How much did you make last year?

9 year B767F/O. Not including retirement or other benefits...strictly pay from airline flying and per diem was $110,000. Add in retirement contributions it was about $190,000.
 
Position: CFI/II
Company: Montgomery Co. Aviation
Years at Company: 2 years
2007 Gross Earning: $22,000
Hours: 775 (ave. $28/hr)

Position: Aviation Software Consultant
Company: Pegasus Interactive / VFLITE
Years at Company: 1 Year
2007 Gross Earning: $2,200
Hours: 44 (non-flying, $50/hr)
 
Position: FO/Capitan
Airline: SkyWest
Years at Airline: 2 and change
Gross Earnings: $43,000 (excludes per diem and retirement savings)

I was an FO working half the month and never picked up extra flying up until mid-July, when I went to class for upgrade.
 
Eh, why not:

Postition: CFII
Employer: One of those flight schools that uses a defuct airline's name. Not Pan Am.
Time as of December 31: 6.5 months
Pay: 12,600 (Salary + Hourly)
Hours Flown: 500+

A bit of a raise just came through so a full year here should get some guys 35k+ if they are on the right a/c. 2nd and 3rd year guys make much more.
 
Colgan Air F/O

Time at company 7 days short of a year

Pay: $20,000 (about a month and a half of that was 50 dollars a day during training)

I only picked up one extra day the whole year. For the last six months I haven't broken guarantee. So it's crappy pay for a professional, but it seems like it's pretty much in line with everyone else's pay as a first year F/O. I didn't include per diem, because I didn't really get any.
 
306K.

30K was a signing bonus that I won't see again, but I think I'd still have made 280K with not calling in sick much and cherry picking the open time. How many hours? I don't care to figure it out but I'd guess around 150 to 200. Now that I have the ONT reserve game figured out, I'd bet I fly less than 100 a year for quite some time. Might make a little less next year as well, but it ain't no thing. It's always been about QOL with me.
 
DE727UPS said:
306K.

30K was a signing bonus that I won't see again, but I think I'd still have made 280K with not calling in sick much and cherry picking the open time. How many hours? I don't care to figure it out but I'd guess around 150 to 200. Now that I have the ONT reserve game figured out, I'd bet I fly less than 100 a year for quite some time. Might make a little less next year as well, but it ain't no thing. It's always been about QOL with me.
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Man.......that sounds GREAT!! I hope to be on that level one day......
 
Earnings after taxes and deductions etc
Position: Capt EMB-120 3 + years
Airline: SkyWest
Just pay & per diem, about 61K
 
Position: Jump Pilot And Traffic Watch Pilot
Location: Vegas
Years at Company: 7 months in 2007
2007 Gross Earning: $8,500
Hours: 125/month working 14hours a day/7 days a week.
 
Being a parent brings greater reward than anything mentioned so far. Thanks for bringing that up, Amber. And I say that as a non-parent who mentors a 14 year old.

No amount of money can compare to taking care of a kid and seeing him succeed.
 
Position: English Teacher
Location: South Korea
Years at Company: 3 years in Korea, 1 year at my middle school
2007 Gross Earning: $56,000
Hours: 15 hours teaching a week at school, 10-12 hours a week at students' homes, 6 days a week
 
Mtts422 said:
Something a little different, I'm on the Aircraft Sales side of things.

Position: Regional Sales Manager
Company: Sells fractional ownership
Years at Employer: Just over a year
Gross Earnings: 60K (Base and Commission included)
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Interesting... I'm giving some thought into utilizing my sales background and applying it to the world of aircraft world.
 
This whole thread is not very encouraging. I love aviation, but I don't think I can accept such a low salary for so much time away. I have a college degree with a major in economics, minor in business administration. I am currently a CFI with 600 hours. My peers are all accepting jobs for twice this pay and will be making closer to 100K within 5 years. It almost seems irresponsible to work for that type of money even though thats what I would like to do more than anything in the world.

How do you guys live on these type of salaries?
 
ElyJs said:
This whole thread is not very encouraging.
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I think that's part of the point.

Pilots used to endure these years at the bottom of the barrell for hopes of one day grabbing that gonden ring at the top of the seniority scale later on in the career.

When that golden ring became more of a...brass ring...the whole scheme became a whole lot less worthwhile.

There will always be people who will fly at these kinds of incomes because it's what they 'love to do', unfortunately.

I certainly could not afford to leave my current job and go work for a regional and be able to support my family in any way.
 
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