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Old 27th Aug 2006, 11:01
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lup
 
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ALL depends on what you are doing.

Overseas touring I worked 10 hour days,flew avarage 4 hours per day,multible sectors 6 days per week.
On my day off ,anything that was available to do.
Holidays, contract month on month off so 6 months.

UK ad hoc charter PAYE, 0900 to 17030 if no flying, crack of sparrows to dusk or night if there was.
Avarage 300 hours per year flying, summer no many days off,winter two per week.
Holidays standard allowed by law (usually 4 weeks,but not all at once and don't expect bank holidays)

Free lance pilot, work as much as I want, only front up when I'm flying,have time off when I want it, only fly well kept aircraft,get paid a daily rate plus expenses (travel and B&B) and pay less tax than PAYE.

As I said there are many different flying jobs, with different life styles, charter,long line,SAR,police,ems,firefighting,filming,offshore europe,offshore middle east and elsewhere,pleasure flying,instructing,private owner pilot, the list goes on, they all have their own pay scales conditions and more importantly management or lack off it.

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