Originally Posted by
Bumper
Thinking about jumping ship from current fulltime part 91 C560XLS+ job to contract flying. Trying to get a feel on how many days a month is possible for East Coast based pilot and what daily rates are. Most likely won't make a much with fulltime gig but looking for quality of life improvement. Thanks for any input
Keep in mind with contract flying you’ll need to always say “yes” when they call if you want to keep the client. If they get a couple “no’s” because you don’t want to work anymore that month then they will just start calling someone else and you’ll lose the client.
I would think $1,200-$1,500 would be reasonable for a Citation PIC but also keep in mind that you will be responsible for your recurrents which will eat into your income.