Salaries
Yip A300guy is just right. I used to work on B727īs as F/O for a VIP operator. I got over 130K a year easy add the tips and this was around 150k or so. I am lucky to work for a ****outfit in Africa that pays when they want to and very little when they finally do. I can pay for my own uniforms and medical, travel and insurance as well as proficiency checks. But then I am lucky to have a job.... Still I did not consider myself lucky so I resigned and got a new job. Not one pilot should work for free or under conditions like those mentioned. I took a big risk when I quit. One needs to have a job to get a job and to keep current.
One could say that there are professional pilots some on the shiny side of the sky and well the others on the wrong side. It hard to get a place in the sun.