Citation Co-Pilot Pay?

[PA31Ho]

Can some people give me an average range of citation I/II co-pilot salaries? Thanks!

 

[User546]

In the midwest, it's typically in the ballpark (plus or minus $50) of $250 for non-trained (no flight safety, simulfite, etc.) and $350 if trained.

That's per day, plus all expenses paid.

 

[FN FAL]

The outfit I used to work for used to bill 350 a day plus expenses (that was 5 years ago) for turbine pilot services. You sould be able to bill out for the something relatively close to that or better.

Depends on whether or not it's a full time job with benefits and what not, but your package should reflect the value of about what my old FBO charged for my time.

But if you are just looking to log valuable sic citation time...just sell out and get in there.

 

[BD King]

As FnFal says, just sell out and get the time.

 

[F16fixer]

I get $155 a day to sit right seat in a B200 plus expenses. In MN

Pretty close to poverty, but it's experience for now and gas money!

 

[FN FAL]

I get $155 a day to sit right seat in a B200 plus expenses. In MN

Pretty close to poverty, but it's experience for now and gas money!

Does your $155 a day include medical, dental and vacation? If so, you're not too far off. You just need more days billed.

When I said my employer billed $350.00 a day, that doesn't mean I got $350.00 a day. But since I was working for the "man" I did have medical, dental and vacation to consider.

If a guy was freelancing, I would not consider less than what my employer charged for turbine pilot services 5 years ago when I worked for him....$350.00 a day. As a private contractor, you could bill out to others and make more days billable and get your own benifits. If you're savy.

I met a contractor that made a career out of it...he was a fairly happy dude. Getting typed will make being a contractor a reality. If the employer is looking at typing you, do it. Serve your time working for your master and then go out on your own after the training contract is done.

I'd love to do contract fill in work.

 

[F16fixer]

On the Benefits:

I wish!
As we all know it's just a one pilot airplane, but the company wants two. And the CP likes to have another guy to lessen the workload. I think a lot of it has to do with the CP being bored on 2 or 3 night overnights! I'm a drinking buddy.
They are sending me to school in June, so that should make my experience flying from the right seat a little more credible. (We don't need to open that can of worms again please!) I am signing on for one year and that will be all.

They keep feeding me some crap about needing around 3000 total hours to sit left seat under their insurance. Sounds like a lot to me, but what do I know?
Hopefully it doesn't end up being a one year mistake. Anyways, I will instruct on my days off to keep building time. Plus I enjoy it.
Just thought I would let that guy know what I'm getting per day and I'm not even req'd.

Peace

Does your $155 a day include medical, dental and vacation? If so, you're not too far off. You just need more days billed.

When I said my employer billed $350.00 a day, that doesn't mean I got $350.00 a day. But since I was working for the "man" I did have medical, dental and vacation to consider.

If a guy was freelancing, I would not consider less than what my employer charged for turbine pilot services 5 years ago when I worked for him....$350.00 a day. As a private contractor, you could bill out to others and make more days billable and get your own benifits. If you're savy.

I met a contractor that made a career out of it...he was a fairly happy dude. Getting typed will make being a contractor a reality. If the employer is looking at typing you, do it. Serve your time working for your master and then go out on your own after the training contract is done.

I'd love to do contract fill in work.

 

[FN FAL]

On the Benefits:

I wish!
As we all know it's just a one pilot airplane, but the company wants two. And the CP likes to have another guy to lessen the workload. I think a lot of it has to do with the CP being bored on 2 or 3 night overnights! I'm a drinking buddy.
They are sending me to school in June, so that should make my experience flying from the right seat a little more credible. (We don't need to open that can of worms again please!) I am signing on for one year and that will be all.

They keep feeding me some crap about needing around 3000 total hours to sit left seat under their insurance. Sounds like a lot to me, but what do I know?
Hopefully it doesn't end up being a one year mistake. Anyways, I will instruct on my days off to keep building time. Plus I enjoy it.
Just thought I would let that guy know what I'm getting per day and I'm not even req'd.

Peace

Yea, get the school under your belt. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. There are people who fill a 'niche' market in the pilot services industry and they charge what they can get.

 

[Traveller Pilot]

"sell out and get the time"=scab material....

 

[PA31Ho]

The reason I'm asking is because I was told to see what kind of Salary I would like to get for a citation co-pilot. Then we'll negotiate from there. I am not qualified by any means. However, I do have citation co-pilot experience, but it's not logged of course. So I just wanted to get some ideas. I went on salary.com and it said for a 'small jet co-pilot' $57K/yr. I laughed. I could never ask for that. I'm sure that's for a qualified individual as well. But I look at Flight Options, NetJets, etc... airlinepilotpay.com is showing like $35k/yr for qualified pilots. Thanks.