I was told $2500 per month for FO's, $4000 for Captains whether you are brand new or have been in the left seat since Lionel Yerex was around.
Know several TACA and ex-TACA pilots from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. All are disenchanted with their situation, one of them now flies in the Middle East for one of the major airlines. He explains that in Costa Rica on $2500 one can live a good standard of living, but forget about saving money. All of the salaries are paid in local currency, and with the local currencies being devalued against the US dollar but local prices set in local currency pegged to the value of the US Dollar, you are making a little less every month.
Still, comparitively speaking, in C.A. $2500/month is a fairly high salary-- with many earning only a few hundred dollars a month. That doesn't make the region any cheaper to live unless you are looking for manual labor, it just shows how bad economically the situation is for the majority.
Last edited by Panama Jack; 17th Sep 2006 at 16:22.