Airline Pilot Pay
Lets take a look at what professional airline pilots pay is like and how it may affect your safety as a traveler. We all like money as it allows use to do things and live life to its fullest. Sure we don't need millions like airline management, but a reasonable livable wage is not too much to ask for, is it.
I like many don't agree with the need for lots of money. I don't need to drive a big expensive car and have a huge house to show everyone how much money I make, like airline management.
Many pilots just want an airline pilot pay that allows them to live a normal life with the few extras that allow them to support their family. Not the millions in stock options that airline management feel they need.
So how much does it take today in 2006 to allow your spouse to stay at home with the kids, live an average house with average cars and send your kids to a good school. Based on my airline pilot pay at the regionals as a Captain on a regional jet, $70,000 to $80,000 would be the minimum.
Is this too much airline pilot pay to ask for to take care of a family and live the average American life style. Again I am not talking the big airline pay that the CEO's want. Just an airline pilot pay that allows the basics plus a little extra.
The problem is that airline management is wanting the pilots to take pay cuts left and right. In some cases it is justified. The airlines are losing money and airline pilot pay needs to come down for a little while until times get better.
But lets take one of the largest regional airlines in the country. They seem to think their airline pilot pay is too high. They are negotiating a new contract and after you figure in cost of living increases and all those factors the airline pilot pay would actually decrease for years to come.
The pilots that fly you safely around the country would see their airline pilot pay decreasing year after year while management would see theirs only increase because of all the money this large regional airline would be making.
Airline management are not necessarily the ones that keep you safe when you are traveling to XYZ during all kinds of weather. No it is the airline pilot that is seeing their airline pilot pay only decreasing year after year.
That means that the airline pilot pay at this regional that is making money left and right will only be decreasing. That means as the professional pilot at the airlines who has a family to support is able to support them less and less each year while management is able to support their family way more then necessary.
Do you think this professional pilot will be able to be stress free and focused when they come to work to fly you to your destination. NO!!!! They may of just come from their second job tired, stress and worried about the future. How are they going to pay the bills, gas just went to $4.00 a gallon and winter is coming. Do you think you could be stress free working on airline pilot pay that was ok 5 or more years ago? Heck NO! But this is where airline management wants the pilots that fly you around to be.
What airline management is wanting to do airline pilot pay is bad. It is not good for your safety as more pilots will be stressed, working second jobs, and the best and brightest will not be pilots as the pay is so bad.
If this airline pilot pay concerns you and you know what is like to go to work and worry about paying bills and if you will be able to support your family, maybe you should let someone know.
Write the airlines you fly. Tell them that you want your airline pilots to receive a FAIR airline pilot pay so they can focus on their job of keeping you safe and not how many hours they can work at their second job.
This is all no joke. I am living it now and I only see airline pilot pay getting worse. Why do you think I am looking to get out. Airline management doesn't care if an experienced pilot like me leaves, they have an inexperienced pilot who is reading and willing to fly you around until the pay bothers them, like it does me.
Do something about it. Write the airlines and tell them what you think.
Would you go to a Doctor for a special procedure who could not feed his family or pay his school loan. I fly with pilots with airline pilot pay that can't pay the bills and loans so they are looking into bankruptcy. Do you think this Doctor could be focused, happy and proud to treat you correctly and fix your problem. Then why would you let an airline pilot fly you around with airline pilot pay that can't pay the bills.
Airline pilot pay is a serious problem. The experienced pilots are leaving and the ones replacing them are very inexperienced. Even the inexperienced pilots will get tired of the airline pilot pay and leave.
I like many don't agree with the need for lots of money. I don't need to drive a big expensive car and have a huge house to show everyone how much money I make, like airline management.
Many pilots just want an airline pilot pay that allows them to live a normal life with the few extras that allow them to support their family. Not the millions in stock options that airline management feel they need.
So how much does it take today in 2006 to allow your spouse to stay at home with the kids, live an average house with average cars and send your kids to a good school. Based on my airline pilot pay at the regionals as a Captain on a regional jet, $70,000 to $80,000 would be the minimum.
Is this too much airline pilot pay to ask for to take care of a family and live the average American life style. Again I am not talking the big airline pay that the CEO's want. Just an airline pilot pay that allows the basics plus a little extra.
The problem is that airline management is wanting the pilots to take pay cuts left and right. In some cases it is justified. The airlines are losing money and airline pilot pay needs to come down for a little while until times get better.
But lets take one of the largest regional airlines in the country. They seem to think their airline pilot pay is too high. They are negotiating a new contract and after you figure in cost of living increases and all those factors the airline pilot pay would actually decrease for years to come.
The pilots that fly you safely around the country would see their airline pilot pay decreasing year after year while management would see theirs only increase because of all the money this large regional airline would be making.
Airline management are not necessarily the ones that keep you safe when you are traveling to XYZ during all kinds of weather. No it is the airline pilot that is seeing their airline pilot pay only decreasing year after year.
That means that the airline pilot pay at this regional that is making money left and right will only be decreasing. That means as the professional pilot at the airlines who has a family to support is able to support them less and less each year while management is able to support their family way more then necessary.
Do you think this professional pilot will be able to be stress free and focused when they come to work to fly you to your destination. NO!!!! They may of just come from their second job tired, stress and worried about the future. How are they going to pay the bills, gas just went to $4.00 a gallon and winter is coming. Do you think you could be stress free working on airline pilot pay that was ok 5 or more years ago? Heck NO! But this is where airline management wants the pilots that fly you around to be.
What airline management is wanting to do airline pilot pay is bad. It is not good for your safety as more pilots will be stressed, working second jobs, and the best and brightest will not be pilots as the pay is so bad.
If this airline pilot pay concerns you and you know what is like to go to work and worry about paying bills and if you will be able to support your family, maybe you should let someone know.
Write the airlines you fly. Tell them that you want your airline pilots to receive a FAIR airline pilot pay so they can focus on their job of keeping you safe and not how many hours they can work at their second job.
This is all no joke. I am living it now and I only see airline pilot pay getting worse. Why do you think I am looking to get out. Airline management doesn't care if an experienced pilot like me leaves, they have an inexperienced pilot who is reading and willing to fly you around until the pay bothers them, like it does me.
Do something about it. Write the airlines and tell them what you think.
Would you go to a Doctor for a special procedure who could not feed his family or pay his school loan. I fly with pilots with airline pilot pay that can't pay the bills and loans so they are looking into bankruptcy. Do you think this Doctor could be focused, happy and proud to treat you correctly and fix your problem. Then why would you let an airline pilot fly you around with airline pilot pay that can't pay the bills.
Airline pilot pay is a serious problem. The experienced pilots are leaving and the ones replacing them are very inexperienced. Even the inexperienced pilots will get tired of the airline pilot pay and leave.
posted by Jet Airline Pilot at 7:23 PM
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