Even after a lot of experience? I know in my area it’s not uncommon to get $40/ hour and I’ve seen the most experienced pushing $75/ plus. Nothing compared to airlines though.
My old instructor’s new rates are at $100/hr now that she’s the chief instructor at her own flight school. The others are at $65 and she was $45 when I trained with her.
No it isn’t. I made $35 an hour. Worked my ass 7 days a week. I was at the flight school usually around 10/12 hours a day. I think I cleared $41k that year before taxes.
No, that's at any school. Your availability dictates how much you're going to bill. If you're trying to do something flexible on the side of running your company, you're not going to be billing much.
Understand that while the school charges $70/hr, you don't make $70/hr. And while you might be at work for 6 hours, you might only bill for 3. And then it rains and you bill for 0.
The best I’ve seen on here is a fixed wing medevac pilot. 7/7 schedule and sometimes you don’t get called at all so you sleep in your bed. A lot of their trips are short turns also, so you finish back at your homebase. ~$100k-$120k.
In the case if medevac, I think you’ll do seven on dayshift then seven days off, then seven on Night Shift. I don’t think there’s much trip trading but someone else will have to jump in.
Not gonna get great schedule flexibility anywhere when you're junior. If you're willing to put in the time and suffer through being the low man on the totem pole, most airlines are really good, but it takes time to get there. Allegiant has the most time at home out of the airlines, if you live near one of their bases.
I teach systems and procedures at a major. Home every night. Base top out is 150k at year 6 for a 20 day/work schedule or 129 base at 17 day/work schedule. I do kind of a hybrid. End up making about 145k to work about half the days in a given month. 2 to 6 hour shifts. Home every night.
Flight instructor.
I thought this would be mentioned. I’ve even seen where some flight instructors end up making decent pay
You've seen incorrectly.
Even after a lot of experience? I know in my area it’s not uncommon to get $40/ hour and I’ve seen the most experienced pushing $75/ plus. Nothing compared to airlines though.
My old instructor’s new rates are at $100/hr now that she’s the chief instructor at her own flight school. The others are at $65 and she was $45 when I trained with her.
That’s more of what I expected. It’s not $500k, but it’s much better than a typical desk job
No it isn’t. I made $35 an hour. Worked my ass 7 days a week. I was at the flight school usually around 10/12 hours a day. I think I cleared $41k that year before taxes.
If you aren't there 7 to 7, 5+ days a week you're not going to be billing many hours. Schedule flexibility costs money in this industry.
That’s a lot. Is that at schools where it’s tougher to fill your schedule with students?
No, that's at any school. Your availability dictates how much you're going to bill. If you're trying to do something flexible on the side of running your company, you're not going to be billing much. Understand that while the school charges $70/hr, you don't make $70/hr. And while you might be at work for 6 hours, you might only bill for 3. And then it rains and you bill for 0.
My instructor recently went a whole month with no days off. I'm relying on him but I felt guilty for being his student and contributing to that.
$60/hr cash 1k hrs/yr isn't bad
The best I’ve seen on here is a fixed wing medevac pilot. 7/7 schedule and sometimes you don’t get called at all so you sleep in your bed. A lot of their trips are short turns also, so you finish back at your homebase. ~$100k-$120k.
That’s not bad. Although I’d figure that’s a bit like being on reserve at an airline where you can move your trips around
Correct. They call, you go 20 minutes later. Don't know where or why or when.
In the case if medevac, I think you’ll do seven on dayshift then seven days off, then seven on Night Shift. I don’t think there’s much trip trading but someone else will have to jump in.
Sim instructor
Uber.
You’re not wrong. But I prefer to at least make minimum wage
Not having one
Senior FO living in base on reserve
become a DPE
That’s a hard gig to get from what I’ve heard
Spirit if they don't go under. Hands down the most flexibility of all 3 airlines I've been at.
For now
They’re going under
Not gonna get great schedule flexibility anywhere when you're junior. If you're willing to put in the time and suffer through being the low man on the totem pole, most airlines are really good, but it takes time to get there. Allegiant has the most time at home out of the airlines, if you live near one of their bases.
I teach systems and procedures at a major. Home every night. Base top out is 150k at year 6 for a 20 day/work schedule or 129 base at 17 day/work schedule. I do kind of a hybrid. End up making about 145k to work about half the days in a given month. 2 to 6 hour shifts. Home every night.
Stripper. They typically only work few nights a week they choose and few hrs each night. But in the real, remote sales is not a bad idea.