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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by jaesun
yeah. i guess the wording i originally work didnt convey my surprise, but I was rather surprised by only 20 hours of paid time too. but Galley did mention the pay rate is pretty high, to be like a full time job, which I would hope so considering the time spent not on the actual flight itself.
It depends quite a bit on the airline. Regional carriers in the US are notorious for paying abysmally low wages (often well under $20K/year for starting pilots).
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