When I go to the APC page for Horizon and enter 9th year pay for a CRJ captain I come up with $76,440. After taxes it is around 61K. Not to bad if it was for a 28 year old kid without mouths to feed.

When I calculate 9 year pay for a Dash 200 it comes to $53,760 before taxes.

This is a common problem with pilots. Not only do they try to throw everything in but the kitchen sink in order to artificially inflate their stated income, but they fail to reflect upon the challenges, losses and sacrifices it took to get there.

54K for a middle aged man who has spent the last 20 years in the profession is not good. To some high school kid it might seem like a good deal but when compared to a school teacher or Wendy's manager it is horrible.

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