Have a look at ppjn. Then discount whatever figures you get by a substantial amount. Reason is this. Whatever the top tier figure quoted is you will more than likely never achieve this in your lifetime. Most airlines have a salary scale based on years of service and seniority. Although in theory you are meant to move up the scale each year the company will invariably shift the goal posts. In the current climate companies are either freezing or cutting pay. When you get your incremental annual increase (if at all) when we come out of this recession it will be years overdue and you will have effectively slipped back a number of pay scales. You will therefore be closer to retirement and hence have less years of service available to make all that lovely money.