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27. And the jury results are in...

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 01:35 AM

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Guess the starting salary of a pilot for a regional airline (and remember next time you fly one): [View all] pnwmom Feb 2014 OP

GOP "Economics" in a nutshell. malthaussen Feb 2014 #1

Well, flying has never been safer. But that salary is terrible. nt Logical Feb 2014 #2

UPS Old Codger Feb 2014 #3

link? cause i doubt it. El_Johns Feb 2014 #6

Direct quote from driver Old Codger Feb 2014 #10

I didn't call you a liar, I asked for a link. When someone asks for a link, telling them to "look El_Johns Feb 2014 #11

Apology Old Codger Feb 2014 #12

If the information is readily available you should have no trouble finding a link. El_Johns Feb 2014 #13

actually Old Codger Feb 2014 #16

Thank you, I will bear it in mnd that Payscale.com says UPS Delivery Drivers' median wage is $30/hr. El_Johns Feb 2014 #25

So instead of paying more, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #4

It's not necessarily a matter of paying them more Major Nikon Feb 2014 #21

Don't you think that if the pay was better Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #23

I can only say that things are going to have to change Major Nikon Feb 2014 #24

I've always known commercial pilot salaries were horrendously low. Triana Feb 2014 #5

yeah, I really want my pilot distracted by Ilsa Feb 2014 #7

yet some older pilots with major airlines are Ilsa Feb 2014 #8

Not only is the pay rate ridiculously low, truedelphi Feb 2014 #9

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You know, if there were still mods instead of juries, Curmudgeoness Feb 2014 #31

And the jury results are in... aikoaiko Feb 2014 #27

That level of stupid should be painful. hobbit709 Feb 2014 #29

It should be, but for whatever reason you do find it on the left as well as the right Major Nikon Feb 2014 #30

That starting pay is for a co-pilot. Jenoch Feb 2014 #14

So? Even being a co-pilot requires either years of military training or spending about $100K pnwmom Feb 2014 #15

Of course they should be paid more Jenoch Feb 2014 #17

The regulations since then have vastly increased the number of hours required -- and thus the cost. pnwmom Feb 2014 #19

I think the pay should of course be raised, Jenoch Feb 2014 #20

I know several ex-regional pilots Sen. Walter Sobchak Feb 2014 #18

Wow, I will never again fly anywhere unless it is a total emergency. Rex Feb 2014 #22

Just because they are paid $21K, doesn't mean they are incompetent Major Nikon Feb 2014 #28

More like in protest, has nothing to do with their skill level. Rex Feb 2014 #34

FWIW, not all airlines do this Major Nikon Feb 2014 #35

Not only that. Their fares are outrageous. They should be able to pay their employees more Cleita Feb 2014 #32

never mind the pilots, look how they do the flight attendants and extrapolate reddread Feb 2014 #33

All aircrew bid on their routes Major Nikon Feb 2014 #36

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