Re:TfL abandons plans for driverless tube trains
by rootusrootus on Friday November 29, 2024 @10:14PM
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The numbers are pretty different, though. A subway driver might make $50K/yr and the train has a thousand people, with short runs at high frequency. A long haul flight will have 300-400 passengers for hours and 3-4 pilots each making $250K/yr.
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Re:TfL abandons plans for driverless tube trains
by do_not_redeem on Friday November 29, 2024 @10:27PM
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On the flip side, a subway/bus ticket is usually around $1-$10, while an airplane ticket is $100-$1000.
Re:TfL abandons plans for driverless tube trains
by lores on Saturday November 30, 2024 @03:04PM
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That's way more than the end-of-career salary for a pilot at a major UK airline, around £140k. Newly-qualified pilots at Ryanair make around £23k.
Re:TfL abandons plans for driverless tube trains
by rootusrootus on Monday December 02, 2024 @12:52PM
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It's a bit more lopsided in the US. A regional carrier pilot makes peanuts (due to how they are paid, only when wheels are up, there have been pilots effectively paid lower than minimum wage). At regular carrier like American/United/Alaska, pilots make waaaaay more. A captain may make half a mil. If you can suffer through the regionals and make your way up the ranks, it eventually pays off.