I was listening to NPR this morning (a common occurance on my drive in). Apparently, the UPS and their Pilot's union are under negotiations and part of it is that they're hiring 200 new pilots.

That's not the interesting bit.

The interesting bit is that the average UPS pilot makes $172,000 a year. That's not bad at all for not having to dealing with passengers and such.

I had always heard that flying freight came before passenger work. If that's the csae, then passenger pilots must do reasonably well.

Now, why isn't this highlighted in mass media, or schools, for that matter? Everyone knows doctors and lawyers do well (and even us software nerds), but how many know that airline pilots are easily up near the top? (At least as far as salaried compensation goes... we're not talking about stock and other such things that can throw the balance in favor of luck (or good management and ideas))

Posted by Shane on February 11, 2005 7:55 AM | Permalink