Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
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.
SkyHigh
Whoops, slow yourself WAYYYYY down, there. The correct figure is very close to $80K (which is in the ballpark of your figure). My original estimate was based on my guess of your seniority (oops, sorry, you haven't any seniority any more) and not an attempt to 'throw everything in'. That's very close to calling me a liar, and not at all appreciated. I only included the 401k because we have a ridiculously good match that appreciably changes our compensation. No dry cleaning reimbursement included, since that got gutted in this contract ($15 per month- woohoo)!
That's fine to say that these guys can only make $54K at QX because they don't want to move, or even commute, but you can't then blame Horizon because they could MOVE AND MAKE MORE ELSEWHERE! Apples to apples, please. A new hire out of UND at age 22 would be making $80K at about 29. No, he or she isn't getting rich by any stretch, but that's not poverty, either.