Anybody have an idea what Aerial Banner Inc pays its pilot per hour? Or if you have to pay for their training course? I have 540hrs of TT.

someone told me they're hiring at higher hours, around 7-800. I applied there and they told me to come back when i had built some more time, I had 650 then. i heard they hired a bunch of 3-400 hour guys and paid for it. but other than that they said pay was 30 an hour from banner pickup to drop, and the training can either be paid in ful for 4500$ or you can sign a 12 month contract.

To pay 4,500 to get "trained" to tow a banner would border on idiotic.

You can search and read the public document ..... I would look at Cape Air for an FO position


Aerial Banners operated its banner towing business out of North Perry Airport in Broward County, Florida.   It received a waiver permitting it to conduct banner towing operations.   The waiver was renewed periodically, most recently on October 1, 2006, for a period of two years.   The waiver contained a handful of boilerplate conditions, called Standard Provisions, as well as three pages of Special Provisions which regulated in some detail the manner in which Aerial Banner's towing operations were to be conducted.   The waiver also contained addenda specifying the pilots and aircraft to which it applied.   The Special Provisions provide that “[t]he FAA retains the right to revoke this Waiver of Authorization at any time the Standard or Special Provisions are not strictly adhered to.”The FAA revoked Aerial Banner's waiver by letter dated December 14, 2007.   The letter stated that the revocation decision was reached after considering nine safety “events,” ranging from paperwork violations to plane crashes, over the preceding two years.   The letter noted that some of the events resulted in serious injuries to Aerial Banner pilots.   Accordingly, the letter “cancell[ed] the Certificate of Waiver/Authorization issued by the FAA ․ based upon our determination that safety and the public interest would not be served [by] allowing the continuation of such a waiver.”   The nine incidents, in the order they appear in the FAA's revocation letter and with some elucidation, are the following: - See more at: AERIAL BANNERS INC v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION | FindLaw

Great reference Bumper.

I am familiar with the operation.
The owner is verbally abusive and overall, an unpleasant person.

Admittedly, the airplanes are actually in good shape. They bought and overhauled several Pawnees.

At least one of their incidents in the past few years was a training incident. New pilot in a Pawnee. The operation does not have any 2 pilot Pawnees on site so you have to read the manual and learn on the fly, just like olden days.

yep that's how I learned the Pawnee I found it to be a pretty easy plane to fly and a lot fun. I flew for a different operation but had dealings with Aerial Banners way back in the day.