All this industry is is scraps. Not a career, just for gypsies moving along from one company to the next, fighting over your scraps thrown at you.

What’s this job pay what’s that job pay, hey a new base, hey a new fire contract, hey they bought a new helicopter. Hey I get to fly  Bell 429!!  Constant dysfunction, constant dissatisfaction. 

You guys chose a CRAP career. 

Meanwhile the airline guys are making 500k, living in multi million dollar homes, and retiring comfortably. 

Bad decisions have consequences 

at taco bell soon. people don’t realize all the experience you have from bending tacos all those years

This topic recycles every few weeks and has for years. I have never once seen a post contain a salary schedule from even one airline nor from the airline pilots union.

Personally I know one Frontier Captain. He make less than I do and his wife’s mom lives with them to make ends.

All that glitters is not gold.

All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade away

that’s the first year frontier captain pay. I’m sure that’s why he has to rent out rooms to make ends meet 

Please post your reference to that $182,000 figure.

You used Frontier as an example!! They're as low budget airline as you can get in the USA!! Ever see the passenger cliental??? Sub humans!!!!

looked like anybody else. and even if they did the captain would still make over 200k a year

is it like money

Yes Frontier. I mentioned I PERSONALLY know only one captain so that is my only first hand example.

All you idiots ever do is whine and complain on here about your career plights but guess how many of you lazy idiots do anything about it?? 

Now, go eat and fight over your little scraps.

Seems to me that you are the one whining.   The last guy said he was happy and you come back with more whining.   I too never ever had an interest in flying airplanes.  I will live the rest of my life happy while you complain and cry about everything.  

Both are run down equipment operators always looking for work.

Am the big spoon. Got myself a sugar daddy 

Yeah, guess the Army just don’t make ‘em like they used to.

Not as good as you, baby 

the average salary in the us is 69k. I would say the average 5 year helicopter pilot is making over 6 figures. in 2007 I was making 80k in the gom at my first job after instructing. yes, I worked some ot but not a crazy amount. hung it up last year making about 180k as an ems pool pilot. 200k is easily attainable. 3 times the average wage were scraps I was happy to pick up.