You don't expect to make less than someone at McDonalds either In a message dated 2/17/2006 12:25:20 PM Central Standard Time, Niraj.Agarwalla@xxxxxxx writes: Are we talking about freshly-minted pilots, or experienced ones? When you are starting out in your career, don't expect to be paid top dollar. Put in few years and then start making money. I think this just life.