Average pay for Navajo pilots.

[sauce]

I have a interview for a Navajo position(part 91) and would like to know where a good place to start negotiating salary would be?

I would be on call practicaly 24-7 but would only fly about thirty five hours per month with about two RONs.

I don't want to sell myself short but there is about four guys behind me that will fly for almost nothing. I am prepared to let them have it if the salary is not at least $25,000 per year to start.

The owner is a complete control FR!$% but the maint and equip is very good, what do you guys think?

 

[Ismokedya]

When I worked a job as a NavaHoe single pilot PIC I was paid 32500. It was my second year there but I was flying a baron for 28000 the first year. Don't sell out. You don't get travel bennies or most of the other perks that go with 121 flying. You don't get a regular schedule and there is no upward mobility. You must be paid better than 121 FO's. Also you should ask about health insurance, holiday pay, and a 401K.(you need to start it now, there will be no pensions by the time you retire!)

Good luck and have fun. It was a good aircraft for me.

 

[Ty Webb]

Remember, too, that your license is at risk any time you are sitting in the plane . . . Make sure that you are compensated fairly, because it's you butt on the line.

In my experience, guys who ask for more but are personable, professional and have a professional appearance and attitude can usually get a little more if they ask for it, at least
from the better operators that care about those things.

The best tact to take is "I would really like to work for you, but I have looked at it closely, and I need at least __________ to make my bills". That usually gets better results than playing prima donna.

If it's a check hauling outfit- all bets are off!

 

[skyking1976]

If it's a check hauling outfit- all bets are off!

Ain't that the truth. I'm barely pulling down $26K/year flying checks in a 'Hoe. Oh, well. I could still be laid off. (Knocking on wood...)

Skyking

 

[TriStar_drvr]

I left a Navajo Chieftain job nine years ago, making $1800 a month. Starting pay was $1200 a month, with a raise to $1500 a month after six months and my final salary of $1800 a month after a year. Some months I flew 10 hours, other months I flew 100 hours. I had one guaranteed day off per week. I worked hard and learned a lot during that year, but I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. Who knows I might be looking for another job soon if the airline industry doesn't pull out of this nose dive....