Contract Pilot Rates

[deuce bigalow]

I keep hearing there is a pilot shortage out there. What are the Contract rates like this Summer for Medium drivers?

[maxtorc]

I hear $500.00/day for 212, thats an hourly with mins. (forestry of course). $200/day +away from base + flt pay for lights.

[Needles Split]

Hey Max, ahhhhhh........ never mind, I forgot your leash is shortening.

 

[twitch]

$275/day + $75/hr with minimums for a 212

[Guest Bullet Remington]

Geez, this keeps up the drivers will be making close to what the wrenchs do!

 

Time to look at doing a 60 hour conversion!!

[downwash]

Four I'm aware of:

 

225-325/day + 80/hr.

 

250/day (100 days guaranteed) + 75-100/hr, depending on type of work

 

200/hr., 200 hrs. guaranteed

 

275/day + 80/hour

[jfk]

Stated Light pay seems pretty low. Last winter 125 hr w/ 2.5 hr gaurentee, in the 500.

[dammyneckhurts]

####...

 

No desk job, you just keep on churnin away assuming the work is there.....

[ECU Manual]

By my definition of Contract Pilot, it is the contractor who sets the rate. In Australia for example, one would go to the prospective employer and state that he is available to work at a rate of, say $400.00 per day and flight pay of $100 per hour on a medium. Then the employer would either accept the offer and use him or not.

 

In Canada it seems more like the employer sets the contract rate.

 

Can someone clarify/elaborate please?

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

Ecu

[helidude]

That's because in Canada, the customer tells the operator "I'm gonna give you this much per hour for your helicopter" therefore the operator doesn't necessarily have the luxury of splurging on a lot of things including wages!