A Pilot Pay

Well, believe many of you are interested in how much is a pilot salary. Found the below article which was written back in Year 2006. The information might not be the most updated one, but it can provide a good idea for those who are curious to know.

Below are the basic salary structure for Malaysia and Singapore Airlines:

Malaysia Airlines

Second Officers

• A Cadet Pilot after his type endorsement will be paid a basic salary of RM 4, 229.00 per month
• On posting to the fleet and not under supervision of another copilot RM 5,069.00Second year on fleet RM 5,360.00
• Third year and thereafter RM 5,668.00

First Officers

• Narrow Body (B737) - RM 5,984.00 to RM 9,501.00
• Wide Body (A330/B777/B747) RM 9,146.00 to RM 17,009.00

Captains

• Narrow Body (B737) - RM 9,129.00 to RM 20,349.00
• Wide Body (A330/B777/B747) RM 18,409.00 to RM 28,349.00

Allowances:

Productivity Allowances per hour

• Narrow Body - RM 48.00 (Captain) RM 29.00 (co-pilot)
• Wide Body - RM 72.00 (Captain) RM 43.00 (co-pilot)
• When flying exceeds 80 hours, the rate is RM 216.00 (Captain) RM 144.00 (co-pilot)Meals and
• Night Stop allowances: Ranges from about RM150.00 to RM 600.00 per night depending on city.

Average Gross Salary (with allowances & dependent on seniority - estimates only)

• Second Officer RM 6,000.00 to RM 8,000.00
• First Officer (Narrow Body) RM 10,000.00 to RM 12,000.00
• First Officer (Wide Body) RM 14,000.00 to RM 16,000.00
• Captain (Narrow Body) RM 15,000.00 to RM 18,000.00
• Captain (Wide Body) RM 24,000.00 to RM 35,000.00

Singapore Airlines

Second Officers

• From S$ 2,035.00 to S$ 3,325.00 per month

First Officers

• From S$ 4,925.00/S$ 5,150.00 to S$ 8,500.00 (B777/A340)
• From S$ 5,375.00/S$ 5,600.00 to S$ 9,250.00 (B747-400)

Captains

• From S$ 8,850.00/S$ 9,300.00 to S$ 15,300.00 (B777/A340)
• From S$ 9,550.00/S$ 10,000.00 to S$ 16,500.00(B747-400)

Notes on pilots' allowances in SIA:

• Second Officers on line training do not receive productivity allowances except for meal and night stop allowances.
• Cargo pilots are paid per diem of S$ 8.00 per hour when away from base.
• First Officer and Captain productivity allowances are S$ 36.00 and S$ 55.00 respectively.Main
• Fleet pilots get productivity allowance for half the flying hours when they are traveling as a passenger on duty.

**A First Officer gets about S$ 4,000.00 to S$ 6,000.00 total allowances (estimate only).
**A Captain gets about S$ 5,000.00 to S$ 10,000.00 total allowances (estimate only).
**Rates for meal allowances are dependent on the cities.