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Old 16th Oct 2017, 10:21
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Originally Posted by whydowebother
Hi Everyone

I'm doing some market research on aerial survey in the UK. What would be a typical hourly rate for a contract worth 500-1000hrs per year? Aircraft would be of the single-pilot, twin-engine piston variety, with survey-hatches for the sensors, operated under Part SPO. Do hourly rates normally include fuel and other DOCs, or just a rate for the pilot and aircraft?

Very grateful for your help

WDWB
I don't quite understand your question. Are you asking about hourly rate for the pilot compensation? Or hourly rate for the survey operation?

If the latter, it depends on what sort of survey equipment you are carrying, because a lot of the costs are born by the image or lidar processing costs.

FWIW, I fly a variety of survey aircraft for our company in Africa and normally our contract values run at about $20-25K per flying hour, all in. Earnings in Europe are lower because costs are generally lower.
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