Pilot Pay

Rosstafari Daaaang. /X

300k a year at SWA? Really? That's a lot higher than I'd expect. I thought you needed to be pulling international routes for the legacies to crack 100k. Shoot, I'd deal with 10 years of minimum wage and no time seeing my wife if it meant 300k down the road.

scope dope Trusted Member

I find that number to be pretty hard to believe.

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

It is...Southwest Salary

Dream_Land Newcomer Las Vegas

GJ, thanks for posting that, don't confuse hourly pay, with annual income, pilots are experts at working the system.

I also have a friend that went from the bus at Jet Blue, to the small jet, annual income $170K, yikes.

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page it has a calculator that figures it for you....Also here's the link for all the other airlines: Airline Salaries

scope dope Trusted Member

I'm coming up with about 209k for a SWA captain with perdiem @ 78 hrs a month

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

I see you learned how to use it lol

atp2atc Junior Member Boston, MA

78 hours is probably the minumum, like dreamland said, pilots can tweak their schedule to get over 100 credit hours for the month. Theres definitely pilots making as much as 200-300k/year but its not very common. Also with so many pilot's careers plagued with furloughs, mergers, or even their airline just going under, it takes a bit of luck to make it to those figures.

GolfJuliet F*** Terrorism

75-80ish seem to be what most airlines guarantee each month, with another 80 or so reserved. With so many younger pilots willing to take pay cuts though it's becoming harder for the older guys to keep their 200K+ salaries bc they can be replaced.

pilotmike327 Rookie A galaxy pretty close by

That frontline special on regionals was scary.