paying for an 8410???

[casper1nine]

i think that the deal is like this:

if i pay for the check-out, then i can work as a contract pilot.

i can't afford to work for these guys full time, so it may only be a few flights a week or month. who knows.

as for be90 time, i have very little. most of my time is in piston twins, so i am looking at this as a possible chance to gain some more turbine experience.

p.s.: i know that generally there is no type rating required for the be200, i just stated that i would not pay for one in general, as a matter of principle.

-casper1nine

 

[transpac]

350driver:


We might have a different concept of contract pilots. I use the term to describe self-employed individuals who contract out their services to aircraft operators. I worked as a contract pilot for years and never asked for or received company-paid aircraft training or checking. I was usually contracted to 3 or 4 operators at any given time, and I suppose some of them might have paid if i'd pressed the issue. But, in my mind the best solution was to have my rates high enough to pay a decent wage and cover all my expenses, including training. Every contract pilot I know does the same thing, so anyone lacking a current check isn't going to get a lot of work.

I know there are companies who have employees inappropriately classified as contract workers. This is usually a ploy to avoid paying employee benefits and FICA and will not withstand scrutiny from the IRS.

 

[casper1nine]

right now, the contract work that i do (for other companies), works like you describe. i pay for my own recurrent training, but my wage compensates. that is for part 91 though.

it is my understanding that i would only be paid 100 per day, plus expenses to do this. i just figure that if i am functioning in an operationally required seat, then the company probably should pay for the check-out.

-casper1nine

 

[AJL5236]

Is the Be-200 certified for single pilot ops?

 

[ultrarunner]

Yep. Part 23 airplane. Sometimes a charter operator may not have SP operating authority on the aircraft. This can be due to operating rule, which would require a SIC.

 

[sydeseet]

Here's my .02

Run screaming in the opposite direction.

$100 per day?? After you pay? This is a spoof right? It should be $200 minimum plus company provided training. Walk away, that would do eveyone a favor.

Only you can put people like this out of business.

 

[350DRIVER]

$100/per day?. I would probably run as well, not a whole lot of money to put it mildly. Sure one or two on this thread will say this is the norm though here.

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[HMR]

Run away. You have plenty of time to be PIC. A few years ago I got hired into a brand-new BE20, single pilot, for a SoCal 135 operator with 1300TT/500Multi/0 Turbine. Right seat in a King Air is worthless.

BTW- The company I worked for was/is considered a bottom feeder and even they paid for sim school. They also paid for all the necessary "8410" rides for the few SIC's we had. We rarely used SIC's but we had guys beating down the door to pay for their time in the right seat. Pretty sad.

 

[ksu_aviator]

There are so many jobs out there right now that this job just isn't worth it. The company I work for can't even keep 3000 hour pilots but they still don't require pft.

 

[350DRIVER]

BTW- The company I worked for was/is considered a bottom feeder and even they paid for sim school. They also paid for all the necessary "8410" rides for the few SIC's we had. We rarely used SIC's but we had guys beating down the door to pay for their time in the right seat. Pretty sad.[/

transpac: :

"We might have a different concept of contract pilots". I don't think so, I would agree that a contract pilot is someone that is self-employed that contracts out their services to aircraft operators. The only difference is that you think most pay for the 8410 rides which has been a complete opposite of my experiences. Could be just a vast difference of location(s) here?. Please feel free to pm me and I would be more than happy to provide you with quite a few operators that use contract pilots who pay for the 8410 rides and all other insurance company/operator related recurrent ground schools.

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