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[quote user="oltmannd"][quote user="Sam1"]Accordingly, it is difficult to believe that engineers on the NEC are earning $165,000 per year.[/quote]But, it's probably true. Decades ago, the Metroliner engineers used to make 3 days pay for a NYP-WAS round trip. That was in the "time and mileage" days, but I'm sure those jobs were made whole when Amtrak went to straight hourly pay.[/quote] I would be amongst the first to argue that Amtrak's engineers should be paid a competitive wage.  If those in the NEC are paid $165,000, all but the nation's most senior airline pilots should fold their wings and apply to be an engineer in the NEC for Amtrak.  On average they make considerably less. According to the Department of Labor, the mean wage for a commercial airline pilot in the U.S. is $119,520.  The median is $106,240, and the range is from $56,620 to $188,000.  However, I know from other sources that rookie co-pilots on commuter airlines earn considerably less than $56,620.  If Amtrak is paying engineers $165,000, plus benefits, it is but one more sign of how Amtrak is being mismanaged.  Come to think of it, however, Amtrak is a government agency.  It does not have any real competition, so maybe it can pay engineers more than airline pilots.
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