Let's do some math

ppragman said:
Sure, I'll send it to you as soon as we go under.

I don't know how long my company will last, nor is that the overriding purpose of that. At least I have enough money saved up that I can do something about it if they go under. At 25,000/year you can't.
Click to expand...

So what do you make a year?

How long have you been there and what kind of raises do you get?

Whats the most you could make at your company?

What will be the next step in your career progression?

All honest questions that are mostly known for most regional pilots.
 
You can tell very easily the sole reason some people got into this game was for money. I guess others would be satisfied not making as much so long as they actually enjoyed their job.
 
SoCalAprch said:
So what do you make a year?

About $40k

How long have you been there and what kind of raises do you get?

I just got there, and I'll be the first non-seasonal new guy probably ever, well see what happens.

Whats the most you could make at your company?

Probably about $75k

What will be the next step in your career progression?

Don't really know, weighing all the options. I'm considering whether I should try to get into floats, go to a different, larger less "mom-and-pop" bush operator or try to meander south to the airline world. Floats would pay more, and can get me turbine time, but it would take longer. I could go to work at hageland or grant where the payscales top out much higher, then go to the majors. The regionals would add jet time, but the pay sucks.

I'm also considering the guard. Then I could have the best of both worlds. Gotta finish my college degree first, and that's another 2-years.

Primary reason I'm here is to work someplace that's flexible enough to let me keep flying full time and going to school. That's the trickiest part.
Click to expand...
 
cmill said:
You can tell very easily the sole reason some people got into this game was for money. I guess others would be satisfied not making as much so long as they actually enjoyed their job.
Click to expand...

I don't know if that is for me, but I love my job. I just don't do this as a hobby, and won't work for piss-poor pay if I can help it. I doubt I'd do anything else.
 
ppragman said:
I don't know if that is for me, but I love my job. I just don't do this as a hobby, and won't work for piss-poor pay if I can help it. I doubt I'd do anything else.
Click to expand...


I doubt anyone who goes to fly bush in alaska is in it for the money. :p
 
ppragman said:
The flying's great, its living in Alaska for my whole life that kinda sucks. Down here in Juneau is a million times better than anchorage.
Click to expand...
Juneau. My friend is there right now driving tour buses for the summer. She has such amazing pictures. I should have gone up there this summer but I got lazy and caught up with the house.

I saw what you said earlier about the guard and getting a degree, I highly suggest the degree part but I'm pretty dumb with the guard stuff.
 
All very good reasons. We all have em.

There are definitely pros and cons to the 135 freight job. You make great money compared to a new regional FO. However you only top out at 75K without having to start over somewhere else and you are only flying a piston. If you only look at junior FO pay then sure a regional jobs do suck big time. But you also have to look at the fact that I am averaging 15 - 17 days off a month, I get full benifits, Im based at home and got all 1 day trips this month (everynight in my own bed), and worst case scenario I could retire here and still afford to live a somewhat comfortable life as a senior Captain.

Any way you slice it there aren't any "entry level" pilot jobs that are perfect. They all have their pros and plenty of cons. Its just up to the person to decide which is best for them... :beer:
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I was jumpseating home yesterday and of course DL oversold the flight by a bunch. So while I was heading down the jetway I got a lecture from a passenger on how I need to fly a bigger plane into Little Rock.

I told him "I'd gladly fly something bigger for more than the $18,000 I made last year, but that's a bit above my pay grade"

I support neutering the stupid

And on topic, I figured out a while ago that on a full flight each person pays me $0.54 an hour.
Click to expand...

Nice.

At least coming out of Augusta you didn't have to hear about the old guy who wanted 777 service from AGS to ATL.
 
cmill said:
You can tell very easily the sole reason some people got into this game was for money. I guess others would be satisfied not making as much so long as they actually enjoyed their job.
Click to expand...

Why does any person seek employment?

To make money.

Why?

To pay bills or to buy things.

This isn't rocket science. People may or may not like their professions, but they do it for one simple reason. To put money in the bank.

"Enjoyment" has never been given to me by any of my employers as compensation, and I certainly hope it never reaches such a ridiculous level that we are simply compensated because we swear that we "enjoy" what we do.
 
surreal1221 said:
Why does any person seek employment?

To make money.

Why?

To pay bills or to buy things.

This isn't rocket science. People may or may not like their professions, but they do it for one simple reason. To put money in the bank.

"Enjoyment" has never been given to me by any of my employers as compensation, and I certainly hope it never reaches such a ridiculous level that we are simply compensated because we swear that we "enjoy" what we do.
Click to expand...


My point is, theres plenty of people perfectly content making 50k a year, flying a caravan an hour a day.

You don't think i know that people like money? Some of us really aren't concerned with a five car garage and a three story house. We worry a lot more about how we spend our time rather than how we spend our money.
 
bdhill1979 said:
You want some math?
1.21 GW at 88 MPH will send you back to 1985, or 1955, or 1885
Click to expand...

GREAT SCOTT!!!

doc-brown.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top