I would not do that job for $2000 / month even if it meant flying. The
flying part did not offset the awful working conditions.


Jim Macklin wrote:
Inflation since the 70's makes $800 equal about $2,000
today.


"Cal Vanize" wrote in message
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| Rachel wrote:
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
|
| Are those monthly salaries? Seriously, wages will
vary, but a Captain
| for an airline should earn $40,000-75,000 annually and
a co-pilot
| about half of that as a starting salary. Corporate jobs
may even pay
| more but require more hours and extra certificates such
as A&P.
|
| Bag boys make over $20,000 stuffing bread into "paper
or plastic" at
| the market. Pilots need to learn to insist on a proper
wage, but damn
| it is so much fun to fly.
|
|
| LOL, no, yearly. I think I should have clarified that
my captain friend
| is making 40K a year flying CRJ's for a regional, and he
just upgraded
| (why can't I remember the airline???). The guys I know
making 20K are
| just out of school commercial pilots with 300 hours.
|
| And don't get me started on the CFI's I know. I hate
that most don't
| take instructing seriously enough to demand enough money
to make a
| career out of it.
|
| My first job flying (other than CFI) paid $800 / month
(early 70s). It
| was a right seat job and required loading / unloading
cargo five + days
| or nights a week. The job gave me experience and hours
but there was
| little joy flying that way.
|
| My college roomate went into the Air Force and got his
hours that way.
| After a successful airline career, he retired.
|