NV5 Aerial Survey
05-28-2022 | 12:40 PM
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NV5 Aerial Survey
Anyone familiar with this company with regards to pay, benefits, a day in the life of, etc?
Here is link to their current job opportunity for those who may be interested (1,000 TT, 250 multi required);
https://careers-nv5.icims.com/jobs/6699/captain/job
Thanks in advance.
Here is link to their current job opportunity for those who may be interested (1,000 TT, 250 multi required);
https://careers-nv5.icims.com/jobs/6699/captain/job
Thanks in advance.
05-29-2022 | 02:51 AM
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Found this on another thread.........seems current:
Pilots are paid duty hours not flight hours and receive O.T. benefits based off which state he/she resides in:
Pilots Average: 2100 duty hours per year
Guaranteed 8 hours pay/day while deployed (company paid hotel/rental car)
CA 1-2 YEARS: $52,000 - $65,000
SENIOR CA 3+ YEARS: $70,000 - $85,000
Management Pilot: $80,000+ (EXEMPT)
We're a legit company not some Picto outfit. We bill a minimum 8 hours a day whether we fly or not. You get whatever your state's overtime rules are from wherever you commute from.
Hotel (nice ones, marriotts, hiltons and IHGs), rental car, fuel for rental all covered by the company and you put it on the company credit card.
In a rotation I'd guess about 40ish hours of flight time on the 16/12 with 13 rotations a year. I was just under 600 for the year in 2017, but I covered a bit more. The east coast office is a bit different though and you might not fly as much if you're taking photos compared to doing lidar and bathy.
With the 16/12 you're given one rotation, but may have your choice of the other depending on when you get hired. Pilots can swap time with each other, but that's up to both pilots and we don't do seniority. The 16/12 is pretty firm once it's made for the next 12 months as you can project it out, but the official schedule may only show a few months out. I've extended my schedule all 3 years I've been there and the only surprise was towards Christmas time they had the opposite rotation come in a day or two earlier to even it out for the Christmas break as their rotation would be cut 4 to 5 days short.
Most of the 208 pilots only fly the 208, but some of the guys that started on the navajo and got on the 208 may still fly the navajo.
Rental car and hotels are made by the pilot and operator. The east coast has the pilots and operators handle their travel arrangements while the west (208s) will tend to book ours for us, but they've been really good with me about getting flights I'd prefer.
I can't recommend the Navajo spots too much as they lean to more of a 23/12 and their schedule isn't as hard as ours, but they micromanage less and have a lot more freedom on how they get the job done. They also fly less as they do more of the imagery and that's usually done without clouds. I'd recommend applying for the west or at least making it known you want a 208 or the 16/12 in your cover letter as they may accommodate you on close to the 16/12 in a Navajo.
Pilots are paid duty hours not flight hours and receive O.T. benefits based off which state he/she resides in:
Pilots Average: 2100 duty hours per year
Guaranteed 8 hours pay/day while deployed (company paid hotel/rental car)
CA 1-2 YEARS: $52,000 - $65,000
SENIOR CA 3+ YEARS: $70,000 - $85,000
Management Pilot: $80,000+ (EXEMPT)
We're a legit company not some Picto outfit. We bill a minimum 8 hours a day whether we fly or not. You get whatever your state's overtime rules are from wherever you commute from.
Hotel (nice ones, marriotts, hiltons and IHGs), rental car, fuel for rental all covered by the company and you put it on the company credit card.
In a rotation I'd guess about 40ish hours of flight time on the 16/12 with 13 rotations a year. I was just under 600 for the year in 2017, but I covered a bit more. The east coast office is a bit different though and you might not fly as much if you're taking photos compared to doing lidar and bathy.
With the 16/12 you're given one rotation, but may have your choice of the other depending on when you get hired. Pilots can swap time with each other, but that's up to both pilots and we don't do seniority. The 16/12 is pretty firm once it's made for the next 12 months as you can project it out, but the official schedule may only show a few months out. I've extended my schedule all 3 years I've been there and the only surprise was towards Christmas time they had the opposite rotation come in a day or two earlier to even it out for the Christmas break as their rotation would be cut 4 to 5 days short.
Most of the 208 pilots only fly the 208, but some of the guys that started on the navajo and got on the 208 may still fly the navajo.
Rental car and hotels are made by the pilot and operator. The east coast has the pilots and operators handle their travel arrangements while the west (208s) will tend to book ours for us, but they've been really good with me about getting flights I'd prefer.
I can't recommend the Navajo spots too much as they lean to more of a 23/12 and their schedule isn't as hard as ours, but they micromanage less and have a lot more freedom on how they get the job done. They also fly less as they do more of the imagery and that's usually done without clouds. I'd recommend applying for the west or at least making it known you want a 208 or the 16/12 in your cover letter as they may accommodate you on close to the 16/12 in a Navajo.
06-04-2022 | 04:20 AM
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