See but that's where your knowledge of the company is lacking. Yes; their Navajo pay is ~$23k/yr. Little do you know their BE99 upgrade is 2-6 months, and that's only if you don't have the time needed to get it when hired. You're looking at ~$28k/yr with retention bonus. The Metro upgrade is at the 1 year mark - that's $41k/yr. Do that for another year and become a check pilot - they have been there two years and are now making $55k-$60k.

If hired on at similar time at Skywest (1200TT) you won't upgrade for at least 1 year, most likely 1.5 years due to their requirements to upgrade. Another quick upgrade carrier - Colgan, has their upgrade at over two years now according to an inside source which puts you making low $20k's for two years.

The downside with AMF is the duty days suck at first. I hear with senority it gets better. As with anything in life, it's a tradeoff.