I would suspect that many of the malcontents here, complaining about flight crew pay (including those that constantly complain about FR, yet don't work there...
) would like to be paid quite a bit more.
I would then ask...what makes you think that you are worth that extra pay you think you deserve?
Here are the North American airline pay scales, specifically for the USA.
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com
If I were an airline manager I would ask each and every pilot to actually justify the reasons why they think they are worth more....considering the fact that most airline HR departments have a stack of applications six feet high...at least.
There are exceptions, of course.
Older types, for example, for which there are few current and qualified pilots...L1011, for one example.
At our small airline, our L1011 Captains earn as much as a senior Delta 777 Captain on a monthly basis, and it is paid tax free, due to the seasonal type of flying involved.
So, why do YOU think you are worth more in your flying job? Out and out greed, excepted.
