Jump pilots pay

[zap49 0]

I would like to know what other DZs are paying their 182 jump pilots. Per load, per head etc... I do not want to get into a debate about what they think they are worth or what they should be getting paid , I am looking for what they are currently being paid .

[Baksteen 84]

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[tetra316 0]

I've heard $5 a load...

[Andrewwhyte 1]

I think $6-7 Canadian/load is probably ballpark. I would ask for gas money as well. Since you are at a club you should expect to be at the lower end of the scale.

[vpjr 18]

I pay $25 per tach hour for the Cessna 206s. Fly the SOP and be efficient or go home.

[I3uller 0]

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I pay $25 per tach hour for the Cessna 206s. Fly the SOP and be efficient or go home.

You don't go off a Hobbs?

[bfilarsky 0]

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I pay $25 per tach hour for the Cessna 206s. Fly the SOP and be efficient or go home.

If I was your pilot, I would be sure to keep the RPM's up as much as possible

[vpjr 18]

Aircraft cost are most often determined by flight hour and the tach or air switch is used not hobbs. Your flight school charged you for sitting at idle at the same rate as flight time. I bet they billed you for 125 hours but only did 1 100 hour inspection. The tach (time) variation isnt much at the upper RPM, although aircraft Tachometer accuracy vary widely. A Cessna 206 operated at high rpms will be heard for miles and the pilot will be quickly told to bring it back to an acceptable level by the locals, DZO, and Jumpers. Also my SOP approves an RPM increase above 10,000 if climb rate is to low.

[I3uller 0]

I havn't had any problems with the Hobbs reading different. Tach and Hobbs times were always the same with me...but I'm a rotor head. Could be different.

[bfilarsky 0]

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Aircraft cost are most often determined by flight hour and the tach or air switch is used not hobbs. Your flight school charged you for sitting at idle at the same rate as flight time. I bet they billed you for 125 hours but only did 1 100 hour inspection. The tach (time) variation isnt much at the upper RPM, although aircraft Tachometer accuracy vary widely. A Cessna 206 operated at high rpms will be heard for miles and the pilot will be quickly told to bring it back to an acceptable level by the locals, DZO, and Jumpers. Also my SOP approves an RPM increase above 10,000 if climb rate is to low.

Very true. Tach time varies linearly with RPM, so a difference between 2400-2600 is not much. I was joking more about a pilot taxiing and doing pre takeoff checks at high RPM's.

[bfilarsky 0]

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I havn't had any problems with the Hobbs reading different. Tach and Hobbs times were always the same with me...but I'm a rotor head. Could be different.

I don't have any rotor time, so correct me if I'm wrong - but you don't really have any idle time, right? The startup and taxiing is where the discrepancy comes in on airplanes between hobbs and tach.

[zap49 0]

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I pay $25 per tach hour for the Cessna 206s. Fly the SOP and be efficient or go home.

sorry guys ...completely off topic.

[I3uller 0]

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I havn't had any problems with the Hobbs reading different. Tach and Hobbs times were always the same with me...but I'm a rotor head. Could be different.

I don't have any rotor time, so correct me if I'm wrong - but you don't really have any idle time, right? The startup and taxiing is where the discrepancy comes in on airplanes between hobbs and tach.

Ya not really. You have to start up the engine and let the head temp get up before you engage the rotors so that takes a bit of time and you kinda have a run up where you test to see if the rotor runs free after dropping power. I'd say the engine runs for a good 10-12 minutes before you actually go anywhere..but there is no taxi haha. You just leave.

[jumpwally 0]

On the other hand what is Twin Otter pay? or does it depend ?

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[tetra316 0]

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On the other hand what is Twin Otter pay? or does it depend ?

IIRC, I've heard of one prominent dz that used to pay $5 per load but switched to an hourly rate a few years ago as the pilots were making too much money.

[packing_jarrett 0]

yeah it would be a shame to give a qualified twotter pilot upwards $100 day

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[diverdriver 5]

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On the other hand what is Twin Otter pay? or does it depend ?

IIRC, I've heard of one prominent dz that used to pay $5 per load but switched to an hourly rate a few years ago as the pilots were making too much money.

5 bucks a load is too much money? You're joking right? 5 bucks a load is what was paid in the 80s. It's 2009.

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

I made a special trip to the DZ once to fly a couple of tandems and got paid $5 a load. That was the last time I made a special trip to the DZ.

[tetra316 0]

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On the other hand what is Twin Otter pay? or does it depend ?

IIRC, I've heard of one prominent dz that used to pay $5 per load but switched to an hourly rate a few years ago as the pilots were making too much money.

5 bucks a load is too much money? You're joking right? 5 bucks a load is what was paid in the 80s. It's 2009.

Nope. Think multiple turbine dz in sunny climates. Pilots can fly nonstop from 8am to sunset. Or maybe it was more like $10-20 bucks a load..? Don't remember it was several years ago. Just know they were making a couple hundred dollars a day before the switch.