Just to give you a reality check, my W2 for 2005 was $23,000 roughly! Yup thats not a typo, $23,000. Gross! Not take home. Now, I have another source of income that alone doubles what I make at the place I work, but still. $23,000. Gross!
Now that I'm on captain pay, guess what. $55-60,000. Thats it! For being a 121 captain thats all you get. Keep in mind people before you start to bash that its only a regional. It's peoples lives we transport. Thats all you get for flying thousands of people a year as pilot in command.
When I was going through my ratings in college and working part time at the mall on commission I made $44,000 my last year there. Thats working fridays saturdays and sundays. Thats it. 3 days per week, 8 hours per day.
We work anywhere from 15-20 days per month. And have 10-14 hour duty days with no breaks. It's uncommon to see a duty day less than 10 hours. And you usually only get paid for 16-20 hours for every four days of work as a pilot at my company. Do the math.
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