New Single/TURBINE HeliPilot Pay, Raises, Bonus...

[AdminLB]

Share how much you make and see what others are making.

 

Survey for Single Engine TURBINE helicopter pilots - 3 short

questions survey 2012 gross wage, 2012 pay raise, and 2012 bonuses.

 

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[Sonic04GT]

Well those figures are fairly motivating for an aspiring CFI such as myself haha

[wombosi]

I thought so too! Very encouraging.

[terminal_velo]

Neither encouraged nor discouraged.

 

The median falls in the 70-80 range.

 

Is that pay typical of someone with 25 years in the business, working 85 hours a week in the field, at a company with no benefits?

 

Or is it typical of someone working 40 hours a week, their first year at the company, with a great benefits package, and getting to go home every night?

 

Two entirely different stories.

[Wally]

terminal_velo:

My guess is that the typical working pilot is on an even split schedule of 12-14 hour workdays. Often it's 7 on, 7 off; or 14/14. I typically average 93 hours on a 7 day 12 hour schedule, for what it's worth.

[Gomer Pylot]

I'm in that range. I've been flying for >40 years, and I work 7/7, meaning I work about 85 hours/week, every other week, so I average about 42 hours/week, for the year. Starting pay is obviously less.