Daily rate for Baron pilot?

Are you flying everyday? Are you on call? Does 1 day of flying = 1 hour or 8 hours of flying?

If its 8 hours then $300 is a steal for the customer, and if its 1 hour then its a steal for you.
 
v1valarob said:
Are you flying everyday? Are you on call? Does 1 day of flying = 1 hour or 8 hours of flying?

If its 8 hours then $300 is a steal for the customer, and if its 1 hour then its a steal for you.
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Not me, setting it up for a former client to be the pilot. Not every day- about 150 hours/year. Carrying the owner and his family, so I don't see him doing 8 hour trips. Primarily legs of 3 hours or less. At least 48 hours notice on all trips. Brand new airplane. Unless there is an early return the next day the pilot can fly the airplane back home on overnights then fly back and get the owner/family. So I'm guessing 100 days/year or so.
 
$300 a day would be a decent rate for a contract Baron pilot. There are some people that would charge more and a lot of people that would charge less (hooray aviation).

Alex.
 
I would call that a very minimum. Unfortunately, as stated above, others will do it for less.
 
scooter2525 said:
How would one get into something like this?
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Knowing and impressing the right people. I have a good reputation in this area. The owner called me to ask if I was interested. Since I am the primary care giver for my kids, I am not interested in overnights. I recommended one of my former clients who got his instrument and CMEL with me, impressed me with his flying and maturity, and built some MEL time flying auto parts.
You will normally never see positions like this advertised. As a matter of fact, I have seen very few of the flying jobs in my area advertised.
 
I'd recommend $300/day, including non-flying days. Standard Expense Account for meals...($100/day). Company credit card for gas, stocking airplane, hotels etc...Pilots choice of hotel (which will always be different from where the passenger is staying), and the option for a rental car no questions asked.
 
Citationkid said:
There are some people that would charge more and a lot of people that would charge less (hooray aviation).

Alex.
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:banghead::banghead:

We had a guy call here wanting a flight review in his Baron. I told him the hourly rate for our instructors and what it would cost him. He was shocked that I wasn't jumping at the privilege of flying in his Baron for free.

We also had a another guy that wanted one of us to fly the airlines to the northeast somewhere, pick up his twin, and instruct him in it for 30 hours "for the multi time" and he was so generous that he would pick up the airfare and hotel room.:banghead:
 
I've lost count of how many times I've typed this on this website, but:

you're worth whatever you can negotiate.

I have negotiated as high as $450/day for a DA40, $400/day for a Mooney Acclaim and as low as $200 when I was a bit younger and needed the cash. It just depends on what you can negotiate. This may sound crass, but I firmly believe that in the aircraft I specialize in, I am the best pilot that somebody can hire. With that, I demand what some would consider a high daily rate. If people complain about a hundred bucks, you probably don't want to be flying their plane anyway.

Also, if you have to travel, make sure you get some sort of agreement that if you get there and the plane isn't up to par or something that you still get your money. This is important.
 
For the 210 and 414 ................. I'd charge 250 if I leave around 7 or 8 am and back by Noon ................. if all day , $350 a day , anything over 4 hours of flying , $50 and hour for the flying hours. If I have to spend the night , its all expenses paid. If I sit there for a few days , its 350.00 a day all expenses paid!
 
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