From the real world........

[ddavid 149]

You may be interested in this article from the Grauniad:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/pilot-exhausting-hours-wages

Very interesting - but, not very amusing... (seem to remember that from somewhere - Ed)

Cheers - Dai. :blush:

[Martyn 9]

Interesting article!

Some co-pilots, who typically take home about $20,000 (

[allardjd 1,853]

I think you're exactly right, Martyn. It's a cut-throat industry between carriers, with everyone looking to cut their costs to the bone to stay alive and right-seaters in particular are a dime a dozen, willing to work for almost nothing just for a chance to fly and build hours. The industry is "shaking out" as they say and companies are failing right and left, so the cost issue is valid, I guess, if not humane.

The first officer in the Buffalo crash about a year ago was making so little she couldn't afford to live in the area. She lived with her parents all the way across the country (Washington, Oregon - somewhere out west) and deadheaded back east on free flights when ever she was scheduled to fly.

Sully, of the Hudson River ditching, a full captain with a major carrier, told Congress his pay was 40% less than it had been a few years ago.

John