Originally Posted by
non_state_actor
The highest paid pilot in a renegotiate agreement in 2013 got paid about 127K for 75 hour guarantee as a Captain. They used sliding scales with years of service so it is all downhill from there. First year Captain made around 101k. And that was 7 years after they first started. 2nd Year FO made 63K. It's all by the hour so it would depend on how many hours you flew over 75. Either way you wouldn't be living anywhere near San Francisco on that money at the time
An average captain was making about 170k-180k under the VX pay scales.
Maybe 80 hours stick per month, throw in some premium pay and a little soft credit also.
And at 75 hours min credit with FLICA pref bid, it was reasonably easy to complete the months allocation in 11-12 days in the top half of the list.
Made for an easily commutable roster to anywhere in the world.
VX was a good airline and a reasonable place to work as a pilot and no skipper was being paid anywhere as low as 85K.