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4th year at a legacy airline flying the 767 as a FO.  I average 18k per month gross.  Add the 16% 401k contribution and thats almost 21k per month.  Thats an easy 252k at the moment.  We have reached an AIP with the company and expect an 18% pay raise which will bring my income up to almost 300k.  If I pick up a few premium pay trips over the year I'll be north of 300.

Looking back I really enjoyed my time flying EMS.  Bit I couldn't justify making (at the time) 56k.  If the job had been closer to 100k I probably wouldn't have been motivated to move on.  But looking back I don't regret the decision to chase the airline dream at all.

stay safe