Originally Posted by
Phxdvt17
I agree. $100-200 low, for some. Not all. When I need a contract pilot I take NBAA standards and divide total annual pay by our aircraft average annual hours. To keep it simple. Say that aircrafts NBAA standard is 100k and that flight department flys 150 hours a year. That's $666 a day. So I'd pay anywhere in that ballpark.
This makes no sense. A contract pilot does not care how many hours a year the operation flys. What would you pay if you were flying 300 hours a year? $300?
You must not be feeling the shortage, yet.