Careers: Flying & Aviation/Pilot questions

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Expert: - 11/13/2007


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How much do they make

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Hi,

At the upper end, airline pilots at airlines like Southwest, AirTran and United make about $180,000 to $200,000 a year as a ten year captain.....they start at those airlines at about $30,000 to $35,000 a year on their first year on probation and then move up from there.

Pilots at some of the air cargo airlines like UPS and FEDEX make more than the above.....and, starting salaries at some of the smaller regional airlines can be as little as $1800 to $2200 a month.....

FYI,

David A. NewMyer, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Aviation Management and Flight
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
http://www.aviation.siu.edu

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Can advise people thinking about beginning and aviation career and espcially those thinking about an aviation university program. Can also help with aviation scholarship questions. I am particularly strong in questions related to starting a flight career, choosing a university flight or aviation management program, aviation internships and aviation scholarships. Also, I can assist with questions about airport management and planning careers and oveall aviation industry employment questions.

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Prepared In addition to aviation education, I work at a major university, I have worked as an airport planner preparing airport system plans, airport master plan and environmental assessment reports for the Chicago area in general and for several individual Illinois airports.

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