jspeed87
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I guess for a family man it's not the best salary, but great for me. Plus, it's good for networking and meeting new pilots. I wish I lived on industrial avenue, across Meridian TEB! lol
Line Service Pay
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I guess for a family man it's not the best salary, but great for me. Plus, it's good for networking and meeting new pilots. I wish I lived on industrial avenue, across Meridian TEB! lol
jspeed87
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Nope, Aircraft Cabin Service at KEWR... $7.75. low blow.
rdsoxpilot
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Brutal. Especially for KEWR.
Calvin and Hobbs Meter
Well-Known Member
+1
Being able to talk to many people from all over the country has been a great benefit of working the line. One dudes opinion is subjective, but when you can shoot the breeze with 100 or so dudes (or gals), the opinions become qualitative. It got my buddy a CFI position when none were available (he chose an FBO that had a flight school associated with it), and landed me a job with a charter company (I chose an FBO with ties to a 135 outfit). Many make a career out of it.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
I made $8.50/hour in CMA, in 2005. Small place, but you...were...it on the nights. Your mileage may vary.
BEEF SUPREME
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I have not worked the line where they pump Jet A but one of the line guys at Atlantic TEB was making fun of me and telling me how much money he made and how we needed to "get a union". Most of his wages came from tips. I cant tell you how many times I unloaded all of the bags while the line crew collected tips.
I was good natured about it and asked him to dump the LAV.
I was good natured about it and asked him to dump the LAV.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Hahaha! Awesome! I very rarely got tips, so most of my money was from OT. I always tried to be there to help unload bags. Most of our planes were Gulfstreams which pretty much require two people anyways.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Most of the time that I did a lav dump I got tipped rather exorbitantly.
trafficinsight
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Man where I worked you had to do a "heroic" lav dump to get tipped exorbitantly
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Same here. I dont think I even got extra to deal with the honey bucket.Man where I worked you had to do a "heroic" lav dump to get tipped exorbitantly
T/O w/FSII
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Fully experienced with 4 years has only got one up to 13.59/hr working @ a Signature in Southern California. 40 hours a week and a lot of work.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Sounds like Signature. Probably minimally staffed, and lots of OT? There were a couple weeks where I worked four 16 hour days in a row. One point I worked 14 days straight. Mostly by my doing, but still. Tons of OT.
BEEF SUPREME
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Signasty worst FBO ever! SFO and BED are neck and neck at the moment...
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
I have always heard we werent the greatest FBO. Which sucks, but I tried to keep the service good at our location. Maybe the smaller locations are better.
BEEF SUPREME
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I don't blame the flight the little guys. Management keeps you so understaffed it is impossible to keep up. I always budget an extra 1/2 hour so I'm not the guy yelling for service. VNY is the exception. They are pretty good.
It's a trend happening at all the FBOs.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Indeed. Glad you recognize it. Some pilots wonder why there isnt a line guy at their airplane all the time when there are two line guys trying to deal with five airplanes at the same time.
BEEF SUPREME
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Yeah. Saddest day flying this year is when kaiser air at OAK reduced staffing. They still do a good job considering, but it isn't the same. That place used to be awesome.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Man where I worked you had to do a "heroic" lav dump to get tipped exorbitantly
We largely dealt with the Slowtation crowd.
trafficinsight
Well-Known Member
I've always been a fan of the B-52 method of lav dump assignment: "you use it, you empty it"
Sent from 1865 by telegraph....
n57flyguy
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I hope most pilots that fly in feel the same way. Often we find ourselves spread thin, however, I do take some amount of pride in thinking ahead of the game to provide everyone with great service. Its hard to do especially with other uncontrollable factors, or almost worst, inconstant factors from with in.
Pay is not great for line service at most locations, but if you're there for the right reasons, the light at the end of the tunnel is worth paying your dues for a few years.
