Captains. Senior pilots, called captains, earn considerably more than first officers. According to the 2009 FltOps salary survey, the average maximum pay for a captain across the airline industry was $165,278.JetBlue has the lowest maximum captain's salary, $123,400.ccording to the 2009 FltOps salary survey, the average maximum pay for a captain across the airline industry was $165,278. JetBlue has the lowest maximum captain's salary, $123,400.
A pilus (Latin for 'hair'; plural: pili) is a hairlike protein structure on the surface of a cell, especially Gram-negative bacteria. pilus (Latin for 'hair'; plural: pili) is a hairlike protein structure on the surface of a cell, especially Gram-negative bacteria.
A specialized type of pilus, the F or sex pilus, in some way stabilizes the transfer of DNA between mating bacteria, but the function of the smaller, more numerous common pili is quite different. Common pili (often called fimbriae) are usually involved in adherence (attachment) of procaryotes to surfaces in nature.