Eclipse 500 Pay

[miles otoole]

Take this opportuntiy to get experience as a safety pilot and get a
type rating. Then establish a daily rate, like $300-500/day. Then
rest your services out to multiple companies and owners and mabie
even sell/lend yourself to Eclipse as a designated examiner (later on).

Being your own boss is an admirable goal, especially at the early part
of your career.

CE

After reading the above blog, this thing may need 2 safety pilots. Smaller engine, higher temps, same size accessory gear box. No one's been above 32,000 feet? Adding tip tanks?

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

I heard DayJet is going to only carry 3 PAX max.

cliff
LRD

 

[Publishers]

There is only going to be three passenger seats on Dayjet. Unlike charter, they will have a designated departure time just like an airline. You will have paid for the seat and have to make it.

 

[Flybet3]

There is only going to be three passenger seats on Dayjet. Unlike charter, they will have a designated departure time just like an airline. You will have paid for the seat and have to make it.

That would be awsome... I enjoy corporate and even charter flying, but I wish we could just leave and waive bye bye to these rude, rich people that show up late every time!!!

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

After reading the above blog, this thing may need 2 safety pilots. Smaller engine, higher temps, same size accessory gear box. No one's been above 32,000 feet? Adding tip tanks?

These Eclipses will be easier and safer to fly than most turboprops and
piston twins. The primary problem will be the Doctor/Lawyer augering
the thing in during fog. I'd rather see a 500 hour pilot in an Eclipse
than a C421A or an MU-2 for that matter.

If we only got paid for the difficulty of the plane. The new guys should
be in B777's and the most experienced in DC-6's, B727, F-27, and B-18.

CE

 

[Count Dracula]

$800/day plus expenses regardless if you fly or not
Expenses are reimbursed directly to you.
Hotel, Rental Cars and Meals at your discretion.

Why lower the "perverbial" bar (no pun intended)
You are professional pilot and should be treated no different than Mr. Attorney @ 250/hr.

Plus the fact that you (as PIC) will probably be instructing him which is a distraction in itself.

 

[StaticWick]

The training is also very different.

We all know how much luck they've had with Bonanza's and lights twins...

Would that be the same training that I know of a kid went to, with 1500 hr run the main off the taxiway into the grass" training in a CRJ?

I just left the Part 135 game. I agree with the comment about the type "A" personality businessman. I have seen delays where the pax doesn't show until 1 hour before duty time expires.

 

[saviboy]

As in SkyWest, Mesa, and a few other regionals hiring 500hr wonders who need to be babysitted by their captains? That's a scarier thought than VLJ's being flown by Doctors and Lawyers, I $hit you not!

not to start an argument, but i still babysit some of my fo's who have over 1000 hours.

 

[oldxfr8dog]

not to start an argument, but i still babysit some of my fo's who have over 1000 hours.

And some of us have babysat Capts with 10,000 hours.

 

[gunfyter]

$1000 per day.

 

[ultrarunner]

The job being offered is not full time. Basically they want me to fly the aircraft to the site where the team, including me, would be doing some work. It is in the Southeast and I would only charge them for the time in the aircraft. I would not be on call nor would I be babysitting the other pilot. He actually has a few thousand hours in the King Air so I think he'll be okay. In a nutshell they hired me as an outside consultant for the firm and said, "by the way would you like to fly the Eclipse too?" Sounds like fun to me but I'm a professional and have to be paid if I lay my ticket on the line. Thanks for the discussion so far.

Hmmm...interesting....

I think I would proceed with caution. First, you're a hired-gun to do a specific task, your consult gig...and then you're thinking of adding in the 'professional pilot' gig on the same trip.

I don't think you would necessarily want to mix the two....

...might be fun until...

it's a 0400 wake up
0500 show
preflight and flight planning with $hitty weather...thunderstorms...etc...
2 hour flight in that crap...
work 10 hrs
then do it all over again for the way home....except the storms are bigger because it's now really hot! You did say the southeast, right?

A professional pilot needs to be just that the days they go to work. And the folks paying the bills should recognize and respect that.

If it were me in the back, that's how I'm running things...

ymmv

 

[AerroMatt]

not to start an argument, but i still babysit some of my fo's who have over 1000 hours.

I'm not surprised. My captain buddies at the regionals tell me the same thing.