NLJ,
I believe that one of the police contractors offers only around £40K as the basic for a line pilot.
As you mention, the highest rate for police pilot pay is found at one directly employed Unit. They were able to argue for such a high rate of pay when almost 50% of their line pilots left in just a few months. Not surprisingly, since then the turnover rate has been almost zero.
There are some other reasons why that Unit is a special case.
I don't suppose every gash pilot flying a B206 is on £60K+. I suspect that category relates to IR rated ME jockeys, and that there will be many CAT pilots on less than that. I recently was offered (and turned down) £45K for a corporate job (with IR).
I suspect that there is likely to be a big spread in the salaries for any of these groups. We don't discuss salaries candidly very much, and the employers play their cards close to their chests.
The figures certainly make interesting reading. Comments from anyone in these categories would be interesting.
Last edited by Helinut; 8th Jun 2007 at 23:56.