Originally Posted by
Australopithecus
Morno, just a couple of weeks ago you stated that you would grace Alliance with an application if the captain pay was 200K.
In 1987 I was making $80K flying a 36 passenger Dash-8. That’s 35 years ago to fly 1/3 the load half as fast.
I am acquainted with the building industry here in Qld. There are carpenter jobs going right now for $120/hr. That’s what you have to measure yourself against. Secondary school drop out plasterers on $98/hr. Which is $200K.
It vexes me mightily when pilots undervalue their skill set, to say the least of the sober dedication this job demands.
Well said! I know a guy who knows a guy who, in 1990 was earning roughly $200k flying a 100 seat jet domestically in Australia. Plugging that info into the RBA’s own inflation calculator gives a figure today of $416k, I rest my case.
https://www.rba.gov.au/calculator/annualDecimal.html