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![]() "Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... |
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..Blueskies. wrote:
"Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... Yeah, and that's because most people view instructing as a necessary evil instead of a possible career. |
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![]() "Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... Yeah, and that's because most people view instructing as a necessary evil instead of a possible career. Just like the teachers at the local schools - who is going to pay them what they are worth? Maybe someday... |
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..Blueskies. wrote:
"Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... Yeah, and that's because most people view instructing as a necessary evil instead of a possible career. Just like the teachers at the local schools - who is going to pay them what they are worth? Maybe someday... I don't know, none of my teachers were worth anything until I got to the university level.. |
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![]() "Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... Yeah, and that's because most people view instructing as a necessary evil instead of a possible career. Just like the teachers at the local schools - who is going to pay them what they are worth? Maybe someday... I don't know, none of my teachers were worth anything until I got to the university level.. Well, I guess you gets what you pays for! ;-) |
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..Blueskies. wrote:
"Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... .Blueskies. wrote: "Rachel" wrote in message ... 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. Used to be at the airport 6 days a week for roughly 12 hours each day. Flew 6 or so hours/day. Loved it but only lasted a couple years... Read an article about some feeder line that paid the newbie pilots something like $12,500 the first year...and the pilots paid them something like $10,000 for the type rating. How do you propose that CFIs demand enough money to make a career out of it? CFIs are paid what the market will bear, no more... Yeah, and that's because most people view instructing as a necessary evil instead of a possible career. Just like the teachers at the local schools - who is going to pay them what they are worth? Maybe someday... I don't know, none of my teachers were worth anything until I got to the university level.. Well, I guess you gets what you pays for! ;-) I don't know about that....I went to high school in a VERY well paying district (teachers STARTING at $60,000) and they still sucked. But this isn't a thread about that. :-) |
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![]() "Rachel" wrote I don't know about that....I went to high school in a VERY well paying district (teachers STARTING at $60,000) and they still sucked. But this isn't a thread about that. :-) Where? I may have to consider a move! -- Jim in NC |
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