The article brings up that there's a regional pilot who makes $31K, and that's surprisingly low. Of course, we all aren't surprised. What
is surprising is the comments made on the article:
Hopefully Bridget is a pilot for UPS or FedEx and risks only the lives of her co-pilots — and possibly a few ground casualties — on each flight.
I bet Bridget wishes she was a Fed Ex or UPS pilot too.
As a pilot myself, I find it amusing how everyone thinks we make big bucks. People always figure we have hundreds of lives in our hands, both in air and on the ground, but that isn’t true. Airline planes have auto-pilot, so the people in the cockpit are really just there to make the passengers feel better. The big jets can fly without pilots, but who would get on a plane being operated by some guy in a dark control room at an undisclosed ground location? Of course, the salary of pilots isn’t so bad when you consider the benfits they get. All pilots are compensated fairly for their work, just like everyone else with a job.
When you get a V1 cut, you're on your own - this gal will be watching the autopilot handle it while thinking about her great benefits.
