Originally Posted by
caddis
Slow, ACL, and ftb,
... I am amazed at the number of Captains I fly with that fly 85 to 100 hours a month, to "make ends meet." ... In fact I flew with a Capt recently who was made because he could not get scheduled to the FAR limits each month because he needed that many hours.
With higher wages many (not all) guys would fly less hours thus creating a need for more bodies.
Wow ... worst case at DAL, a Captain earns $138 per hr (acording to the pay scales posted on this site). At 75 hours per month, that's $10,350 per month before taxes, not including per diem.
Some might say that if you can't make ends meet earning that much, then an additional $50K a year would quickly be absorbed by your lifestyle, requiring those same captains to still fly 100 hrs per month to support their lifestyles.
Not trying to be critical ... just sayin' that increases in salaries may not directly lead to a drop in average flying hours per pilot ...
But raises are still a good thing regardless.
