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Originally Posted by MFT1Air  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. |
See, your argument is he's not qualified for the position, not the pay issue itself. For managing 2 airplanes, and being on call the whole month, and being the sole pilot, he should be paid accordingly. Personally, I would not manage 2 airplanes and be on call as the sole pilot forever for $36K. It would have to be quite a bit more.
Since he has a huge learning curve, then yes, he needs to make sure he knows what he is getting in to. To say he should undercut what the services rendered would/should cost due to him being low time, that is doing a disservice to him and everybody following him. I'm trying to avoid all the cliches about undercutting the industry, lowering the bar, etc., but what you are suggesting is based on all your government experience. This is not a lowest bidder operation, or shouldn't be anyways.