$67,000 for skilled, but uneducated labor isn't that bad looking at it for what it is - a bus driver. And it will provide a venue for young pilots looking to break into the lucrative Northeast S76 corporate market when the "old-boy" network of the current pilots start to retire in numbers.
It isn't corporate, it is a scheduled public transportation service that has to be profitable on its own. Pilot salaries are a cost, to be balanced by training and recruitment costs if the turnover becomes too high. Does a King-Air pilot flying for a local sched operator make $67,000/ year?
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