Fair wage scale for regionals?
06-09-2013 | 06:16 AM
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It's kind of funny listening to all the young ones complaining about starting pilot pay. I remember those days.
One of the reasons is, it's an entry level job. Most entry level jobs start with low pay. This will never change.
No one put a gun to your head and made you take the job you now have.
If you want to make serious money and you are still young. Go work in the Maritime Industry. Starting pay in the Maritime industry is 60K and tops out at 400K.
Just my two cents
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One of the reasons is, it's an entry level job. Most entry level jobs start with low pay. This will never change.
No one put a gun to your head and made you take the job you now have.
If you want to make serious money and you are still young. Go work in the Maritime Industry. Starting pay in the Maritime industry is 60K and tops out at 400K.
Just my two cents
701EV
Maritime pays well because not enough people want those jobs.
Sound familiar?
Our problem is our unions and the RLA
06-09-2013 | 06:55 AM
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Unions drive DOWN wages and working conditions? I agree with the RLA part.
06-09-2013 | 06:58 AM
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Unions drive DOWN wages and working conditions? I agree with the RLA part.
06-09-2013 | 07:31 AM
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I'm on 3rd year pay at a regional, and I work the schedule to have around 15 days off a month, but yet I will gross between $55,000-$60,000 this year. Credit will be about 1200-1300, with block about 800-900.
06-09-2013 | 07:36 AM
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Would you say the average 3 year regional airline first officer earns $55,000 to $60,000 per year?
06-09-2013 | 07:38 AM
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06-09-2013 | 07:40 AM
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It's the exact same reason that wages are low, because people let them get that way. Take the eagle guys that are uncovering the corrupt union practices, THEY are actually doing something about it. Unions aren't inherently bad, but if you just keep your mouth shut and let them go, bad things can happen, just like keeping your mouth shut and letting wages slide. The union becomes a big business in it all for itself because that's what people let it do. Everyone needs a good swift kick in the ___ every once and a while.
06-09-2013 | 08:02 AM
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A pilot will earn what they want to earn though. I don't commute, I bid uncommutable high credit trips, and I pick up high credit trips to other people don't want, like 7.5 hr day lines with a 630 duty in and a 730 duty out. If the $55-$60k average, I would say no. I would say it's more like $40k.
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