a new captain at a regional airline.. 60K annual is a good rough estimate of what you would make in that situation...now lets take your annual salay of 60k and divide it by the total hours your going to make in that year......lets say your going to work 800 hours a year at that airline..so essentially $75.per hour for that amount of work.now lets take the common fact that the corprate pilot will work 350 hours a year (which is what we are prospected to fly this year) and make 40k during that year....that comes to $114.00 per hour...if you can do basic math you will easily see that i am offering far better than the airline hourly pay...now lets add in expenses on the road...which are ALL paid for, healthcare benifits (which might i add are far better than ANY airline), yearly bounus, and paid vacation...in addition the option to have profit sharing options at years end....i would appriciate it if you knew the FACTS before you made negitive comments..lets keep this professional and not regress to the childhood pre k state that you made your comments in...thanks in advance
(I know this thread is old, but...)

According to this guy, you should be happy with this job because the HOURLY RATE is relatively high.

Unfortunately, HOURLY RATES don't necessarily pay the bills, MONTHLY AND YEARLY SALARIES do! The only way his math makes ANY sense is if the pilot-employee is given enough free time from the $40k per year job to make up the difference doing something else. If not, it's just a lower-paying job, period.

I wouldn't trust a shell-game artist like this to balance my checkbook, much less be my boss.
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