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Originally Posted by Citationkid  $900 a week is the cap or the most he could make in a week. The guarenteed money is 10 days per month, which would be $3000 per month or $36,000 per year, which is not very high. That comes out to $18,000 per year per partner.
If you are going to charge by the hour you would want to charge by the time away from home, not the flight time. This isn't the airlines. He could do a 100 mile trip, sit for two days and fly home. That would be two hours of pay for two days of work by your logic. That doesn't sound like good business for the pilot does it  If he does three flights a week he would probally be looking at about eight hours per day of duty time, which is what his pay would be based off of. At $900 per week and 32 hours of work that is about $28 per hour, which is by no means a lot.
Alex. |
OK, so. . .you're saying a "less than" 300 TT commercial pilot with less than 6 months of training - flying a Mooney - about 35 hours a month should start at 36K a year. Interesting.
Needless to say, I'd disagree. I believe he or she is overpaid. I wouldn't say that if say . . .the person to add to simply being a CSEL/CMEL:
1. Is degreed, especially if his degree is either aviation related or can positively impact the owner's business.
2. Has some other specialized training, such as Flight Safety or SIMCOM.
3. Has more diverse flying experience: i.e. - multiple airplanes other than say a Cessna 172 or Duchess, international flights, etc.
4. Signficant instrument time; CFI or CFII.
OK, for me, you're inching closer to $36K. . .again, which is a start.