A380 captain's pay

On Fri, 25 May 2007 15:22:00 GMT, John Theune
wrote:

Kingfish wrote:
Interesting article here on the arbitration case between Singapore
Airlines and its pilots. The court ruled SIA must pay A380 captains
more than 747 captains. Duh? If it's bigger, heavier and has more
seats that should be a no-brainer IMHO, unless of course the airline
is trying to contain labor costs. I was amazed to see their monthly
base pay of $10k for 747 captains. $120k/yr to fly a 747? Even
allowing for per diem and other stuff, SWA's 737 captains make a lot
more than that...


http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...paid-more.html

Pay is always based on the location of the job. Software engineers in
the US make 75K but in Bangalore they make 5K. Why would it be
They took a pay cut? My late cousin was making considerably more than
that 10 years ago. That too depended on what you were doing and where.
I understood that a lot of pilots flying the "big iron" have taken
some serious pay cuts in the past few years.

different for pilots?

On May 27, 8:13 pm, "Roger (K8RI)" wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2007 15:22:00 GMT, John Theune
wrote:

Kingfish wrote:
Interesting article here on the arbitration case between Singapore
Airlines and its pilots. The court ruled SIA must pay A380 captains
more than 747 captains. Duh? If it's bigger, heavier and has more
seats that should be a no-brainer IMHO, unless of course the airline
is trying to contain labor costs. I was amazed to see their monthly
base pay of $10k for 747 captains. $120k/yr to fly a 747? Even
allowing for per diem and other stuff, SWA's 737 captains make a lot
more than that...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...court-rules-si...

Pay is always based on the location of the job. Software engineers in
the US make 75K but in Bangalore they make 5K. Why would it be

They took a pay cut? My late cousin was making considerably more than
that 10 years ago. That too depended on what you were doing and where.
I understood that a lot of pilots flying the "big iron" have taken
some serious pay cuts in the past few years.

Software engineers who are still using skills from 1995 are probably
making 75K. If you aren't attending conferences (like Java One, etc)
and going to training at least once a year you can't expect to make
much more.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary writes:

Software engineers who are still using skills from 1995 are probably
making 75K. If you aren't attending conferences (like Java One, etc)
and going to training at least once a year you can't expect to make
much more.

Conferences and training are just ways to make money from the naïve.

On May 30, 2:09 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Conferences and training are just ways to make money from the naïve.

Interesting statement. Perhaps you could tell us how this philosophy
has helped your own career in IT?

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Robert M. Gary writes:

Software engineers who are still using skills from 1995 are probably
making 75K. If you aren't attending conferences (like Java One, etc)
and going to training at least once a year you can't expect to make
much more.

Conferences and training are just ways to make money from the naïve.



Yeah, all the money they wasted training me to fly is obviously a waste..

Fjukkktard.

Bertie

On May 30, 11:09 am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Robert M. Gary writes:
Software engineers who are still using skills from 1995 are probably
making 75K. If you aren't attending conferences (like Java One, etc)
and going to training at least once a year you can't expect to make
much more.

Conferences and training are just ways to make money from the naïve.

Sounds like someone can't afford the $5000 for the conference pass and
is a bit bitter about it. If you are working in IT you can expense it
so I don't care what it costs. If you think for a second that having
recent conferences and training on your resume doesn't make a
difference you are in a way different world than the rest of us.
Bottom line, I'm easily making 6 figures and have enough money in the
bank that the 5% etrade savings account pays me comes out to more than
you said you make a year. So, you can argue with me if you want but
I'm out here making money and you're at home bitching.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:

you said you make a year. So, you can argue with me if you want but
I'm out here making money and you're at home bitching.

tsst tsst. You are spoiling a perfectly entertaining usenet discussion
by injecting facts and an unhealthy dose of reality. :-)

--Sylvain

On 29 May 2007 16:03:55 -0700, "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

On May 27, 8:13 pm, "Roger (K8RI)" wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2007 15:22:00 GMT, John Theune
wrote:

Kingfish wrote:
Interesting article here on the arbitration case between Singapore
Airlines and its pilots. The court ruled SIA must pay A380 captains
more than 747 captains. Duh? If it's bigger, heavier and has more
seats that should be a no-brainer IMHO, unless of course the airline
is trying to contain labor costs. I was amazed to see their monthly
base pay of $10k for 747 captains. $120k/yr to fly a 747? Even
allowing for per diem and other stuff, SWA's 737 captains make a lot
more than that...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...court-rules-si...

Pay is always based on the location of the job. Software engineers in
the US make 75K but in Bangalore they make 5K. Why would it be

They took a pay cut? My late cousin was making considerably more than
that 10 years ago. That too depended on what you were doing and where.
I understood that a lot of pilots flying the "big iron" have taken
some serious pay cuts in the past few years.

Software engineers who are still using skills from 1995 are probably
making 75K. If you aren't attending conferences (like Java One, etc)
and going to training at least once a year you can't expect to make
much more.

That pretty much stands to reason and isn't just true in the software
business.


My point is we were making more than that back then and if keeping up
I'd expect to be making much more. However, I'm retired and making
much less at least as far as my pension goes.

-Robert