How much does a airline pilot make with naval aviation experience

Question

how much does a airline pilot make with naval aviation experience

Answer 1

The same as a pilot without it.

Answer 2

Here's is the real answer, the above are not wholly correct.  True, a pilot with a fixed-wing military background will start out low on the seniority ladder.  Yet I don't know any military pilot who is willing to get out and make less than did when he was a junior O-3 (~27yo, ~75K/yr) five years ago and compete on the same level as fresh-faced 24yo civilians who are struggling for hours and willing to make 25K/yr to climb the ladder.  The pilots who leave the military, or remain in the reserves/guard, and who fly for major carriers always will sign on for do-able salaries.  These are often highly experienced pilots with families including children and 25K/yr is NOT a realistic salary for someone with 10 years or more of military aviation service and experience in this situation.  The 24yo civilian-bred pilot and the 32yo military veteran are in no way comparable.  The lowest paid military pilots that I know who have gotten out of the Navy in the past year or so are making about 70K to start.  I'm sure there are those willing to work for less and those who make much more, but that seems to be average with airlines that are actually hiring (to start).  A lot of these pilots are still gaining income from service in the reserves or Air National Guard, so those people are roughly approximating what they were making on active duty if they left as an O-4 at around 100K/yr.  All bets are off if you are including helicopter pilots who have had to build their own fixed wing time – that's a different animal.

If your question is Naval Aviation specific...

Naval Aviation, while certainly making you more studly, is no more valuable than any other brand of military aviation when hiring into the commercial aviation industry. ;)

Answer 3

Naval aviator's experience, or any other sort of flying experience has no effect on starting salary.

Unless one has an impressive resume with lots of hours (5000+) on multi-engine turbine aircraft, likely they will be starting right where everyone else does: as a First Officer with a regional carrier such as Comair or American Eagle.   Starting pay at these positions can be as low as $15,000-20,000 annually.  

Airline pay scales are calculated strictly by seniority.  That is, time at the airline that one is employed by.

Even the most seasoned widebody jet captains will start back at the bottom of the pay scale if they start a new job at a new airline.

With added experience, one can gain a higher starting position, such as the captain's chair at a major airline, but first year recruits in these positions still will make less than $40,000 a year.

Answer 4

Same as one without naval experience, assuming same airline.