TAG Aviation

[Hugh Johnson]

Anyone have any idea what their payscales, schedule, etc., usual stuff are on the 50EX? Thanks.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Varies tremendously from account to account.

There are great accounts and there are nightmare accounts.....and you can guess which ones they advertise for.

Good Luck!!!

 

[ruhroa]

jus t curious where do tag advertize their openings?


thanks

 

[Gulfstream 200]

jus t curious where do tag advertize their openings?


thanks

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[jumper52]

TAG Aviation!!

Have some friends there, flying the DA50. What I know is that the company is a great place to work, pay is pretty descent,(sorry I don't have any exact numbers) pilots are treated well. You are required to relocate to where the aircraft is based. They post the jobs on tagaviation.com if interested. Corporate offices in San Francisco.

Cheers

 

[rice]

The Real Deal

First off you have to understand that TAG is just a tool to provide owners with a turnkey flight operation. Think of each account as an independent flight dept. that just happens to be run administratively by the same entity.

An account may have one aircraft and only two pilots or it could have 10 pilots. TAG (or any mgmt co.) will recommend to the owner how to staff based upon projected utilization.

As for salary, well this is where it gets really sketchy. Each account is again handled independently and the salaries can vary significantly for the same aircraft.

I have never seen TAG advertise a specific job on their website (but I haven't looked in a couple months either). They used to just accept resumes and if you had what they were looking for at the time then you might get a call. Again keep in mind that most existing accounts are a lot like traditional flight depts. If there is an opening then it is often filled on the "who you know" principle. Someone already on the account knows of a person who would be a "good fit" and walks in the resume. Occasionally, a new account comes along with no crew and then the management co. does a search on behlf of the client/owner.

To finally answer your question; there is no set payscale, there is no set schedule (some work 2 days/mo some work 20+ days/mo), I've heard the benefits are pretty good and there is a decent 401k. I heard that one guy on a 50EX in the NE was getting $125k but I can't substantiate that, only know what he told me.
PM me if you need more info.

 

[Dumbledore]

Have some friends there, flying the DA50. What I know is that the company is a great place to work ...

I have some friends there too. It's a great place to work until they toss your butt to the curb.

In three separate incidents my friends have been given less than 24 hours' notice of their termination. In one case a friend had a trip to FLL and when they got there they were instructed by the owner/passenger to hand the keys to the new owner. They didn't even know they were building their own gallows!

TAG will find you more work (assuming they like you) but you might have to move to get it - and it might take quite a while. The guy who got tossed in FLL just got on a Challenger after 11 months of NOTHING.

I think there are better jobs out there but that's just an opinion. I prefer long term stable stuff. Others might be okay with living a bit closer to the edge.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I have some friends there too. It's a great place to work until they toss your butt to the curb.

In three separate incidents my friends have been given less than 24 hours' notice of their termination. In one case a friend had a trip to FLL and when they got there they were instructed by the owner/passenger to hand the keys to the new owner. They didn't even know they were building their own gallows!

TAG will find you more work (assuming they like you) but you might have to move to get it - and it might take quite a while. The guy who got tossed in FLL just got on a Challenger after 11 months of NOTHING.

I think there are better jobs out there but that's just an opinion. I prefer long term stable stuff. Others might be okay with living a bit closer to the edge.

He is right on.

The very second that owner stops paying for you, TAG cuts you loose. Here's your notice (on the spot).

Sure, they will look for an opening for you,if availiable it may be a seemless transition -- but it may not...

Welcome to charter-management. (or reality I suppose these days)