<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rawbert:
Depends..here is some interesting info on pilot salaries..
During the past year, entry-level pay for first and second officers at the major airlines rose 1.4% from an average of $32,269 a year ago to $32,724 this year. FedEx continues to offer the highest entry-level pay, while Delta pays the highest maximum level pay for pilots. Quoted from http://www.aviationnow.com/content/c...l/car2001d.htm
Also this one..You would think that finally it is time to reap the rewards of those years of hard work. Well, the reward is probably not going to be exactly what you had in mind. Instead of that nice six-figure salary from that major airline, you will more likely be making around $20,000-$28,000. Ten more years of flying duty will pass before that six-figure paycheck finds it way into your pocket. Quoted from http://cf.alpa.org/internet/feature/worth.htm
IMHO, there is something wrong with our system when airport screeners make more money then entry level pilot, and to know that my tax dollars are being used to subsidize this ill thought out program makes sad.
rawbert
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With my A&P license I would still make more than the average pilot and more than I am making with TSA but which is more stable? I cannot rely on a heavily unionized airline industry.