We also pay Chieftain & Titan drivers over the award salary, a bit more for an instructor... plus Jepps, plus renewals, plus all accom and expenses covered. Comes to about $6k above award if you include all the relevant additions to salary.
Handshake for a bond.
20-odd pilots through the door over the years and only been let down by two of them (and I wasn't fighting to keep em either
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Like Flying Bear, I am frustrated to see competitors paying their pilots less than award or only employing them casually or as sham contractors.