How much am I worth

[BGSkyGuy]

No doubt, but that is what regionals pay, this guy was a 135 charter company with multiple jets, this job should pay more than a regional job would.

Why should a 135 job pay more than a regional job when you can have 70-90 people in the back? All that matters is that it does right?

But wait, I forgot it's not about the money........

 

[BGSkyGuy]

I tell you what Siu, pm me the contact info for this job, I will gladly take it and then we can all stop arguing about. Sound good everyone?

 

[BoilerUP]

A 135 job should pay more than a regional job because corporate/charter flying and the airlines are NIGHT AND DAY different. People who charter a multi-million dollar aircraft aren't looking for the cheapest ticket on Priceline - they are looking for privacy and convenience and superior service... and as a pilot you deserve to be properly compensated for providing that.

IMO minimum pay for a BE400A SIC in the Midwest should be 30k + benefits. MINIMUM. Chicago = a little bit more than that. You should not subsidize a scumbag operator by allowing them to 1. pay you jack to fly a multi-million dollar turbine aircraft around, 2. cheaply do all your training in-house instead of formal training, and 3. have no QOL with only 5 hard days off. Yeah you'd be making similar money to GUARANTEE at a regional...but no perdiem, no ability for overtime/opentime, and half the hard days off of even the worst bottomfeeder.

I turned down a Beechjet SIC job around Chicago a little over a year ago because the guy wouldn't discuss pay. I was current on the airplane and he 'needed me yesterday', but wasn't willing to talk dollars and cents. No thanks...

 

[siucavflight]

Why should a 135 job pay more than a regional job when you can have 70-90 people in the back? All that matters is that it does right?

But wait, I forgot it's not about the money........

I guess that some people just dont get it.

 

[siucavflight]

I tell you what Siu, pm me the contact info for this job, I will gladly take it and then we can all stop arguing about. Sound good everyone?

And here lies the problem

 

[G100driver]

I turned down a Beechjet SIC job around Chicago a little over a year ago because the guy wouldn't discuss pay. I was current on the airplane and he 'needed me yesterday', but wasn't willing to talk dollars and cents. No thanks...

Uhhhh, how do you that. Go to work for a week and see what the check looks on payday?

 

[BoilerUP]

Uhhhh, how do you that. Go to work for a week and see what the check looks on payday?

I honestly have no idea. I simply asked "What kind of compensation are we talking about?" and after a couple minutes of stammering and beating around the bush ("we take care of our people" and "we can discuss that once you get here") I said thanks for the offer, but no thanks. Just seemed too shady to me...

 

[Freight Dog]

There is a huge price tag for SCHEDULE.

Let's see... crappy money at a regional vs. crappy money at Scumbag Jet Charter? No contest.

Now you put crappy money at a regional vs. decent money at a charter outfit.... now it boils down to personal preferences.

 

[siucavflight]

There is a huge price tag for SCHEDULE.

Let's see... crappy money at a regional vs. crappy money at Scumbag Jet Charter? No contest.

Now you put crappy money at a regional vs. decent money at a charter outfit.... now it boils down to personal preferences.

In that case the choice would have been the charter. But instead I went to a regional, am getting great 121 training, and in a year or two will be very marketable to good charter companies, or even 91 operators.

 

[Swaayze]

Actually you will be seen as an "airline guy" and unless you have a good network you will have a very difficult time getting interviews for 91/135 stuff. At least that's been my recent experience.