Originally Posted by
av8sean
You guys make me want to cry. In the US I can make $15k a month as a third year pilot with 10% retirement contribution. Work about 12 days per month. This is considered one of the lowest contracts. Pitiful.
I can’t really disagree with you, dude, but for the sake of a reasoned debate, what do you mean by third year pilot?
A few months after flying school I was in the front of a well respected LoCo 737 and, with the grand total of 500 jet hours, was on my second medium jet type, flying for the flag carrier. So 3 years from my first flight, I was in a legacy airline - you’d have to work hard to convince me that is possible in the states (in fact, I know it’s not possible...).
Yeah, the pay scales here suck compared to the big guys in the US (and I certainly hope to improve on that soon), but I also suspect your 3rd year wages come considerably later in your flying career than year 3?
Happy to be proven wrong.
Cheers
Buter
edit - before y’all even start, no, I’ve never paid to fly or funded my own type rating.