Does your CEO get a flat salary?
How about the VP of HR? Director of Ops? The Chief Pilot?
Why aren't they hourly if its a better deal?

There is no benefit to a LOW base salary, but a high one is quite desirable.


Cape Air does pay duty time. Which enhances safety to a remarkable degree. With no economic penalty to delay or call off a trip due to weather or potential mx issue, you're much more comfortable making the safe call. One cruddy day the CEO of another Hyannis 402 operator offered his pilots a $100 bonus to operate. Suddenly the conditions were not too bad to fly in anymore.

Trip rigs were once the answer to the obvious inequity of long duty days combined with low credit flying. I think that amongst most regional airlines they are the stuff of legend. A 2:1 daily rig would go a long way to forcing trips to be more efficient, or paying you for your time.

Despite someone's observation, flying is not piecework. We are trading our time - our Life Capital if you will - for their money. You can never, ever get any more of yours (and you never, ever know when its going to run out) so make sure you are getting enough of theirs in the deal.