Starting Pay for Pilots/Copilots
 

This is from a list on Yahoo! about the best jobs for new graduates. Pilot/Co-pilot was number 6 of 10 on the list of "Jobs That Pay New Grads the Best."

6. Airline Pilots/Copilots and Flight Engineers

Beginning Wage: $54,460
Median Earnings: $110,590

I wonder how many days into ground school the new grads will be before one of them asks the grizzled vet teaching them the CFM, "I think there may have been a mistake. We're supposed to be starting at a little north of $50K a year".

The instructor will probably start laughing so hard that someone will call 911.

The Dash Rocks Forever!

It's probably an accurate starting wage for a first-time airline pilot...who has 2000 hours in an F-16.

And what is the active duty service commitment in the Air Force these days? I think it is 10 years "after" you get your wings. Looks like a sizeable pay cut for them to make the leap --- plus they are already half way to retirement.

If you fly this shiny jet today, I'll gladly pay you a hamburger next Tuesday.

questions: i have 251.344 hours, 19.231 multi - give or take a few hundredeths. i here the job market is really heatin' up brahs. do you think their is a chance of gettin on bored with some jet time? im tired of flying in indian country LOL.

i dont care about money. i would even fly for free. $54 thou is way to much more then i need to crash on. chillaxin with the brahs is a big expanse, but i can cover that with about $18 thou. that covers a lot of PS3 games

also, if I get hired by skiwest or chatakaw (flying a jet they're would be sic): what kind of hedset, sootcase and rollerbored do i need?

oh ya and i needz me a lether bomber jacket with iPod pouch. witch won?

Thank You for that Bob!

Watch out...those guys are on the way! Sooner than you think!

IMO this is an early frontrunner for Post of the Year...

Comment on that ATP rule all you want. It would surely fix most of this. Not a complete solution but I bet you would see a lot less of it.

Agreed. The headset and suitcase question had me dyin.