Coastguard fixed wing is done by RVL based at Coventry, operating F406, C404. Salaries are £20K with <700hrs, £28K >700hrs, £31K >2000hrs or 2 years experience. Flight Pay is £6 per hour (Approx 250hrs per year) and away from base payments of £25 per night (Aprrox 50 nights away per year) Therefore max you will earn is in the region of £34-35K as a line pilot. Line trainers get an £750 i believe but get nearly twice the hours so earn quite a lot more in flight pay. RVL arent recruiting at the moment and have a long waiting list of people wanting to join, other thorn in the side is the cadet scheme. which turns out 2-3 cadets every year in to the pilot pool.