What is the job market/salary for graduates from the Pilot Option?
This is a really tough one to pin down, since salaries vary based on what kind of flying the graduate is doing, and our graduates hold such a wide variety of jobs. Our students fly in such varied areas as fish spotters, traffic watch, pipeline patrol, photography, rescue work, charter operations, cargo operations, flight instructing, and commuter airlines. Initially their primary concern is to build flight time rapidly, since progression to better jobs usually hinges on experience. In very general terms, a flight instructor might expect to earn $10-$18 per actual hour of instruction, and pay ranges from there to $18,000 – $25,000 for a commuter pilot, and on up to $100,000+ for experienced airline pilots.
