Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
I just had a few beers and wings with the guys that used to work for me and the new chief pilot. Operators are throwing stupid money around in the Northeast. A Global just got crewed at $260k+; but, I asked the kicker—how many pilots on a managed and chartered plane? Two. I then pointed out the potential QOL issues and the owner was buying pilot’s lives. Great money, being away or on-call 365, not worth it.
GF
Actually that kinda sucks. As recently as one year ago it was good but times are a changing. I have had several buddies hired both in the northeast and the west coast for almost that money on 4 pilot planes. When I say almost I mean 240k plus bonuses. This is all within the last 6-8 months. So 260k to be the property of someone is not good money at all.
Owners on these particular jets got tired of the turnover and substandard pilots the management company was getting and threw in the towel. Give me 4 guys and pay them was the owners edict. It's funny that the management companies try to drive down the cost and find the cheapest guys they can until the owners get ****ed and throw money at the problem.
It doesn't matter anyway at this point and I hear your comment about guys that have no interest in the airlines. Problem for owners that want to "own" you is there are not enough guys that "will never" go to the airlines to crew (captain) the biz jets. So they will either compete in the future or park em. It really is that simple.