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Commercial Pilot Salary
How Much Do Commercial Pilots Make?Commercial Pilot Salaries
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2008, most full-time commercial pilot salaries were between $45,000 and $65,000 with the bottom 10% making less than $32,000 and the top 10% making more than $129,000. How much you make depends a great deal on the type of company you work for, the type of aircraft flown, and your seniority with the company.
Commercial Pilot Benefits
Depending on the company you work for, as a commercial pilot you may be eligible to receive health insurance, life insurance, and disability benefits, along with retirement plans and "per diem" pay for longer trips, but these benefits are fairly rare for most commercial pilot jobs.
Seniority Affects Pay
As a new commercial pilot, you can expect to make entry level pay, fly older, less sophisticated aircraft, and fly less desirable routes and schedules. New commercial pilots typically must "pay their dues" in this role in order to accumulate the required hours to apply for better jobs and move up the career ladder into higher paying jobs.
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Airline Transport Professionals - 26 U.S. Flight Training Locations -
ATP has been the leader in multi-engine flight training for over 20 years. ATP's quality instruction speaks for itself; we are the only company that has you flying as PIC nationwide, in an airline-style environment, in $500,000 aircraft.
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University of North Dakota - 4 U.S. Flight School Locations -
From the most technologically advanced simulators to the world's largest collegiate training fleet, UND's state-of-the-art facilities provide our students with a training experience second to none. This means your degree program will prepare you for your career and your life. Veterans - you potentially have access to over $100,000 in GI Bill education benefits.
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Aerosim Flight Academy - Sanford, Florida
Aerosim Flight Academy is a top-tier flight school that was originally created by the airlines (Comair/Delta). Because our training structure was developed by the airlines, our instruction is rooted in the discipline required to turn students into successful airline pilots. Aerosim is proud to offer U.S. military veterans VA benefits.
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