Originally Posted by currumbin
Given his hourly rate, the amount of hours he regularly works in a month, and the remaining hours in the month is this even possible? Based on my highly un-scientific calculations I think it's unlikely.
Given he works 14 hour days (8 for sleep) for 30 straight days the pilot would have to make about $71 an hour, which doubled is about $142 per hour x 420 hours a month = ~ $60k.
I guess it's theoretically possible, but would the airline )or the FAA) allow someone to work that much?
I don't know what Delta's top hourly pay scale is for pilots but the bigger the plane the bigger the hourly pay meaning the 777 Captains make the most money
BUT my friend - remember he NOT even a Captain but rather just a First Officer - says that when he works on Green Slip status he makes the better part of $300/hr. That being said the FAA has mandated absolute maximums for the #'s of hours that pilots can fly in certain periods of time, off the top of my head I don't recall what it is but to the best of my recollection it is slightly over 100 hours in a given month.