kateoplis:

Meanwhile, back on Wall Street…

From WSJ:

Just how much do pilots at major airlines earn these days? FltOps.com, an information source for pilots, recently released a salary survey. On the low end, first-year pilots at US Airways would, theoretically, earn a minimum $21,600 a year. For that, they would work 72 hours a month at the controls of a plane (lots more hours are involved in flight preparations, overnights and sitting around waiting). […]

And how big is that big payout they hope to get someday? FltOps said on average, captains top out at minimum salaries of $165,278. 

 The lowest top-scale captain’s salary was $123,480 at JetBlue Airways, and the highest among passenger airlines was again at Southwest: $181,270 a year. At Delta, American, United and Continental, the top minimum for captains is between $156,000 and $167,000 per year.

5:15 pm  •  27 September 2011  •  672 notes