Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
It says the average regional pilot makes $62,000 after five years compared to $87,000 at a legacy. That logic is assuming the regional pilot is a captain and the legacy pilot is a first officer. That is flawed logic as the regionals are done growing. We could have 15 year first officers at the regionals that are working now.
I don't know about that. I would bet that any growth in the U.S. airline industry comes at the regional level, as regionals swallow more and more of the domestic system.