How bout some advice/overview for the younger guys?
07-08-2007 | 05:12 PM
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Just out of curiousity, what is the average age of both FO's and Captains at regionals? Are there many captains that stay at a regional their entire career? I would think that some senior captains at regionals would be very happy staying put rather than starting all over again at a major.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
07-08-2007 | 06:04 PM
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Just out of curiousity, what is the average age of both FO's and Captains at regionals? Are there many captains that stay at a regional their entire career? I would think that some senior captains at regionals would be very happy staying put rather than starting all over again at a major.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
07-10-2007 | 10:56 AM
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Just out of curiousity, what is the average age of both FO's and Captains at regionals? Are there many captains that stay at a regional their entire career? I would think that some senior captains at regionals would be very happy staying put rather than starting all over again at a major.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
BTW the reason I asked about age, is paok said she is 22, which is my age, and I am only at the private pilot level, however I graduate in December and will be full force after that.
I'm 20 now
07-10-2007 | 05:06 PM
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My dad has always been in the nuclear power industry. He's done moves across the country to a different utility where they paid $40,000 just to move him and all his crap, gave him a sign on bonus, and paid him more than he was making at the other company. Also, lots of places will take a H.S. grad on as an employee, and then pay for them to get a degree on the side, with no reduced pay as a consequence of getting the degree.
I don't buy the cost of training one bit as an explanation for the low first year pay.
I don't buy the cost of training one bit as an explanation for the low first year pay.
07-10-2007 | 05:18 PM
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07-15-2007 | 06:28 PM
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Maybe someone among you can answer a newbie question for me. For a while now I've been wondering why I'm seeing annual salary figures for first year FOs that are in the teens (ex. $14,000 per year) when the hourly pay rates don't support a figure that low. I assume it has to do with how much an individual actually works. I currently get paid for 80 hours a month at around $15.50 an hour, and pull in an annual salary of over $30,000 before taxes/health/retirement deductions. If an airline has a guarantee of 80 hours a month, and starting pay is something like $20 an hour, wouldn't I be be making more annually than I do now? Does it have something to do with being on reserve for a while? What am I missing?
07-15-2007 | 06:43 PM
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Maybe someone among you can answer a newbie question for me. For a while now I've been wondering why I'm seeing annual salary figures for first year FOs that are in the teens (ex. $14,000 per year) when the hourly pay rates don't support a figure that low. I assume it has to do with how much an individual actually works. I currently get paid for 80 hours a month at around $15.50 an hour, and pull in an annual salary of over $30,000 before taxes/health/retirement deductions. If an airline has a guarantee of 80 hours a month, and starting pay is something like $20 an hour, wouldn't I be be making more annually than I do now? Does it have something to do with being on reserve for a while? What am I missing?
2 months x $500 = $1000
10 months x 75 x $20 = $15,000
If you fly a lot you may credit 100+ hours (if you have any work rules) plus per diem can push you to the mid- 20K's.
Also you may have a variety of expenses in training...uniforms and maybe your hotel room.
