Aircraft Pilot and Flight Engineer is ranked #7

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Aircraft Pilot and Flight Engineer is ranked #7 of "the 10 Best Jobs For Pay Raises And Growth" according to this msn.com report.

7. Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
Average annual salary: $101,350

One-year opportunity growth: +9.0%

One-year salary growth: +3.0%
 
FEs get to have sweet jackets like this one, from back in the day.......other crew too, of course.

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:) I am jumping through a lot of hoops to be one of them!

"Real" FEs are worth their weight in gold.

Always felt bad for our DC6 PFEs. Their seat was an afterthought and terribly uncomfortable…jammed in next to the radio rack…almost a camp stool. Couldn't find a proper pic of the seat itself but it was pathetic.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-articles/graphics/15/cockpit.jpg

I think the B-307 was the first airline airplane with a dedicated FE position:

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/companyoffices/gallery/C8N.page
 
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