"Mike Marron" wrote:
Ed Rasimus wrote:

Sorry, Mike, but if your bud is telling the truth about flying 76's
for Delta, he's doing $4K/week not month. Not even the yesterday hire
FE on a Fokker is making as little as$48K/year.

Old F-105 bud of mine just retired (mandatory) last year from Delta
after flying 747-400s. I asked him how he was doing and he said he'd
been making $350-375K/yr, but he did weekend and holiday standby
reserve which paid double-time so he tweaked his annual up closer to
$450K.

If you can say "no doubt the guy is a millionaire" you probably gotta
recognize he didn't get there on $48K/yr.

Unless he's paying alimony to several trophies....

According to my friend (whom, BTW, is a Cap'n on the 767) most
people *grossly* overestimate how much airline pilots actually
earn these days.

From:

http://www.willflyforfood.cc/Payscales/PayScales.htm

A Delta B-757/B767 Captain (same cockpit) working the minimum 65 hours a
month at $243/hr should gross $15,795/month

All I know is that I was a Part 135 (cargo) pilot for a while and
would've thought I had died and gone to heaven if they paid
ME $4K per month!

I'm sure nothing tops what you've done, Ed, but if ya' can't do that,
ya can't beat flying just for the sheer enjoyment of flying. And the
lighter the better...