corporate salaried or daily rate?

Hey Jason, thanks for the advice. And I will have a plan B in mind, I can def. see how and why this might happen, and so I will make sure I have something to fall back on... like I said, there are more opportunities I believe to come to our airport so who knows what might happen.
 
RynoB said:
Yes, but we are talking about a corporate job in this case :)
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Like I said, IT'S NOT THE CASE. Corporate, airline, it doesn't matter. Citation V captain pays around what it pays, GIV FO pays what it pays. It doesn't matter where you are. It does show how one can have a much better or worse standard of living depending on where they live and work.

Take the Professional Pilot Magazine salary survey that come out once per year; it has nothing to do with regions in which pilots are employed, just simply type of operation, position and aircraft type.
 
jonnyb said:
Like I said, IT'S NOT THE CASE. Corporate, airline, it doesn't matter. Citation V captain pays around what it pays, GIV FO pays what it pays. It doesn't matter where you are. It does show how one can have a much better or worse standard of living depending on where they live and work.

Take the Professional Pilot Magazine salary survey that come out once per year; it has nothing to do with regions in which pilots are employed, just simply type of operation, position and aircraft type.
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The salary survey is an average. Notice that it also gives a high and low end.
 
KHartman84 said:
Question 1: Do most startup, or smaller business corporate Jobs pay salary or a daily rate? (I Assume larger companies typically offer salary)
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Depends what they want - if they want to own you then they pay you a salary, if they want to rent you by the day they pay a daily rate. If they're flying a lot then it's in the companies interest to pay you a salary and in your interest to be paid a daily rate. If they're not flying much then it's in your interest to be paid a salary and the companies interest to pay you a daily rate.

So there is no simple answer - I know large corporate organisations that have some of the flight crews on daily rate, I know small operations that have the crews on salary. Depends on the need.

And to pick up on another thread, anybody who thinks corporate pay isn't based on the region/state/city you're based in hasn't worked much in the corporate world. Corporations expect to pay people who live in Iowa less than they pay people who live in New York city, doesn't matter if they're janitors, secretaries, shop floor workers, managers or pilots.
 
RynoB said:
The salary survey is an average. Notice that it also gives a high and low end.
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Right. The High, low and medium salary ranges are in no way intended to represent geographic location. The three listed amounts are based on many other factors such as: experience, time required by the company or operation (other responsibilities etc.) and what salary an individual is willing to work for. I'm not saying that geographic location is "never" a factor with employers, it's our job as pilots to make sure that it isn't. Unfortunately shiny jet syndrome effects corporate, charter and fractional pilots as well.:)
 
Why would flying a jet for a corporation be any different than being a banker, administrative assistant, accountant, etc. (in relation to pay)? In all of these jobs, geographic location plays a big part in the salary. I will guarantee you that a bank president in Oklahoma does not make as much as a bank president in NYC or LA. Why are pilots so special in this regard? Why should a pilot in Oklahoma make the same amount as a pilot in NYC? Of course I'm making the assumption that type of aircraft flown and pilot experience are the same. Same goes for the banker: all qualifications are the same.

I know for a fact that most corporate and charter pilots in Tulsa, OK do not make the same amount as their counterparts in Oklahoma City. Part of this has to do with the fact that the cost of living is less in Tulsa. And pilots in Oklahoma City don't make as much as pilots in the Dallas area. It is simple economics.
 
I will admit that corporations that do business nationwide or globally will not have as much disparity between pilot pay scales as much as firms that do business on a regional or state level.
 
No offense man but you can believe what you want.:) You want to settle for less because you live in Oklahoma, that's certianly your porogative. What do I know anyway?;)
 
jonnyb said:
No offense man but you can believe what you want.:) You want to settle for less because you live in Oklahoma, that's certianly your porogative. What do I know anyway?;)
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No offense taken. Just a healthy debate.
 
RynoB said:
I will admit that corporations that do business nationwide or globally will not have as much disparity between pilot pay scales as much as firms that do business on a regional or state level.
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How about someone in Podunk ND making more than someone flying the same equipment in NYC. People use their location to justify sh*ty pay, trust me on that.

You get what you negotiate....
 
I don't really understand this hostility to different pay rates depending on cost of living. If you take a job based near New York City, you should get paid a lot of money. You have to or you will live in a ghetto. If you live in the mid-west, you can have a comparable standard of living for less money. It has nothing to do with shiney jet syndrome and everything to do with common sense.
 
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