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$80K base salary with bare minimum experience, and minimum $100K for experienced ATP rated pilots.

And if you think that is major airline pay, you need to look at their payscales on AirlinePilotCentral.

That is Regional CA pay now at the better Regionals.

On top of this, way bettr 401K's, keep the geo mods for commuting to crapholes, and quality off duty housing, not these fricking dumps we have. Quality bases too, some are crap.

But none of this is happening while 2 Private Equity firms control the vast majority of HAA.

If you are under 40, or 50 depending on your situation, go fixed wing! I did for awhile, butI came back for short stint before I either retire or go back to a different type fixed wing operation.

If you are a young guy reading this, stay out of HAA. Gulf with PHI is a better option if you can stand South LA, and it's people. Fire Fighting/External Load, or international are the other good options. A few unicorn corporate gigs, but those are way more numerous in fixed wing.