dumb question time

[Rogue]

I've been a commission employee for 15 years now so this probably sounds a little dumb to some of you but...

 

say I get through school ok and cfi for a while without being killed and get picked up by a GOM company, now do they pay you a salary to sit around in the pool? or do you only get paid when you are loggin flight hours?

 

See.. I go to work 8 hours a day, but if I'm not turning a wrench then I'm not making squat, I just wasn't sure how all this worked out in helo pilot world.

 

Thanks, Jeff

[Gomer Pylot]

Pilots are on salary. That means you get paid whether you fly or not, but you also don't get overtime for working more than 8/40. 14 hours duty time, 8 or 10 flying hours/day pays the same as sitting around for a few hours.

[cruise475]

I am assuming that you are talking about flying at a flight school? The flight school I am training at the pilots get paid only when they are training ground/flying. When they have down time they don't get paid.

[Rogue]

thanks gomer

 

hey, ain't thought of that cruise! glad you brought it up.

Edited December 15, 2007 by Rogue

[helonorth]

You get paid whether you fly 8 hours (the max) or don't fly at all. They take you're salary and

divide it by 182.5 (half a year) since everyone works 7/7 or 14/14. That gives you your daily

rate. Every day you work, that's what you get paid. If you "work over" (any days outside your

normal schedule) you get your daily rate x 1.5.

[PhotoFlyer]

You get paid whether you fly 8 hours (the max) or don't fly at all. They take you're salary and

divide it by 182.5 (half a year) since everyone works 7/7 or 14/14. That gives you your daily

rate. Every day you work, that's what you get paid. If you "work over" (any days outside your

normal schedule) you get your daily rate x 1.5.

 

Are you saying that if your salary is $50,000 you will really only earn $25,000 a year? Or, they just figure the daily rate based on the total salary, but divided by half a year. (i.e. 50,000/182.5=273.97 daily, or would it be 136.98 daily?)

Edited December 15, 2007 by PhotoFlyer

[helonorth]

You're making this much too complicated. I didn't say you halve your salary. You divide it by

182.5 which equals your daily rate. Every day you work, you get paid that amount. 182.5 times

a year. I don't know how they figure the .5 day. At 50K, it would be, yes, $273.97.

[PhotoFlyer]

Thats what I was wondering, I didn't think you meant halve the salary, but I wanted to make sure.

[cavloh]

I've been a commission employee for 15 years now so this probably sounds a little dumb to some of you but...

 

say I get through school ok and cfi for a while without being killed and get picked up by a GOM company, now do they pay you a salary to sit around in the pool? or do you only get paid when you are loggin flight hours?

 

See.. I go to work 8 hours a day, but if I'm not turning a wrench then I'm not making squat, I just wasn't sure how all this worked out in helo pilot world.

 

Thanks, Jeff

[cavloh]

Salary on the Gulf is just that...Salary.....8 hour duty days or 14 hour duty days, flying or no-flight, pays the same, although some GOM companies pay a flite hour bonus, but not PHI..at least in the last year that I know of...for the young and new helo pilots, as much as they pissed me off, PHI is a very good company, and when I left the company it only took the new hires to obtain an assingment and schooling for an S-76C model in a few short months...ALL ROBBIE ONLY pilots included....as the reg's read, a 2 pilot crew can amass up to 10 hours of flight time a day with a max of 14 hours for the duty day...single pilot equals an 8 hour flight hour day ...period..I will say that PHI treated me well, over the years, but the NEW PHI was not what I wanted...You may find PHI just up your alley, but my time had come...although I still respect PHI as a VERY PROFFessional company.......As far as overtime, when you work on you day off, be it 7/7 or 14/14 day schedule, you will be paid at a rate of 1.5 of your normal pay, whatever that may be....I am a retired PHI Pilot, Capt S92, and 33 years with PHI, international and the GOM...Keep up with the helo world and ENJOY IT!!!....Any questions, you may contact me at..cavloh@earthlink.net...would be happy to help all...

CavLoh