Non Rev Flight pay

[BJP]

As the saying goes..."You have to spend money to make money"...many moons ago, to build my hours for insurance purposes, it all was non-rev. But my employer threw every single hour they could at me to get that time. It almost felt like I was getting paid $900 / hour just for letting me ferry the 206 for 8 hours to Chunder-Bay. But those were the 100hr days. It didn't take too many of those trips and I was out making $$$ for the company and without asking, all of a sudden I'm getting flight pay. 

A few friends of mine work at Custom Helicopters (based out of Manitoba). I was, and am, very impressed with their compensation policy. There is a lot of non-rev flying (there has to be in almost every company), but they get paid for it. Passengers, longline, etc, it's all regardless when you show appreciation for the Pilot who gets your $1M machine to where it has to be to make some scratch.

Said company requires no negotiating your own deal. If you want to create animosity amongst the ranks, throw in the $ factor. 

Revenue / Non-revenue flight pay is a ridiculous debate. The machine doesn't know any better. If you have a properly managed company and they respect the value and skills you bring, they will of course keep you flying their ships, regardless of Rev / non-rev and pay you accordingly. 

We, as helicopter pilots do deserve remuneration for the skills, experience, intelligence and let's not forget we are the most attractive beings on this planet. And with all that comes a value, and dare I say it, a self-value. But we are just drivers. Sure some of our peers think they are outright GODS, but just because you put your finger in your belly button and brown sh*t comes out, it doesn't mean it's your a@$hole!

 

[shakey]

3 hours ago, BJP said:

As the saying goes..."You have to spend money to make money"...many moons ago, to build my hours for insurance purposes, it all was non-rev. But my employer threw every single hour they could at me to get that time. It almost felt like I was getting paid $900 / hour just for letting me ferry the 206 for 8 hours to Chunder-Bay. But those were the 100hr days. It didn't take too many of those trips and I was out making $$$ for the company and without asking, all of a sudden I'm getting flight pay. 

A few friends of mine work at Custom Helicopters (based out of Manitoba). I was, and am, very impressed with their compensation policy. There is a lot of non-rev flying (there has to be in almost every company), but they get paid for it. Passengers, longline, etc, it's all regardless when you show appreciation for the Pilot who gets your $1M machine to where it has to be to make some scratch.

Said company requires no negotiating your own deal. If you want to create animosity amongst the ranks, throw in the $ factor. 

Revenue / Non-revenue flight pay is a ridiculous debate. The machine doesn't know any better. If you have a properly managed company and they respect the value and skills you bring, they will of course keep you flying their ships, regardless of Rev / non-rev and pay you accordingly. 

We, as helicopter pilots do deserve remuneration for the skills, experience, intelligence and let's not forget we are the most attractive beings on this planet. And with all that comes a value, and dare I say it, a self-value. But we are just drivers. Sure some of our peers think they are outright GODS, but just because you put your finger in your belly button and brown sh*t comes out, it doesn't mean it's your a@$hole!

 

Weird?! One of my top 5 questions is how much does the job pay? That would be the start of negotiating as far as I was taught. True at some stage to do free flights, That's part of the deal. But decades in? I don't think so.