Comments on: How much is too much for regional pilot pay? http://geekinthecockpit.com/archives/736 From the cubicle to the cockpit Fri, 11 May 2012 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jeremy http://geekinthecockpit.com/archives/736/comment-page-1#comment-471 jeremy Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:43:46 +0000 http://geekinthecockpit.com/?p=736#comment-471 Something that i have said about the pilot pay is the. "If a brain surgen screws up, one life is lost. If a pilot screws up 40-200 lives are lost" I don't understand how these people live with themselves. They are telling the senate that pilots make decent pay??? Well let me ask you this Mr. Cohen. Is the pay working at McDonalds reasonable? After you have gone to college and spent 40-100 Thousand dollars getting the training to do that job? NO i don't think so. Is living in poverty reasonable? NO. I cannot believe that the senate baught into that crap. It is rediculious! Something that i have said about the pilot pay is the. “If a brain surgen screws up, one life is lost. If a pilot screws up 40-200 lives are lost” I don’t understand how these people live with themselves. They are telling the senate that pilots make decent pay??? Well let me ask you this Mr. Cohen. Is the pay working at McDonalds reasonable? After you have gone to college and spent 40-100 Thousand dollars getting the training to do that job? NO i don’t think so. Is living in poverty reasonable? NO. I cannot believe that the senate baught into that crap. It is rediculious!

]]> By: Kelli http://geekinthecockpit.com/archives/736/comment-page-1#comment-453 Kelli Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:43:10 +0000 http://geekinthecockpit.com/?p=736#comment-453 Remember, that's just the "average". You are lucky to make the average after 5 years at some airlines! I don't know how starting pilots make it if they make so much less than average. They really are making it seem better than it is by saying "average". Did any of those senate committee members even ask what the starting pay is? I bet/hope they would be completely shocked! The starting salary at certain airlines is living in poverty if you have a family to support. That's disgusting in my opinion! Remember, that’s just the “average”. You are lucky to make the average after 5 years at some airlines! I don’t know how starting pilots make it if they make so much less than average. They really are making it seem better than it is by saying “average”. Did any of those senate committee members even ask what the starting pay is? I bet/hope they would be completely shocked! The starting salary at certain airlines is living in poverty if you have a family to support. That’s disgusting in my opinion!

]]> By: Joseph Schmoe http://geekinthecockpit.com/archives/736/comment-page-1#comment-449 Joseph Schmoe Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:07:04 +0000 http://geekinthecockpit.com/?p=736#comment-449 RAA is living in a fantasy. It is absurd to think that $32K is an acceptable comp level for first officer, even one on their first flight. Unfortunately, as people are still lining up to fly at those wages, Its isn't going to get any better. Especially when people are willing to pay tp fly as FO. Good luck. Schmoe RAA is living in a fantasy. It is absurd to think that $32K is an acceptable comp level for first officer, even one on their first flight. Unfortunately, as people are still lining up to fly at those wages, Its isn’t going to get any better. Especially when people are willing to pay tp fly as FO.
Good luck.
Schmoe

]]> By: Mikel http://geekinthecockpit.com/archives/736/comment-page-1#comment-447 Mikel Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:24:00 +0000 http://geekinthecockpit.com/?p=736#comment-447 "this salary is in line with comparable professions" -- I'm sorry, what other professions out there put the lives of over 50 people in yours hands for 8 hours a day? Doctors? My first-year resident friend is going to be making 6-figures this year. "...pilots, while on duty, receive collectively-bargained per diem expenses." -- Yes, which average around $1.50/hr. So when I'm stuck on the ground due to maintenance for 4 hours, I just made $6 for my time, while dealing with maintenance personnel, cranky flight attendants and outraged passengers? Just because the airplane isn't moving doesn't mean we're not working. “this salary is in line with comparable professions” — I’m sorry, what other professions out there put the lives of over 50 people in yours hands for 8 hours a day? Doctors? My first-year resident friend is going to be making 6-figures this year.

“…pilots, while on duty, receive collectively-bargained per diem expenses.” — Yes, which average around $1.50/hr. So when I’m stuck on the ground due to maintenance for 4 hours, I just made $6 for my time, while dealing with maintenance personnel, cranky flight attendants and outraged passengers? Just because the airplane isn’t moving doesn’t mean we’re not working.

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