75% of major airline pilots earn less than $140,000 per year. 50% of all major airline pilots earn less than $90,000 per year, and 50% of all regional airline pilots earn less than $45,000 per year. Entry level salaries for the regional airlines are under $25,000.0% of all commercially rated pilots never make it to a major airline. Bottom line, if you want good odds of earning a decent salary right out of college or within the first 10 years of a flying career, do not become a pilot.
For other uses, see Smiley Face (disambiguation) . A smiley (sometimes simply called a happy or smiling face) is a stylized representation of a smiling humanoid face, an important part of popular culture.
ARCHIVED: What do :-) and other emoticons mean? The :-) notation is known as a smiley, and means that the statement it follows was intended as humor. When you tilt your head to the side, you see that : is the eyes, - the optional nose, and ) is the mouth.