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Originally Posted by aviatorsneah
i think banners are flown out of clow, balloons out of lake geneva and joliet. pay is a base salary of 20K with $20/hr flight time for banners and $250/hr balloon. lots of office work involved when you aren't flying. they want a full timer (assistant director of flight ops). all training is paid for.
sounds like a decent summer gig if it wasn't for the 2 year contract. they said they do banners year round, even in other states. he said to expect anywhere between 500-1000 hours per year flying banners.
Let me get this straight, 20k plus 500 to 1000 hours times 20/hour? 30-40k to tow banners??? Plus the balloon pay??!?!?
I agree, it isn't sexy, but it sounds like a pretty darn good deal. Live on no more than 25k (more than many regionals pay to start), save the rest, and have a bankroll to supplement the pay when you do get that first 121 job.
Sure, I'd try to negotiate a shorter contract, but even if he won't budge, the difference in the job market between one year from now and two probably isn't that much.
How much is the contract buy out? I can't imagine it would be very big: training to tow banners doesn't take too long. Is it prorated? What is the buy out at 12 months? 18 months? If you DO save your money and a great job comes along, you will have the cash to buy out, give two weeks notice, and leave on good terms.