A pilot’s life: exhausting hours for meagre wages
What he leaves out is the golden ring of big cash they make all that sacrifice for. Once they have their ATP, nothing much changes in their jobs except they are accruing the hours to move up into the bigger jets.
Once they get into airplanes the size of an A320 or a Boeing 737-800 etc., then the wage scale really goes up. By the time a person gets into a 777, they are going make a base rate of 320K a year approx for flying a few trips a week, and 400K a year with a little overtime.
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I flew the A320 and the B777. You are off by a mile. Do some research before you post.
And as far as the hours,most of the time pilots spend at work (away from home) are unpaid. Pilots only get paid when the airplane is moving. The 70ish hours per month number is pretty meaningless.
Not any more. $150K tops if lucky. Suggest Sully Sullenberger's book.
gets into a 777, they are going make a base rate of 320K
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Who’s making $320 K?
I know a 737 pilot with thousands of multi-engine hours from the Air Force (instructor pilot, the whole deal). He has had to work 2 jobs for years to keep his mortgage paid. Your figures are way off the mark. There’s no longer a “golden ring” in the airlines.