Originally Posted by
4runner
i dont disagree, I will post a fact. If you take all the airplanes in the world, outside of the USA, then double that number, you still wouldn’t equal the number of N registered aircraft. The US doesn’t have a higher pay, it is the standard pay. European carriers just pay below what is standard.
On the flip side in Europe we have never seen the the salaries that until a couple of years ago the regional pilots were getting.
The US pilot market is more cyclical and extreme both ways, you can have crazy money one year, and being furloughed the year after.