Originally Posted by
ERJ Jay
He was talking total package (pardon the pun):
Pay
Retirement
Health Care
Per-diem
etc
etc
etc
Yeah they add it all in, come up with something rosey. Not that I am putting it down, I think its good information. Yeah FO's at regionals make squat, nobody starts in the top 3rd of the payscale. Ask a Doctor how long it takes to make any real money. Want real money fast learn how to sell cars.
I love how some guys get out of flight school with 250 hours of flight time and figure they are owed a Jet Seat that pays 45K with 22 days off. What happend to just being glad you didn't have to sit in a 152 for 13 bucks an hour hoping the little bastard in the left seat wasn't going to try and kill you, again.
Don't get me wrong first officer pay is a joke, $20 bucks an hour sounds good to the outsider until he finds out its only with 9.50 in the real world. We should all be fighting for a minimum of $30/yr straight across the board. 1st year anywhere.