Pay 4 SE Turbine??
01-16-2007, 08:38 AM
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Pay 4 SE Turbine??
Hi Guys,
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
01-16-2007, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by utahrpm
Hi Guys,
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
I would think $600-800/day would be resonable, maybe more depending on location of the base.
They could probably get someone cheaper, but they would be less insurable and less experienced. I would think your 121 background would be a bonus if they are serious about safety. If not, you will be undercut by some marginal corporate gadfly.
01-16-2007, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by utahrpm
Hi Guys,
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
I'm new here and need advice. Could you give me some ideas on a daily rate for a on-demand single pilot to fly a new S.E. turbine 6 place aircraft for a company? At first maybe once a week, more flying later. I expect plenty of night IFR in bad weather. They want to arrive alive and I believe are willing to pay a fair rate for my experience. (15,000+ hours Part 135/121 turbprop & jet). I just took early retirement from a 121 airline and have been doing some research and want as many opinions as possible. Thanks!
I would think $600-800/day would be resonable, maybe more depending on location of the base.
They could probably get someone cheaper, but they would be less insurable and less experienced. I would think your 121 background would be a bonus if they are serious about safety. If not, you will be undercut by some marginal corporate gadfly.
Sounds like you don't have time in type...this would up the insurance initially.
01-16-2007, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
A prop I presume? Pilatus or Socata?
I would think $600-800/day would be resonable, maybe more depending on location of the base.
They could probably get someone cheaper, but they would be less insurable and less experienced. I would think your 121 background would be a bonus if they are serious about safety. If not, you will be undercut by some marginal corporate gadfly.
Sounds like you don't have time in type...this would up the insurance initially.
I would think $600-800/day would be resonable, maybe more depending on location of the base.
They could probably get someone cheaper, but they would be less insurable and less experienced. I would think your 121 background would be a bonus if they are serious about safety. If not, you will be undercut by some marginal corporate gadfly.
Sounds like you don't have time in type...this would up the insurance initially.
01-16-2007, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by KiloAlpha
$300-500 are turboprop SIC type numbers..
Would it be reasonable to suggest a daily rate based on the number of days worked in a week, or is that just not done?
For example:
Use me one day a week, cost $800.00 for the day.
Second day, $700.00, third day and beyond, $500.00 a day.
01-16-2007, 10:12 AM
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To me, that's helluva lot of money either way in my opinion. Experience is well worth the price, but you gotta be careful when they factor in someone(aka the gadfly) is willing to work for peanuts in the same situation. This also depends on how the company is run and who's in charge of the flight dept. Maybe an hourly rate would be better jusified?
01-16-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ewfflyer
To me, that's helluva lot of money either way in my opinion. Experience is well worth the price, but you gotta be careful when they factor in someone(aka the gadfly) is willing to work for peanuts in the same situation. This also depends on how the company is run and who's in charge of the flight dept. Maybe an hourly rate would be better jusified?
Geting back to my last question, forgetting the actual dollar amount for a minute and back to the question of a "sliding scale" based on number of days flown a week. Has anyone heard of that before or is it my own weird unworkable idea?
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