How much do air line pilots make the in peeek of their careers?

Question

How much do air line pilots make the in peeek of their careers

Answer 1

I have to correct the guy above me, its not a max of $200 an hour and its a max of 1,000 hours of flight time a year!

Pilots in there max all make different amounts, it all depends on the plane you are flying. In simple terms, Larger plane= more responsibility which = more money!!! Pilots flying boeing 737 make around $100,000 at there max now. Use to be much more however its droping. International flight make more however im not exactly sure how much more. check the website i included in the sources to check how much  pilots are getting paid . They are listed by airline!!

Answer 2

I'll have to disagree with the gentleman above.  SWA pilots received a 39% pay raise in '04.  $100,000 year is about around what a 3rd year First Officer makes.  Captains start at roughly $200,000.  11 SWA pilots made just shy of $400,000 last year (of course, they have no life).

   I don't think pilots will be going away as soon as some believe.  Few people will climb into an aircraft without a pilot on board.  Until automation becomes fool proof, I seriously doubt people will fly without pilots.  I do agree that time will come eventually.

Answer 3

My dad was making $175,000

FYI, if you are looking at getting into flying and your just starting I would rethink it. I am an aerospace engineer and will tell you that pilots will be a thing of the past in your lifetime.

people will fly for recreation but the superstar wages will be a thing of the past. They might hit the go to Denver button and they ain't gunna pay 175k a year for that.

Answer 4

The answer can vary depending on the country you live in, the airline you fly for, how many hours a month you fly and a number of other issues.

- According to Yahoo Answers - yours is a Canadian question so I'll focus on Canada. I apologize if this is not what you're looking for.

In Canada, Air Canada is generally the airline that offers pilots the best opportunity to make a high income. As a previous poster mentioned, checking out http://www.airlinepilotcentral.info/airl... will give you a good idea of what pilots in Canada make.

An Air Canada B777 Captain with over 12 years seniority in the company would be making approximately $200,000 based on 70 hours flown a month and not including per diems (extra money paid to pilots for meals and spending money when they're on a lay over).

There are a couple of caveats to this figure though.

The first is that a pilot would need much more than 12 years seniority to be able to hold a Captain's position on a B777 at Air Canada. I don't know the exact number, but most Air Canada B777 Captains would have at least 20 years with the company - probably more.

The second is that the figure will increase if a pilot flies more hours in a month, or flies at night, or overseas.

Other Airlines still pay quite well for the Captains. At Air Transat, 10 year Captains make $167,000 a year. Other airlines such as WestJet or Skyservice pay about the same, a little less.

In Canada, most airline Captains with a number of years experience will be making anywhere between $120,000 - $200,000 a year.

The more important thing to look at when deciding whether or not to become a pilot is the amount of money pilots make during different stages of their careers. Early on it's surprisingly quite low. At the commuter airline Central Mountain Air, first year First Officers only get $22,500 a year. Even the first two years at Air Canada, pilots only make around $40,000 a year.

So, while there is the potential for a relatively high income is there, it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of years building experience while not making much money.

Flying can be a great job, just don't get into to it only for the money.

Cheers,

James Ball

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Answer 5

The max is $200 per hour x 100 hours a year.

Answer 6

new pilots 7,000 expierence a lot ,not realley no that one