After two years of this he gets a charter job doing scenic flights on a bigger SEP C206 but his pay is not much better at just $450 per week, he does this for a further 3 years and then gets a job at a regional airline flying a Fairchild Metro III as a co pilot, his pay in this job starts at about $600 per week, he does this for 3 years and then gets upgraded to Captain earning $1,200 per week.
Vastly improved...same staircase I climbed...except as Metro FO I made 850 per MONTH, and as Capt 1350 per MONTH...mind you it was the early 80's..