Pilot Wage??????????????

[walker2]

Does anyone know what the wage is for a pilot joining an airline as a First Officer these days fresh from training, i think it is something like £40,000 for a pilot at ryanair, what about other airlines?

Thanks for all posts

[babypurin]

Does anyone know what the wage is for a pilot joining an airline as a First Officer these days fresh from training, i think it is something like £40,000 for a pilot at ryanair, what about other airlines?

Thanks for all posts

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/content/view/44/36/ - Click on each specific airline for pay.

[walker2]

thats only american carriers what bout european?

[chrisburns]

Looks like there is European carriers, thought the only current one is Alitalia. You can figure about 3/4 of what a US pilot makes.

[Shadower]

Looks like there is European carriers, thought the only current one is Alitalia. You can figure about 3/4 of what a US pilot makes.

According to a little salary comparisson(sp?) between a first year FO flying for Nortwest and one flying for Alitalia, the northwest guy needs to fly about 111 hours a month to get the same pay as the Alitalia guy gets.

Now I dont know the kind of hours FO's make, but 111 hours sounds quite a lot to me.

Now there is a little catch in my calculations, Alitalia FO's get paid a fixed salary a month apposed to the pay per hour by Northwest

[James747]

How bout the Second Officers/ Junior Pilots??

[airline owner]

I think it also depends on what type of plane you generally fly. For example the wage of a pilot for Easyjet is £60-65,000 (but they only fly 737's and A319's).
However I think if you were a Pilot for BA and constantly flew to the Far East or America, then the wage would be larger....correct me if I am wrong.

[ACman]

How bout the Second Officers/ Junior Pilots??

Whaaaa?! thats already their. Just need to LOOK for it. 1st year flying that plane is the JUNIOR year. Not very many airlines have Second officers anymore.


BTW, whats with the ?

[James747]

Whaaaa?! thats already their. Just need to LOOK for it. 1st year flying that plane is the JUNIOR year. Not very many airlines have Second officers anymore.


BTW, whats with the ?

Well, i wasn't looking for a F/O's wage, i meant those ones that just graduated and DON'T fly the plane (except monitoring the autopilot!). And i'm pretty sure they're called second officers , as CX calls them, or JUNIOR F/O's which is one tier above.

[jwenting]

I doubt those people exist as it would mean them loosing their license because of lack of hours...

Normal airline procedures seem to be common. Captain flies as PIC for one leg, F/O for the next.

[ACman]

Well, i wasn't looking for a F/O's wage, i meant those ones that just graduated and DON'T fly the plane (except monitoring the autopilot!). And i'm pretty sure they're called second officers , as CX calls them, or JUNIOR F/O's which is one tier above.

SO's thereticly get to fly the plane. They dont "monitor" the auto pilot and like I said, the amount of SO's kicking around are very lacking, a "dying breed" if you will.

heres a list of A/C that operate with a SO:
707
727
741
742
743?
DC-10
C-5
TU-134
TU-154
CV-880/990

Plus many more.

[James747]

SO's thereticly get to fly the plane. They dont "monitor" the auto pilot and like I said, the amount of SO's kicking around are very lacking, a "dying breed" if you will.

heres a list of A/C that operate with a SO:
707
727
741
742
743?
DC-10
C-5
TU-134
TU-154
CV-880/990

Plus many more.

i don't think you understand what i'm saying.........second officers can be in any aircraft, unless there isn't a spare seat in the cockpit.

PS-S/O's only have one stripe

[AJ]

Qantas Second Officers (two stripes) are employed for inflight relief, to allow rest for the Captain and F/O on long haul questions. They can only occupy a control seat above 20,000' and vacate the seat at top of descent. S/Os are employed for the 744, 747, 767 and 330 fleets.

The name Second Officer has also been used for Flight Engineers in other countries, here at Qantas F/Es are F/Es!

[avro_arrow_25206]

i don't think you understand what i'm saying.........second officers can be in any aircraft, unless there isn't a spare seat in the cockpit.

PS-S/O's only have one stripe

Most modern airliners have only 2 seats now...

Did you mean "flight engineer" when you say "SO" ?

I think Kevin's explanation is correct. If I'm not mistaken, the L-1011 is among the "many more" list as well

edit: AJ answered my question thanks!

[screaming_emu]

Looks like there is European carriers, thought the only current one is Alitalia. You can figure about 3/4 of what a US pilot makes.

man, I'd gladly give up 1/4th of my future paycheck to be in an industry where I dont need to worry about being laid off as much.