Originally Posted by
flyvne1971
Thanks! Do you have the non-adjusted rates by any chance? Or better yet, a source?
Assuming the #'s are correct, inflation had gone up roughly 73% between 1989 and 2009 (according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics). So, divide any of the pay rates by 1.73 and you'll get the # non-adjusted (or rather, readjusted) rate from 1989.
Originally Posted by
clipperskipper
I was hired in August, 1988 . . . PanAm Express had their own version of the "B" scale, where the Ransome guys were making $48,000, I came in at $37,000, ludicrous by today's standards.
In today's $, that would be $88,631 for the Ransome pilots, and a new hire Dash 7 FO would pull in $68,320 - more than most prop CA's makes today.
Originally Posted by
clipperskipper
I left the Dash-7 left seat making $48/hr.
That's $88.63 an hour for a Dash 7 CA. The
Dash 7 was a 50 passenger prop.
You can really see that pilot income of all kinds (regional, mainline, corporate) have not kept up with inflation.