Jump Pilot Employment Leads?

vheissu said:
How high are ya going? 14k?
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We go to 11k MSL here, which gives you 10k agl. Problem is density altitude on the ground in the summer is always over 3k. The other day with a density alt of ~4k and us right at max gross, I was only getting ~150fpm at the top and that's all out, no cruise climb power setting or anything.
 
averettpilot said:
No. What I meant was if they are paying by the tach then I have every incentive to take my sweet time to get up and down. But I was always paid by the load so time really didn't matter to me. We flew a non turbo 206 with an IO-520A. Took about .3-.5 depending on the load up to 10k MSL.

Anyhow, drop zones underpay their pilots which is why I'm out. If you can pay a hung over, drugged up hippy $30/jump plus $20 per video you can pay the person who makes the whole operation run a little bit more. It's an a$$ backwards industry if you ask me.
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Ah, yes that makes more sense. Read that wrong I guess. Luckily enough for me, I am paid enough to make things work living in this area of the county.(Cost of living is crazy low.) I know it wouldn't work where I grew up though.
 
z987k said:
We go to 11k MSL here, which gives you 10k agl. Problem is density altitude on the ground in the summer is always over 3k. The other day with a density alt of ~4k and us right at max gross, I was only getting ~150fpm at the top and that's all out, no cruise climb power setting or anything.
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Dang.. is your owner a nazi about turn times? I flew a 206 for a while and the guy was a pest. I hear ya on the DA... we are around 5k here when its hot but it helps that I'm in the Otter. I definitely don't miss the Canyon though in the summer... easily over 10,000 on the DA daily!
 
vheissu said:
Dang.. is your owner a nazi about turn times? I flew a 206 for a while and the guy was a pest. I hear ya on the DA... we are around 5k here when its hot but it helps that I'm in the Otter. I definitely don't miss the Canyon though in the summer... easily over 10,000 on the DA daily!
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No he's not, and yesterday I was waiting on the jumpers because we didn't have enough tandem instructors or a packer. He understands it takes what it takes. If our DA was 5k, we wouldn't be able to make it to 11kmsl. If it was 10k, the 182 wouldn't be flying.
 
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