Originally Posted by
The dude
Ha ha ha. I was thinking the exact same thing. There's gotta be something fishy if a GLEX operator is hiring a CFI.
........but, could it be worse than flight instructing?
Originally Posted by
The dude
I think the main point is being missed here. There's a big difference between a type rated guy with time-in-type and a guy who has no corporate experience that's going to have to be babysat for a year and eventually sent to school to be typed (which costs a small fortune in itself). Comparing these two is like apples and oranges and salaries would WIDELY vary. 85k for a low time guy who's gonna need a babysitter is pretty good IMHO.
Exactly Dude, This was the best way to explain this, I don't know about you all, but I think Global Express/GIV/V jobs aren't so easy to get, AND not all of the operators of these airplanes mean they are the best jobs in the world, where as a Gulfstream 550 or a Global Express might be the creme of the creme and I completely agree they should be the best paying jobs, a non qualified pilot having the oportunity to be hired to fly these babies is not in the position to bargain his salary. I was in a similar position, with 800 hours total flight time, and got hired to fly a Falcon 50 as an FO, surelly my salary went up from what I was flying before, but wasn't even near to the top of the salaries of Falcon 50 pilots, they typed me, qualified me, there was a lot of things I didn't know, they don't teach you at flightschool many things that you have to learn in Corporate aviation, it is FAR BEYOND what airline pilots know how to do, international experience doesn't involve just ''how to fly there'' like it is usually in the airline pilots do, (I mean no offence and I respect the airline people a lot) but there so many things in corporate where you are pretty much on your own, all by yourself, especially in international operations!
I do think experienced and qualified pilots worth more and should stand for it, but to get there you have to deal with lot's of crap, at least you usually have to.
I just think there are good Global Express/Gulfstream jobs, and there are bad ones, just like everywhere, if you get an oportunity like that, and that's what they pay, I don't think you'll affect the market with it, the pilot job market depends in so many other things, like offer and demand, the kind of people who own the plane; if they donīt pay much, it 's because they pretty much will get what they pay for, especially if you are going to learn things here, rather than show them how to do things. And yes, there might be something fishy about this job; you bet, you might have to do a lot of things other than sitting down and flying, but that's what corporate aviation is all about, at least when you start.
Regards
-Gbagli