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YendorB 22nd Nov 2018 13:30

Anyone know the pay and conditions for this gig? Curious

Kulwin Park 22nd Nov 2018 20:48


Originally Posted by YendorB (Post 10317351)
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 22nd Nov 2018 20:59

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 23rd Nov 2018 00:57


Originally Posted by aaandrogerthat (Post 10317793)
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 23rd Nov 2018 07:38


Originally Posted by YendorB (Post 10317351)
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 23rd Nov 2018 10:14

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

Smalahove 23rd Nov 2018 13:24


Originally Posted by VH-MLE (Post 10318218)
Aaandrogerthat - you're a bit of a dick - sorry to say that, but what experience do you have to make that call?

Zooooooooommmmm........

LeadSled 23rd Nov 2018 22:11


Originally Posted by aaandrogerthat (Post 10317793)
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 23rd Nov 2018 22:17

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 24th Nov 2018 07:02


Originally Posted by josephfeatherweight (Post 10318799)
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 24th Nov 2018 08:56

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

VH-MLE 24th Nov 2018 11:30

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 24th Nov 2018 22:18

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

aaandrogerthat 27th Nov 2018 18:26

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 27th Nov 2018 18:42

Saw it today in Dubai. VHVWO.

DIBO 27th Nov 2018 19:11

Found this nice photo @JetPhotos: VH-VWO just before its departure from Switzerland this morning, on its way to warmer climates...https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2126265518.jpg

pilotchute 28th Nov 2018 05:35

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f03d48801.jpeg
Seems getting a cargo door in a biz jet isn't that hard.

harrryw 28th Nov 2018 07:22


Originally Posted by pilotchute (Post 10322342)
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f03d48801.jpeg
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 28th Nov 2018 07:42

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

pilotchute 28th Nov 2018 08:32

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.


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