VLJ Pay

[CHUCK WAGON]

Anybody have an idea what the pay scale for the pilots on the VLJ aircraft
are? Day Jet will be interviewing soon and I was just curious.

 

[NW Flyer]

Which VLJ pilots salary should we use for a comparison?

 

[gunfyter]

Thought they were talking $50K Captains....

 

[CherryBomb]

I saw an interesting point on here a while ago, it went something like this:

I think the pay will be low. The insurance minimums will be lower, thus companies will hire lower time pilots who will work for less. I have a feeling the VLJ's will be to the corporate world as the RJ's have been to the airline world.

I hope the original poster was wrong, but it seems feasible...

 

[Corona]

I have a feeling the VLJ's will be to the corporate world as the RJ's have been to the airline world.

Never happen. No Gulfstream, Falcon, Lear or even KA350 owner is going to trade down for an Eclipse. Supplemental capacity? Yes. Replacement? No.

The problem with RJs is that they replaced mainline flying instead of supplementing as was originally advertised.

The Eclipse won't make it across any ocean without a good pair of oars, either.

C

 

[RNObased]

The Eclipse won't make it across any ocean without a good pair of oars, either.

C

Ocean??? Hell some rivers may be too wide or it's range.

 

[Tgaug6300]

Thought they were talking $50K Captains....

I think they will all be Captains. If you put a First Officer on there, they won't be able to take any passengers!

 

[dime line]

50,000... Great here it comes......Over at FLOPS the pay sucks, but at least the first year BJ Capt will make 50,000, and its a 2, TWO, TOO, pilot airplane operation. So at Sky Jet taxi your a single pilot doing 2 pilots jobs, for the same pay. You should set the bar early.

 

[bailout]

lower insurance? Doubt it. Itll probably be much higher than normal, and the range with 4 people and bags? @ 600 miles..

 

[Photoflight]

from what I've read they're gonna require 2 pilots anyhow.

gonna be hard to pay everyone when you can only carry 1 pax at a time.