Pilot Day Rate?

pilotmec

pilotmec

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What is the going day rate for a King Air 90/200/350 PIC and a light jet, Lear 30 series, Citation and Beechjet for SIC and PIC?
 
We get 430 a day(anything past 15 days/mo is 530/day) as a full time pilot plus medical + dental and small 401k on a BE20.
 
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Are you full time with benefits? Contract? Do you pay for your own recurrent? Occasional gig? International ops? 91 or 135?
 
pilotmec said:
What is the going day rate for a King Air 90/200/350 PIC and a light jet, Lear 30 series, Citation and Beechjet for SIC and PIC?
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Wow, if you're flying all of this and performing all of these duties in a day, you can set your own price!

Stone Cold said:
Are you full time with benefits? Contract? Do you pay for your own recurrent? Occasional gig? International ops? 91 or 135?
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THIS! Your question has way to many variables. Want to add: where are you living, flying, and do you pay your own on-the-road expenses?
 
Maybe this helps:

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Norfolk, VA.

King Air 90 PIC day rate is $400. King Air 200 SIC is $250 I think.

Phenom 100 PIC day rate was $600 last summer. I think SIC was $250.

Hawker SIC is $400, but that is without formal training.
 
CJ3 - $1,000 / day, won't even consider leaving the house for less then *$800. *And neither should any other professional pilot flying a jet, regardless of type.
 
MikeOH58 said:
CJ3 - $1,000 / day, won't even consider leaving the house for less then *$800. *And neither should any other professional pilot flying a jet, regardless of type.
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This really depends on where you live. In most areas of the country this rate will keep you from "leaving the house".
 
300/day for PIC piston singles
400/day for PIC piston twins and the Caravan (I'm not qualified on any other turbo props)
300/day for SIC in any TP or Jet

"I know a guy who will do it for a lot less!"

"Then call him, I'm going swimming with my kids"
 
MikeOH58 said:
CJ3 - $1,000 / day, won't even consider leaving the house for less then *$800. *And neither should any other professional pilot flying a jet, regardless of type.
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I'm glad you can generate business with those prices, but it is unrealistic in most places, for that airplane. Most overseas contracts aren't that good for much heavier iron, unless you're paying for your own recurrent. My bird, recurrent is $30,000. I wouldn't say to somebody new in the contract world to expect those prices for their work. It's just not normal.
 
Acrofox said:
Completely maxed out at $200/day, flying 12-14-hour days in Caravans for a 135, plowing through the glorious southeast Alaska weather VFR in search of runways.
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You also work full time for a company. We're, I think anyways, talking about contract pilot issues. There is a huge difference. It's valuable input, but in context, it's almost irrelevant.
 
MikeOH58 said:
CJ3 - $1,000 / day, won't even consider leaving the house for less then *$800. *And neither should any other professional pilot flying a jet, regardless of type.
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I never knew Ms. Perkins got out of bed for less than 3.

Vigo's giving me 4 to break hotel rules.

That's on the light side, I assure you.



100 internet bonus points to whoever gets the reference.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
I never knew Ms. Perkins got out of bed for less than 3.

Vigo's giving me 4 to break hotel rules.

That's on the light side, I assure you.



100 internet bonus points to whoever gets the reference.
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I don't get it, but I do know a guy name Vigo that owns a CJ so I was all screwed up for a minute!
 
Stone Cold said:
You also work full time for a company. We're, I think anyways, talking about contract pilot issues. There is a huge difference. It's valuable input, but in context, it's almost irrelevant.
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Hey, the question didn't specify. But yeah...

Still painful though!

-Fox
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
I never knew Ms. Perkins got out of bed for less than 3.

Vigo's giving me 4 to break hotel rules.

That's on the light side, I assure you.



100 internet bonus points to whoever gets the reference.
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People keep asking me if I'm back and until now I haven't known how to answer that. But yeah...I'm thinkin I'm back.
 
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