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? Pilots essentially work for free... It has become “almost industry standards” that young pilots PAY to fly. If I threw a wild guess at 30k USD salaries for t
by looping__lui 6y ago
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Pilots essentially work for free... It has become “almost industry standards” that young pilots PAY to fly. If I threw a wild guess at 30k USD salaries for these kind of “pilot jobs” with 1000h of flying per year, that puts labor costs to 30-50 USD/h. Maintenance and gas will by far outweigh that.
- renewiltord 6y agoHelicopter pilots in the Bay Area get paid $30k/year? Okay, I don't know that to not be the case but it sounds hard to believe.
- searchableguy 6y agoOP might be talking about europe: https://www.dw.com/en/being-a-pilot-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/a-45038289 https://www.dw.com/en/being-a-pilot-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/... https://dutchpilotgirl.com/pilot-salary/ https://dutchpilotgirl.com/pilot-salary/
- looping__lui 6y agoNo, I wasn’t talking about Europe... I don’t want to “shame” anybody in particular, but look up your local charter airlines and what they offer... This can of course vary if there are rather complex requirements (e.g., a certain type rating, experience level etc.) - but being a pilot isn’t cool financially anymore. A small fraction ends up with “the large airlines” - but if you don’t, you are not in for the big money...