That's because the corporation is a separate legal entity from its owners. If a corporation complies with the formalities required for it to be treated as a separate legal entity, then anyone seeking to collect a debt from, or enforce a claim against, a corporation, would not be able to collect from the shareholders themselves.
The average salary for Airline Pilots is $104,000 per year.The average bonus for Airline Pilot is $0.
Starting Pay for Co-Pilots. According to an airline industry salary survey conducted by FltOps.Com, the average starting salary of a co-pilot is $36,283 per year. However, this varies considerably by airline. The lowest reported starting salary for a co-pilot, $21,600 per year, was reported at US Airways. Continental and United also offered starting salaries of less than $30,000 per year. Among passenger airlines, Southwest offered the highest starting salary, $49,572.