Keystone Aerial Surveys Hiring (350 TT + 20 ME Philadelphia, PA)

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srn121

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http://www.dropzone.com/classifieds...ted_for_Aerial_Survey_-_Full-Time_188300.html

You can hit up Bimmerphile too. I don't know too much about them other than they're willing to hire low time guys and for entry level survey you could do worse. Starting salary is 32k with benefits, but for a job that has you hanging out in the office when you're not on the road and for a company that's hitting up dropzone for survey pilots you should be able to negotiate more.
 
srn121 said:
I don't know too much about them other than they're willing to hire low time guys and for entry level survey you could do worse. Starting salary is 32k with benefits, but for a job that has you hanging out in the office when you're not on the road and for a company that's hitting up dropzone for survey pilots you should be able to negotiate more.
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I think they post on DZ websites because the chief pilot had good luck with former jump pilots (me and Tyler included) good stick with high performance endorsement just proves you're trainable.
The culture has changed a lot in the past year, some nonsense about 1 year training contracts. Definitely negotiate if you have leverage. 32k base is dumb for the amount of travel they expect out of you, especially when salary overtime is paid straight time in PA
But if you have no survey experience and are local, you can make good money here for a first job. Fun flying, good maintenance and benefits, not 1099 contractor like some subpar bottom feeding survey companies. Go fly piston twins in funky parts of the country and get out
Tyler Pinkerton said:
@bimmerphile
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nice shovel pass, maybe the guys that are current employees have better insight :cool:
 
I was interested in them but working In a office when not on assignment is holding me back from applying. I heard it's something like 300-500 hours a year
 
LjtheFA said:
How much flying are we talking about monthly? Also are you saying they pay salary not hourly?
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You're paid salary in that it's basically 40hr per week guaranteed. Your hourly rate is strictly for overtime. I averaged about 60hr/mo when I was there through the winter and left at the end of April. The busy season is spring and summer, most amount of sun and no snow to worry about. Some guys were flying over 150 in the spring, it's possible if you hustle and are on the right project
daydreamer said:
I was interested in them but working In a office when not on assignment is holding me back from applying. I heard it's something like 300-500 hours a year
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It does kind of stink to be in the office sometimes, but I think they're so short staffed you'd probably be on the road anyway. There are projects that keep you on the road if you want to be, I worked with one guy that pretty much spent a week in PA when he got hired and was not seen for basically a year.

I stayed at IHG and Hilton properties 95% of the time. There's a budget for specific projects, so you can stay in some pretty nice spots if you shop around. Lots of points, miles, and memberships to be had
 
Crazy how much things have changed over the years. I loved the job (hated Philly) when I was there, but don't think I could handle it the way it is now.
 
SrFnFly227 said:
Crazy how much things have changed over the years. I loved the job (hated Philly) when I was there, but don't think I could handle it the way it is now.
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Management adopted the strategy of, "we can't keep productive pilots here, so we'll just lower minimums AND starting salary so we waste time hiring guys that can't make the cut or leave in 3 months"
It's been a bit of a revolving door, which is sad because it could be such a great place to work. Lots of fun flying in good airplanes to interesting places with cool people. I'm guessing your avatar is from your time there?
 
bimmerphile said:
Management adopted the strategy of, "we can't keep productive pilots here, so we'll just lower minimums AND starting salary so we waste time hiring guys that can't make the cut or leave in 3 months"
It's been a bit of a revolving door, which is sad because it could be such a great place to work. Lots of fun flying in good airplanes to interesting places with cool people. I'm guessing your avatar is from your time there?
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Tyler Pinkerton said:
Looks like 4189T to me.
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I left in May 2007 after being there for 2 years. Avatar is 89T. Vince (he's been gone a few years also) took it somewhere over North Dakota while we were shooting PSUs.

We weren't so much a revolving door while I was there, but we had a bit of turnover. The entire aviation industry was completely different at that time though. The biggest change since then seems to be time spent on the road. We were home from September until the end of May. When the first digital camera showed up though, it was obvious things were changing. That crew stayed on the road a lot.

It was an amazing job for the time I had it. Got hired with less than 600 hours and left 2 years later with 1000 multi PIC. I was also very much a better pilot because of the experience I gained there.
 
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SrFnFly227 said:
I left in May 2007 after being there for 2 years. Avatar is 89T. Vince (he's been gone a few years also) took it somewhere over North Dakota while we were shooting PSUs.

We weren't so much a revolving door while I was there, but we had a bit of turnover. The entire aviation industry was completely different at that time though. The biggest change since then seems to be time spent on the road. We were home from September until the end of May. When the first digital camera showed up though, it was obvious things were changing. That crew stayed on the road a lot.

It was an amazing job for the time I had it. Got hired with less than 600 hours and left 2 years later with 1000 multi PIC. I was also very much a better pilot because of the experience I gained there.
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Haha I'm out on the road now for PSU's with Crim in 37E, which I pretty much have all my time in. Was in ND last month.

So far this year, I have had 9 vacation days, 17 days in philly, and 158 days on the road.
 
Tyler Pinkerton said:
Haha I'm out on the road now for PSU's with Crim in 37E, which I pretty much have all my time in. Was in ND last month.

So far this year, I have had 9 vacation days, 17 days in philly, and 158 days on the road.
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I took 37E to and from Waco for the upgraded engines. By far my favorite plane while I was there.
 
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