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Old 04-06-2017, 10:42 AM
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I am doing a career analysis and was wondering what a typical 5 year, 10, 15, 20 year earnings might look like. I am not asking for specifics, just a general ballpark numbers. Or another way is if someone could guess over a 20-30 year career what an average over that span would be. I appreciate any help with this. Again, just looking for ballpark numbers.
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Old 04-06-2017, 12:33 PM
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I'm also interested in this topic mostly because there is so much misinformation regarding this topic among the airlines at the moment. The United MEC recently put out this topic which compares the airlines. It looks professionally done, but I don't think it accurately reflects quality of life or the unique applications of different parts of the FedEx contract. The most notable graph is on the final page of the document which shows that a Delta pilot overwhelmingly out-earns a FedEx pilot. I have a hard time believing that is true over the lifetime of a career even if Profit Sharing is riding high for the duration.

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Old 04-06-2017, 12:47 PM
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It's hard to really tell. If you make 220-250K salary throughout your career, where do you do better? I realize that you will make more down the road but is it worth giving up the front loading? I'm looking at it from a commuting standpoint. If you live in base you have more opportunity to make more I assume but what are guys really pulling in 15 years into it? Benefits are a different topic.
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Food for thought, over 80% of purple airplanes are wide bodies. Less than 20% of theirs is. Yes, new hires can hold it at United but if they did, they'd fill up fast. Almost every FO at FedEx can be on wide body pay second year if they want it.


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[QUOTE=Pakagecheck;2337586]Food for thought, over 80% of purple airplanes are wide bodies. Less than 20% of theirs is. Yes, new hires can hold it at United but if they did, they'd fill up fast. Almost every FO at FedEx can be on wide body pay second year if they want it.


Yeah but Delta has guys on property less than two years sitting in the left seat making way over 200K. So that nullifies the second wide body notion at purple.
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The most notable graph is on the final page of the document which shows that a Delta pilot overwhelmingly out-earns a FedEx pilot.
Only a narrow-body Capt at FX...of which the vast majority of FX Captains are on widebody pay.
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I think anyone senior to me should head over to United. As far as this particular case, Fedex numbers are way off. Not sure about the rest. And don't forget P B S .... vacation & quality of life killer.

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Yeah but Delta has guys on property less than two years sitting in the left seat making way over 200K. So that nullifies the second wide body notion at purple.
Since you brought it up....how many?
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[QUOTE=StarClipper;2337661]
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Food for thought, over 80% of purple airplanes are wide bodies. Less than 20% of theirs is. Yes, new hires can hold it at United but if they did, they'd fill up fast. Almost every FO at FedEx can be on wide body pay second year if they want it.


Yeah but Delta has guys on property less than two years sitting in the left seat making way over 200K. So that nullifies the second wide body notion at purple.
This is only a few individuals for a limited time - until the maddog dies. Most Delta pilot careers don't work like that. Simalarly I have a buddy who has been there for almost a decade and can't touch the highest pay scale (747/777). I know one individual personally who is the two year CA at DAL. I made more money than him as a FO at FedEx and I'm not senior, but I am in a wide body. Did others make as much as me, yes and no. It all depends if you're the stay at home do nothing person or the live in Memphis and make bank person.

But the reality is, who freaking cares? Go work where you want. You're not going to starve at any major.
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[QUOTE=StarClipper;2337661]
Originally Posted by Pakagecheck View Post
Food for thought, over 80% of purple airplanes are wide bodies. Less than 20% of theirs is. Yes, new hires can hold it at United but if they did, they'd fill up fast. Almost every FO at FedEx can be on wide body pay second year if they want it.


Yeah but Delta has guys on property less than two years sitting in the left seat making way over 200K. So that nullifies the second wide body notion at purple.
Huh, so does FedEx. As stated by others, only a few and once those few are filled.... no more. Point is, All of this doesn't mean jack unless you compare apples to apples and the majority of FedEx pilots are on our wide body pay scale, and a majority of theirs are on narrow.
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