Denys was a pilot for Skyup, a low-cost airline out of Kiev, Ukraine.
According to SalaryExplorer, the HIGH (pay attention, I said HIGH.) monthly salary for a Ukrainian pilot with 20+ years of experience and a Master’s Degree is 65,500 UAH per month which equates to 1785.2468509 USD per month. (2023 figures)
65,500 UAH X 12 = 786,000 UAH
786,000 UAH = 21,422 USD
From the site: Pay Scale Structure
To provide a better understanding of expected salaries, we categorized the frequently occurring salaries into different ranges. This approach provides a more precise representation of salary distribution for the job title Pilot in Ukraine compared to simply calculating the average. The majority of reported salaries, approximately 65%, fall within the range of 23,900 UAH to 34,300 UAH. About 20% of salaries are below the 23,900 UAH mark, while 10% fall within the range of 34,300 UAH to 39,000 UAH. Only 5% of individuals have salaries exceeding 39,000 UAH.
https://www.salaryexplorer.com/average-salary-wage-comparison-ukraine-pilot-c226j80
BroJoeK wrote: “If Davydov’s current income is indeed $218,000 that compares to earnings of a senior airline pilot, which was his pre-war job.
Pilots earn circa $400,000 per year, so if anything, Davydov has taken a pay cut.”
$400.000 a year is a salary for a First World pilot...not a Third World pilot.
To sum it up, Denys makes over $200,000 more per year shilling his propaganda on YouTube than he did as a Uke pilot.
bimboeruption:
"$400.000 a year is a salary for a First World pilot...not a Third World pilot." Your numbers suggest a Ukraine pilot's salary of circa $21,422 per year, which seems low, even for a third world pilot.
bimboeruption: "To sum it up, Denys makes over $200,000 more per year shilling his propaganda on YouTube than he did as a Uke pilot."
Just a few reminders:
- Davydov began making YouTube videos well before 2014, so piloting was never his sole source of income.
- Gross income can be one thing, it's a meaningless number, while net income after expenses can be something quite different.
Regardless of gross numbers, we have no idea his net income. - To claim Davydov is "shilling his propaganda" you must first prove Davydov puts out information which is knowingly false.
I've seen no such proof.
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