{"id":16985,"date":"2022-01-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=16985"},"modified":"2022-01-22T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:24:23","slug":"pilots-shortage-smaller-airlines-start-giving-big-raises-to-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/23\/pilots-shortage-smaller-airlines-start-giving-big-raises-to-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots shortage &#8211; smaller airlines start giving big raises to pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Pilots at <strong>four U.S. airlines<\/strong> are now seeing significantly larger paychecks as the industry <strong>faces a pilot shortage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avelo Airlines on Thursday announced a significant raise for its pilots, becoming the <em>fourth U.S. carrier in just two months to take action in an effort to attract more pilots.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pilots at four U.S. airlines are now seeing significantly larger paychecks as the industry faces a pilot shortage.\" class=\"wp-image-17016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_1175.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Pilots at the Houston-headquartered ultra-low-cost carrier startup will now earn more than pilots at the established national ULCCs: <strong>Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air. <\/strong><\/p><p>The move comes two weeks after Avelo announced it had raised $42 million in a Series B funding round. <\/p><p>The airline plans to hire 120 pilots in 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First-year first officers will now earn $90 an hour, up from $70 an hour. <\/li><li>First-year captains will now earn $200 an hour, up from $135 an hour. <\/li><li>The new scale tops off with fifth-year first officers earning $140 and fifth-year captains earning $220.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">\nWhile airline pilots are paid hourly, they are offered a monthly minimum number of hours, usually somewhere<strong> between 70 and 75 hours. <\/strong>\n\n<strong>Avelo\u2019s minimum is 70 hours<\/strong>, meaning that a first-year first officer will earn at least $75,600 a year, before sign-on bonuses, while a first-year captain will earn at least $168,000 a year, before sign-on bonuses.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to attracting and retaining the industry\u2019s best pilots,\u201d Avelo CEO Andrew Levy said in a statement. <\/p><p>\u201cIn addition to our enhanced pay scale, Avelo supports quality of life initiatives such as an <strong>additional $1,800 per month<\/strong> to help offset the cost of commuting. <\/p><p>And, if a pilot <strong>chooses to live in base, <\/strong>they\u2019ll keep the $1,800 per month.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-avelos-announcement-pilots\">Avelos announcement &#8211; Pilots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Avelo\u2019s announcement <\/strong>follows moves by fellow ULCC startup Breeze Airways, as well as Minnesota-based <strong>Sun Country and United Express carrier GoJet<\/strong>, which have all announced pilot pay increases since the beginning of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pilots at four U.S. airlines are now seeing significantly larger paychecks as the industry faces a pilot shortage.\" class=\"wp-image-17015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC07689.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Breeze.com\">Breeze<\/a>, which has faced criticism over low pay and a scheme to recruit pilots from Australia, raised its starting <strong>Embraer 190\/195 first officer rate to $61 an hour<\/strong>, with first-year captains now making $129 an hour.\n\n\n Pilots on the carrier\u2019s Airbus A220, currently set for a May 4 entry into service, will start at <strong>$68 an hour as first officers and $131 an hour as captains.<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<strong>There\u2019s a limited supply of highly qualified pilots and a huge demand for highly qualified pilots<\/strong>\u201d <\/p><cite>Chris Owens, Breeze\u2019s vice president of flight operations, said in an interview with TPG this month.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pilots for Sun Country, which operates <strong>ultra-low-cost scheduled flights primarily out of its base at Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP),<\/strong> as well as flying cargo for Amazon, also saw an increase. <\/li><li><em>First-year first officers now earn $78.50 an hour, while first-year captains earn $195.89 an hour.<\/em><\/li><li> Like Avelo, Sun Country operates flights using the Boeing 737 exclusively.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/UA-550v2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At regional airlines like GoJet, the pilot shortage is perhaps most acute.<\/li><li> <strong>GoJet<\/strong> operates the <strong>CRJ-550<\/strong> for United Express, a 50-seat version of the CRJ-700. <\/li><li>Pilots there went from being among the worst paid of the regional airlines to among the best.<\/li><li> <em>First-year first officers went from being paid $38 an hour to $50 an hour, while first-year captains went from $71 an hour to $83.34 an hour. <\/em><\/li><li>The best-paying regional, Endeavor Air, pays its first officers a starting wage of $52.19 an hour.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As the pilot shortage continues, it seems likely other airlines will follow suit this year and also increase pilot pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilots at four U.S. airlines are now seeing significantly larger paychecks as the industry faces a pilot 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