$65k going rate for piston twin drivers . . .
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$65k going rate for piston twin drivers . . .
It looks like GA companies are finding it hard to source twin pilots or maybe it is just Chart Air (aka Shaft Air) finding it hard to source pilots and retain them . . . . 
$65K is around a grand a week clear not taking into account Medicare etc.
In today's fast expensive society yr gotta love flying to live on that wage!
It all boils down to money, yes money sadly. I'd happily work for $65K a year if it where relevant to the cost of living but it's way off the mark. But pilots are always seeking something better and moving up that ladder has been the same since man invented wings & flew. Simply put general aviation is just a stepping stone, always has been to most.
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In today's fast expensive society yr gotta love flying to live on that wage!
It all boils down to money, yes money sadly. I'd happily work for $65K a year if it where relevant to the cost of living but it's way off the mark. But pilots are always seeking something better and moving up that ladder has been the same since man invented wings & flew. Simply put general aviation is just a stepping stone, always has been to most.
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That's how it should be!
In the future pilots will go straight to the airlines and when they have enough experience they will get a job in GA, where the big money will be!
In the future pilots will go straight to the airlines and when they have enough experience they will get a job in GA, where the big money will be!
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There will always be GA in this country. Will losing the fleet of ageing piston twins be such a great loss?
Could this have more to do with their new CAR217 stuff that they also advertised for not long ago? Perhaps this is more than just a Charter Twin Driver...although come to think of that they didn't ask for ATPL as a requirement... hmm.
I'd want twice that to live in the Alice, have my car and house broken into on a weekly basis and to fly below 10,000 in the thermal turbulence.
In fact, I'd want a fly allowance just to deal with the bloody flies!
65K hey? Well one thing is for sure, supply and demand. Perhaps the supply isn't there and the demand exceeds the supply?
Perhaps the cadet schemes are starting to cause a "GA Pilot" shortage
In fact, I'd want a fly allowance just to deal with the bloody flies!
65K hey? Well one thing is for sure, supply and demand. Perhaps the supply isn't there and the demand exceeds the supply?
Perhaps the cadet schemes are starting to cause a "GA Pilot" shortage
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Yep, you get a nimble tongue from licking them out from underneath your sunglasses while you're trying to land the damn aeroplane
I enjoyed flying out that way, although not in the summer months.
When it rains out there and the dessert comes to life it is one of the most beautiful places in Australia.
When the frost comes and kills all the flies the place becomes almost bearable.
Bushy will be happy that the local operators are finally paying semi decent wages for bush Pilots.
I enjoyed flying out that way, although not in the summer months.
When it rains out there and the dessert comes to life it is one of the most beautiful places in Australia.
When the frost comes and kills all the flies the place becomes almost bearable.
Bushy will be happy that the local operators are finally paying semi decent wages for bush Pilots.
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I'd want twice that to live in the Alice,...
have things like fancy GPS's to save our arses on a dark and
stormy night to Hooker or Tennant!
And we didn't have wx radars in our Chieftains and Aztrucks
neither - radars back then were for queers.
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Geez.............here we go.........the storms were twice as bad, the heat was meltn' the dash............don't know how good ya get it now............
Just for you oldies..................
Just for you oldies..................
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GPS? Weather Radar?
We had NDB us lot did, that be yer all purpose instrument for negotiating storms, tell young people that today and they won't believe ya!
We had NDB us lot did, that be yer all purpose instrument for negotiating storms, tell young people that today and they won't believe ya!
GPS? Weather Radar?
We had NDB us lot did, that be yer all purpose instrument for negotiating storms, tell young people that today and they won't believe ya!
We had NDB us lot did, that be yer all purpose instrument for negotiating storms, tell young people that today and they won't believe ya!
The only instruments I had were my eyes and a second hand watch that I found at a dump in the outskirts of lae....
A let down in IMC was flown by dangling a wire with a lead sinker underneath. Once it snapped, you knew to descend no further!
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Christ, i'm surprised the Pterodactyls you lot flew around on had instruments at all!!
hooned around the NT out of the Alice, along with yer sweat-
stained WAC chart. If you were one of the lucky ones you had
an ADF fitted to yer Aztruck (assuming it wasn't busted).
You also needed your HF working to cancel SAR with Tennant
or Darwin (on 8938 I think).
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Long time
The old bat and ball, now that brings back memories!
Alas the question these days would be what is a bat and ball
Don't ya play cricket with them?
For those who trained on a G1000, have a go at this
Steam driven alright
File:Cockpit of cessna 172e g-asss of 1964 arp.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alas the question these days would be what is a bat and ball
Don't ya play cricket with them?For those who trained on a G1000, have a go at this
Steam driven alright
File:Cockpit of cessna 172e g-asss of 1964 arp.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia