How much do you charge?
Guest
Posts: n/a
How much do you charge?
No not for your body, but for your services?
In the computer and internet forum there's a thread about pcworld healthcheck. In it someone says that their company charges 40GBP per hr to fix a pc. (not that I'd pay that). We chage a fixed amount for a daily/transit that gives x amount of hrs for a certifying engineer and a mechanic. If for some reason we have to work beyond the set hrs say for a tech problem/delay, we then charge 30GBP for the engineer and 20GBP per hr for the mechanic. Bearing in mind we have the resposibility of the 400 or so POB this seems to me to be extremely cheap. Does anyone else have any thoughts or opinions or what is charged by their company/airline.
In the computer and internet forum there's a thread about pcworld healthcheck. In it someone says that their company charges 40GBP per hr to fix a pc. (not that I'd pay that). We chage a fixed amount for a daily/transit that gives x amount of hrs for a certifying engineer and a mechanic. If for some reason we have to work beyond the set hrs say for a tech problem/delay, we then charge 30GBP for the engineer and 20GBP per hr for the mechanic. Bearing in mind we have the resposibility of the 400 or so POB this seems to me to be extremely cheap. Does anyone else have any thoughts or opinions or what is charged by their company/airline.
Guest
Posts: n/a
When I worked next door to your Line Mtc office in LHR, we charged a customer 40 GBP per hour for a MECHANIC's services.
Some companies charge 18GBP for a 737 turnaround in Essex.
Your quote of 40 GBP to fix a PC, or another 40 if the ENGINEER does it wrong first time, or a similar figure for an hours labour for a TECHNICIAN to change the brake pads on your Ford Fiesta is indicative of our mentality in this country that those prices are OK but if I pay 180 GBP for a return flight to Florida then I expect a good meal and loads of alcohol or else i'll write to Anne Robinson irrespective of the standard of engineering performed on the A/C prior to departure. I'm sure you know that already but it is a good thread to start to vent one's spleen!!
Some companies charge 18GBP for a 737 turnaround in Essex.
Your quote of 40 GBP to fix a PC, or another 40 if the ENGINEER does it wrong first time, or a similar figure for an hours labour for a TECHNICIAN to change the brake pads on your Ford Fiesta is indicative of our mentality in this country that those prices are OK but if I pay 180 GBP for a return flight to Florida then I expect a good meal and loads of alcohol or else i'll write to Anne Robinson irrespective of the standard of engineering performed on the A/C prior to departure. I'm sure you know that already but it is a good thread to start to vent one's spleen!!
Guest
Posts: n/a
In a slightly different thread, an ariline recently sold off it's flight training facility including the simulater. It used to cost the airline about £90 per hour for crew training, but now it costs £300. But the airline doesn't have the bother of having a costly simulater that managers cannot play with because they arn't trained. There are several knock-on effects. Hotel bills, engineers needing simulater training before carrying out power runs, more hotel bills, transport to LHR, if a slot is missed then the airline pays, yet more hotel bills. But so the accountants tell us, it is cheaper to farm stuff out and buy your services in. I have never heard so much rubbish in my life. It wasn't just the anonymous airline that used it's simulater. Regularly other smaller operaters used to least it, and that generated income to the airline. Yet more examples of managers listening to consultants who know nothing about the airline business.
