How To Make A Million A Year As An Airline Pilot

This video is for those airline pilots who want to maximize their earnings and those curious about how airline pilots make over a million a year. If you implement only one of these items you will increase your income as a pilot. I hope you find this helpful.

How To Increase Your Earnings As An Airline Pilot:

Work more hours in a day.
Know your work rules.
Soft Time.
Move up the seniority list by staying with the airline.
Bid the highest-paying position.
Increase the amount you are paid through premium pay.
Let scheduling know you are available.
Answer the call when scheduling calls.
Work every day.
Trade your way to higher pay.
Work during vacation.
Double Dip when canceled or removed from a trip.
Don’t discount the discount airlines.
Be prepared for criticism and negative feedback from peers.

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[Lazarov_Tweevles]

Start with two million, then follow the investment advice of fellow pilots.... before you know it, you'll have a million!

[Andromedon]

Thanks for the video!

It seems if you join young, work hard for 12-15 years, then start making around $600k-$1mil a year, it only takes 10 more years to be able to retire super early, or start holding reserve to kick back while still making great money.

Met $10 mil, put that in a bank like sofi or something with 2-5% interest and you live off interest alone. A nice life.

I'm about to finish my commercial license and will have CFI, CFII, Comm multi and MEI by end of August and looking forward to getting to the airlines. Hoping to make a major impact in my community by being charitable with all the cash. Make dreams true

[solarpoweredafricanvegansp]

This channel is a must subscribe for me lol.

Did 15 years in the US Navy. Got out and using my G.I. Bill to get through flight school. Flying is literally on my mind 24/7.

Did 15 years in a career that I didn’t want to do and now I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to choose and man do I believe I’ve chosen wisely!

I can’t Thank you enough for this channel!

[huntert]

Great insight! I’d love to hear you talk about how to maximize days off! I have not seen much content about that. Thanks for the information

[CSSZiegler]

In a nutshell, have absolutely no life, never see your wife and kids, risk getting divorced, work all hours and barely get any sleep to function for the next flight

[generationalcursebreaker]

Great episode! I just started doing research. I’m more on the older side but I am super edited to start this journey. Thank you for the resources. I look forward to connecting, I’m in Haines City.

[PKerusso]

If you fly a narrow body for 12 years and then go wide body, do you keep the 12 year pay on the wide body, or start at year one ?

[shawn]

looking forward to learning about maximizing QOL!

[SimonSorensen]

Hey Carl, Can you help me out with Class 1 medicial, since i have som issus, would be nice to hear you opinion on what to do here?

- Thx! i been trying to get my Class 1 for the last 3 months, since the AME1 doctor is bit hard against me,

[danielisom]

Hey, I wanted to ask a question regarding this topic. Once I saw this podcast and video, I wanted to know the route I am going is the best route for my goal. I am 17 years old and about to get a degree from GCU in the next year due to working alot of my credits during highschool. I want to be a delta airlines pilot working from seattle. According to what Ive seen, the biggest aircraft I would be flying in seattle would be the A350-900. With that said, I am planning on going through the destination 225 program with southwest airlines. My idea is to go through their program and get out of it as a first officer in the southwest and switch to delta once I get the job accepted. Despite this, my goal is to get to my objective as quickly as possible. Is this the quickest route or are the regional for delta a better route?

[MadPropsAero]

Outstanding insights, Carl. Really good stuff.

[vupwnud]

Hello excellent channel My 17-year-old son wants to be a commercial pilot I ask you what you think of Spartan Aviation in Tulsa Oklahoma?

[spotzidog]

Great vid! Is soft time normally paid the same rate as when you are flying in the cockpit? Or if not, what's generally the average ratio. I know it might vary widely based on scenario

[a.e.]

Would a flight attendant who transitions to pilot at the same airline keep their seniority?

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[stevel]

Most guys who make this much a) live in the airplane and B) make bubba deals with the company. Even at my high paying shop the really big dogs make 800k. A mil is really hard to do

[higherthanakite]

Huge fan of your channel! Maybe one day we’ll meet up for a big fat steak at lunch, or just a cup of joe even. Looking forward to meet up with you. Stay safe and healthy.

[mavrick]

Im 58 with zero time can I still commercially fly

[kennyadvocat]

I live 20 mins from JFK. How competitive is getting a FO job at envoy air these days? Id be happy with 100k as a newbie. 1 mill sounds like a lot of work lol

[DTWobserver]

Click bait title. There is some truth here, but all trip assignments, interactions with scheduling, and pay are all subject to whatever the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) at ABC (fill in the blank) airline. The company AND the pilots are bound by the CBA. Work your ass off, but don't be the guy described in #14, or you will deserve every bit of that criticism.