What do commercial airline pilots earn? Also what about helicopter pilots, how much do they earn?

Question

What do commercial airline pilots earn? Also what about helicopter pilots, how much do they earn?

Answer 1

Pilots are paid per hour depending on seniority and the size of the aircraft. Most companies have a 75 hour guarantee per 28 days for pay. FAA regulations state that commercial airline pilot can fly no more than 100 hours per month or 1000 hours per year.

Here is a site that has the hourly rates for different airlines based on seniority and aircraft size:

http://www.willflyforfood.cc/airlinepilo...

From this you can see that starting as a first officer for a regional jet carrier you get paid about $22 - $25 an hour. This equates to about $20700 a year.

Here are the salary numbers for 2006 commercial airline pilots:

Median annual earnings: $53,870

Lowest 10% earned less than: $24,300

Top 10% earned more than: $120,070

Other things to note:

When you start out flying, unless you get your pilots license from the military it will take about $30,000 out of pocket to obtain your commercial pilots license. When you start for a regional carrier you can expect to make about $20000 - $26000 a year for your first 5 years. You work awkward hours and can be away from home for 2-3 weeks at a time. Come home for 3-7 days (3-5 is typical) and then off on another trip. The pilot who make $150000+ a year are becoming less and less because each year there is an increase of about 10% in pilots world wide. Greater supply means less pay per pilot. Being a pilot isn’t as prestigious as it once was.

Answer 2

commercial pilots start out at about $40,000 and start to move up quickly. a caption easily makes any where from $100,000-150,000

Answer 3

For most commercial airlines go to:

http://www.pilotjobsnetwork.com/

Sorry i'm not too sure about rotary pilots but i'm assuming you're best off with fixed wing commercial work.

Answer 4

Regional airlines as low as $20,000 year - $65,000 for a captain - A captain on a majorairline can make well over $150,000 a year

Helicopter pilot starter jobs i.e. flight instruction pays as low as $20,000 to $40,000 per year - EMS (Emergency medical) between $50,000-75,000 per year. News between $50,000 and $85 000 A captain on a 2 crew IFR aircraft can top out at $150,000 in a corporate or offshore envirnonment.

Here is the most accurate  website for helicopter  pilot salaries

http://www.helicoptersalaries.com/pay_sc...

Answer 5

What commercial airline pilots earn depends on the company they work for and for helicopter pilots what company you work for and what kind of job you are using the helicopter for.