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Paul Botts wrote:

> "Fabrikant" <benny_patrick3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3e499bd1.0205300837.3d4d3226@posting.google.com...
> > I have come across an article written by Michael Moore (you saw
> him on
> > TV many times).  Here are some quotes:
>
> [snip]
>
> >
> > Too harsh, you say?  Well, chow on this: a first-year pilot on
> > American Eagle (the commuter arm of American Airlines) receives
> around
> > $15,000 year in annual pay.
> >
> > That's right - $15,000 for the person who has your life in his
> hands.
>
> Pure fiction. Starting salary for American Eagle pilots is
> several times that.
>
> >
> > Until recently, Confinental Express paid a little over $13,000
> a year.
>
> Ditto, according to a friend of mine who is an airline pilot and
> applied at both these places recently.
>
> >  There was one guy, an American Eagle pilot who had four kids
> so he
> > went down to the welfare office and applied for food stamps -he
> was
> > eligible!
> >
> > Someone on welfare is flying my plane?  Is this for real?  Yes,
> it is.
>
> No, it isn't. This is an urban legend -- not a new or original
> one, either. Sometimes it's told as being about a big-city police
> officer or an FBI agent, but it's the same legend.
>
> Mr. Moore has the same commitment to accuracy as Rush Limbaugh,
> and therefore should not be taken any more seriously than the
> loud drunk at your nearest hotel lobby bar.

Moore's "Stupid White Men" mentioned this, too, though IIRC the
salary was a bit higher.  The pilots working for Delta did go on a
rather lengthy strike to obtain $K20.  This is, of course, for
beginning pilots, but that's still a rather low base to start from.
My guess is that journeymen would be making 40 to 50.  Only a few old
fudds are going to be making 100 on up.