Think you might have misread somewhere, or the journo is wrong. The min wage is around 450 bucks (a bit less I think) according to an artical I read recently. The average might be $731, and I'm sure that average is brought down by us poor b@stards in GA
Hugh, I'm happy to hear about your experience getting employed on the award, but it ain't the real world. We all know there are waaay too many pilots compared to the number of jobs, let alone jobs that pay properly. If you take the attitude that you won't accept what the employer is offering unless it's the award (I'm not saying that's wrong) I think you'll miss out cos of all the pinheads. I have been told either directly or indirectly in every flying job I've had (bar one, so that makes 4) that pilots are a dime a dozen and if I don't like it I can leave whenever I want. It's all about supply and demand unfortunately.
