RFDS Pilatus PC24

[YendorB]

Anyone know the pay and conditions for this gig? Curious

[Kulwin Park]

Originally Posted by YendorB

Anyone know the pay and conditions for this gig? Curious

It would be standard RFDS twin engine endorsed pay conditions, but the PC24 pilots will get an endorsement paid for them, plus an extra $20-30k on their pay packet for the specialist type I'm guessing.

[aaandrogerthat]

Haha! Silly RFDS, they obviously didn't do their research thoroughly before committing to this aircraft. 10 minutes on pprune would have been time well spent and alerted them to all the flaws and limitiations of this plane. What were they thinking.... :-)

[Squawk7700]

Originally Posted by aaandrogerthat

Haha! Silly RFDS, they obviously didn't do their research thoroughly before committing to this aircraft. 10 minutes on pprune would have been time well spent and alerted them to all the flaws and limitiations of this plane. What were they thinking.... :-)

You may laugh, however plenty of pilots on here either work for them or formerly did, so are fairly well informed in their operations.

[Outtahere]

Originally Posted by YendorB

Anyone know the pay and conditions for this gig? Curious

Around $160K was what I was told for SA/NT. Standard PC12 salary plus T & C allowance.

[VH-MLE]

Aaandrogerthat - you're a bit of a dick - sorry to say that, but what experience do you have to make that call?

[Smalahove]

Originally Posted by VH-MLE

Aaandrogerthat - you're a bit of a dick - sorry to say that, but what experience do you have to make that call?

Zooooooooommmmm........

[LeadSled]

Originally Posted by aaandrogerthat

Haha! Silly RFDS, they obviously didn't do their research thoroughly before committing to this aircraft. 10 minutes on pprune would have been time well spent and alerted them to all the flaws and limitiations of this plane. What were they thinking.... :-)

aaaaaaand---
Must be a lot of stupid people with money about, the original PC-24 order book for the first batch opened and closed in days, the same will happen when the order book is re-opened some time soon. With preferential customers fixed up, earliest delivery dates for a new customer of the company look like somewhere between 2021 and end 2022.
And, comparatively, this aircraft is expensive in it's class.
What other bizjet manufacturer has their capacity sold out, they are even closing Porter production to make a bit more room.
Tootle pip!!

[josephfeatherweight]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - nobody appears to understand sarcasm here when it jumps up and smacks them in the face.
MLE (and others) - I’ll spell it out for you - aaandrogerthat was being sarcastic/facetious...

[LeadSled]

Originally Posted by josephfeatherweight

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - nobody appears to understand sarcasm here when it jumps up and smacks them in the face.
MLE (and others) - I’ll spell it out for you - aaandrogerthat was being sarcastic/facetious...

josephetc,
He/she/it was?? Maybe he/she/it should be a little less subtle ---- as is very obvious, his extreme subtlety completely obscured hi/her/its sarcasm/facetiousness.
Tootle pip!!

[Capt Fathom]

I actually thought it was quite funny. VH-MLE missed it totally! Zooooooooommmmm......... indeed!
Beam me up Scotty!

[VH-MLE]

OK, I know I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I didn't (and still don't) see sarcasm/facetiousness in that post... Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy...

[topdrop]

Little smiley at the end is a bit of a clue.

[aaandrogerthat]

Haha! Lighten up guys! The clue is right here.. "10 minutes on PPRuNe would have been time well spent and alerted them to all the flaws and limitiations of this plane"

The PC-12 was a game changer, and so is the PC-24. Incredible machine

I'll retreat into my burrow now, having been suitably chastised for my feeble attempt at SARCASM... :-)

[Plazbot]

Saw it today in Dubai. VHVWO.

[DIBO]

Found this nice photo @JetPhotos: VH-VWO just before its departure from Switzerland this morning, on its way to warmer climates...

[pilotchute]

Seems getting a cargo door in a biz jet isn't that hard.

[harrryw]

Originally Posted by pilotchute

Seems getting a cargo door in a biz jet isn't that hard.

Seems to be a lot of work.....they say that takes 12 weeks to do for a Citation.,

[Captain Nomad]

Not practical to have aeromedical stretcher loading equipment permanently mounted in that single-use front doorway either...

[pilotchute]

I bet the sticker price on a citation with similar performance would be considerably lower than a PC24. The Cargo door installation time isnt really a factor if you plan ahead.

I only say this as I'm sure RFDS aren't made of money and the savings on modified Citation could be spent elsewhere.

Just my opinion and I'm sure RFDS did the maths.