$1,000 A Month: The US Military Flight Pay Cap That Has Not Moved In Decades

As in the commercial sector, military pilots’ base pay is only a portion of their total take-home compensation. Pilots can expect Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay (HDIP), Aviator Retention Bonus (ARB), Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS), pensions, and other incentives, bonuses, and allowances. This article will discuss one of them: the Aviation Incentive Pay (AvIP) along with the confusingly similar Career Enlisted Flyer Incentive Pay (CEFIP).