Pilot political contributions from Pennsylvania

Pilot and Pennsylvania as paired FEC filters

Itemized individual receipts store occupation and donor state separately. This tie keeps PILOT and PA. The intersection is $617,176, 2,749 contributions, and 106 donors. The occupation nationwide is $11,039,454, 73,932 contributions, and 2,899 donors. Pennsylvania holds about 5.6% of Pilot-coded dollars, about 3.7% of Pilot-coded contribution rows, and about 3.7% of Pilot-coded donors.

Dollar share (about 5.6%) runs ahead of donor share and row share (both about 3.7%). Pennsylvania’s Pilot slice is a modest, slightly dollar-heavy cut of a high-volume national flying-related label. The occupation hub still includes every other state. The Pennsylvania hub still includes every other occupation.

One hundred six Pennsylvania donors and 2,749 contribution rows produced $617,176 under PILOT. The occupation side is $11,039,454, 73,932 contributions, and 2,899 donors. About 5.6% of dollars and about 3.7% of both donors and rows is a modest, slightly dollar-heavy cut of a high-frequency flying label. AIRLINE PILOT is not this string. The 73,932 national PILOT rows and the 2,749 Pennsylvania rows stay inside PILOT as filed.

PILOT is not AIRLINE PILOT in these tables

Filers who wrote PILOT sit here. Filers who wrote AIRLINE PILOT sit in a different occupation bucket with different national totals. A Georgia Airline Pilot join, if published, is not this page and must not be added to $11,039,454. CAPTAIN, AVIATOR, and RETIRED PILOT are other possible strings.

Nationally, 2,899 donors produced 73,932 contributions totaling $11,039,454. That is a high-row occupation, similar in shape to other labels with frequent small itemized gifts. This page only locates the Pennsylvania-coded portion.

Pennsylvania’s 106-donor cut

One hundred six Pennsylvania donors produced 2,749 contributions totaling $617,176. Other Pennsylvania occupation joins—Registered Nurse and Venture Capital—use other strings. Pilot receipts from other states fill the remainder of $11,039,454.

PA is the contributor state. It does not prove a Pennsylvania-based airline, a particular airport, or a gift to Pennsylvania federal candidates. Recipient committees can file anywhere in the FEC system.

Pennsylvania’s 106 Pilot-coded donors and 2,749 contributions sit inside 2,899 national donors and 73,932 national contributions. The $617,176 stays on PILOT as filed.

Row volume at national scale

Seventy-three thousand nine hundred thirty-two Pilot-coded contribution rows nationwide dwarf Pennsylvania’s 2,749. Most of the itemized line volume for this occupation is outside Pennsylvania even though the state’s dollar share is about 5.6%. That is expected for a large national label; it is not a ranking of aviation states.

Keep both sides of the join in view: $617,176 / 2,749 / 106 in Pennsylvania against $11,039,454 / 73,932 / 2,899 nationwide.

Seventy-three thousand PILOT rows, 2,749 in Pennsylvania

Pilot nationwide is $11,039,454 from 2,899 donors and 73,932 contributions. Pennsylvania’s join is $617,176 from 106 donors and 2,749 contributions—about 5.6% of dollars and about 3.7% of both donors and rows. Dollar share leads the people and line shares slightly. The occupation is high-frequency; Pennsylvania is a modest cut of that frequency.

AIRLINE PILOT is a different string. A Georgia Airline Pilot page uses that other label and a different national total. Combining Pilot and Airline Pilot invents a cockpit super-total. CAPTAIN and AVIATOR, if filed, remain other buckets.

Registered Nurse and Venture Capital also use Pennsylvania on other ties. They are not this occupation. Itemized individual receipts only. See Pilot donations, Pennsylvania campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

What the join will not claim

This page does not say Pennsylvania aviation funds federal elections, and it does not merge Pilot with Airline Pilot. Two columns matched. Correlation is not causation.

Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are omitted. See Pilot donations, Pennsylvania campaign finance, all occupations, and all FEC ties.

Questions

How much have Pilot donors in Pennsylvania given?

FEC itemized individual contributions from donors listing occupation Pilot and state Pennsylvania total $617,176. That join includes 2,749 contributions and 106 donors. Nationwide, Pilot-coded receipts are $11,039,454 from 2,899 donors and 73,932 contributions. Occupation labels are filer-entered.

Is Pilot the same as Airline Pilot in FEC data?

No. PILOT and AIRLINE PILOT are separate occupation strings. This join is Pilot plus Pennsylvania: $617,176 from 106 donors and 2,749 contributions. Combining labels would invent a total filers did not enter as one field Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Pennsylvania races. This join is $617,176 from 106 donors and 2,749 contributions against $11,039,454 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.

What share of national Pilot giving is Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania’s $617,176 is about 5.6% of the $11,039,454 national Pilot total. The state has 106 of 2,899 donors and 2,749 of 73,932 contributions (about 3.7% on both). Those shares describe the join only.

Did this money go to Pennsylvania campaigns?

Not necessarily. Donor state is Pennsylvania. Recipients can be committees anywhere that file with the FEC. This page does not allocate the $617,176 by office Donor state is the address on the itemized individual record, not a map of Pennsylvania races. This join is $617,176 from 106 donors and 2,749 contributions against $11,039,454 nationwide. Recipients can be committees anywhere in the FEC system.