To qualify for the credit, a taxpayer must earn money, but not too much. 1  $46,997 ($52,427 if married filing jointly) in households with three or more qualifying children. 2  $43,756 ($49,186 if you're married and file jointly) with two qualifying children.
This group excludes regional, national and international airline pilots. Commercial pilots earned a mean annual wage of $76,050 a year as of May 2011. The median reported salary was $70,000 per year, and the median-earning 50 percent of commercial pilots earned between $50,850 and $92,340 a year.
Commercial pilots are paid according to the number of hours flown. The average starting salary is about 2500 Rs per hour. An average monthly flying is estimated at about 70 hours. There are lots of rules and regulations as to how pilots are rostered to fly. 6 days work with 2 days off is the average working week. There are no weekends off like a 9 to 5 job.