www.airlinepilotpay.com First year F/O makes $48/hr .. Assuming he/she flies 1000 hrs which is the max limit, then he/she will bring home 48,000 + 2,000(per diem) = 50,000 before taxes.Usually airlines have min. hours per month that they pay to their pilots. I don't know what's the case for WN but in regionals is about 65 to 80. 80 hrs per month is 960 hrs per year which is accurate. Also remember that a regular 9-5 job is about 2,000 hrs /year. So when you are calculating pilot salaries the pay you have to consider is hourly pay/2. Last but not least a buddy of mine started in Great Lakes last week. He is getting 15/hr. Assuming he is going to get 1000 hrs in a year (which he won't) he will get paid less than minimum wage for the job. Hpe this helps.. --- Alireza Alivandivafa <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> wrote: > In a message dated 2/15/2005 11:55:51 AM Central > Standard Time, > DZTOPS@xxxxxxx writes: > What does a starting pilot for Southwest make? How > long does it take to move > up the pay scales? > > If you can get a job at WN, which means you have to > already have a 737 type > rating and time, I believe their FO's start around > 70k, with FO's going up to a > bit over 100k and captains topping out with overtime > and everything close to > 200k. If the raises come at the same rate as the > FA's, I would think they get > a raise on the line of every 6 months > =====