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Ask any pilot for American Eagle how much they make... I now work for the travel industry and so get to see lots of articles on how the pilots are underpaid. I
by GFischer 8y ago
Ask any pilot for American Eagle how much they make... I now work for the travel industry and so get to see lots of articles on how the pilots are underpaid.
I also saw an article here on HN about the seniority pyramid scheme (which I can't find now).
http://www.askthepilot.com/pilot-shortage/ http://www.askthepilot.com/pilot-shortage/
Salaries have traditionally started out as low as $20,000 a year (in some cases even lower), and have topped out at under six figures.
- gruez 8y agois there a reason why pilot wages aren't more... uniform? it's hard to imagine an captain flying 5x better than a beginner.
- prostoalex 8y agoPilot unions are run by captains http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines http://philip.greenspun.com/flying/unions-and-airlines
- gaius 8y agoBut how can we explain a 19:1 pay differential for workers with similar training and tasks? Hilarious. How much did Greenspun make as CEO of his startup? Enough that he could retire and become a dilettante pilot, how much did his workers make?
- gruez 8y agosure, but what's preventing more (non-union) captains from being produced? clearly there's an oversupply of pilots compared to captains. what's the minimum amount of flight hours to achieve captain status? is it a high amount that there's legitimately a shortage of qualified captains?
- prostoalex 8y agoThe “captain” and “first officer” rankings are employer-specific and non-transferable. You can be a captain at United, but if you were to switch allegiance to Southwest, you have to join a new union and restart the career climb. The only exception is airline mergers - some Virgin America captains are eligible to join the ranks of Alaska Airlines captains, out of recent examples.