United Airlines alone has around 15,000 pilots, about the same number of FAA ATC. So those pilots. Even their new pilots (First Officers) make more per hour t

United Airlines alone has around 15,000 pilots, about the same number of FAA ATC. So those pilots. Even their new pilots (First Officers) make more per hour than ATC. (ATC here, opinions are my own and not that of the FAA.)