Not sure, depends on the airplane. Is it a good one, or a junker etc. 1.There will be a monthly charge, probably between $3000 and $4000, that's before she spins a prop. 2. There will be a power by the hour charge (to cover engine, prop, and avionics reserve), that'll probably be somewhere between $...

Unlikely you will be able to find one anywhere that you can rent hourly. Lease option, not much better unless you are thinking of taking it for several months to a year.

“All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.”

Roar, I think to be fair you should also describe where your per diem comes from. In your situation it is not provided by "your" employer (a cost to them). Your employer charges the client for the per diem based on what CCRA deems an acceptable daily cost for whatever juridiction you are working in,...

Everyone, As Wally says Sander is a good operator, with good equipment and maintenance. Regarding their pay and per diems that "buddies" are reporting. Make sure to get the info from the company. Sander has historically been low on the pay and per diem side, so for the $110 per day, be careful, you ...

AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL COMPANIES 1. Big Survey Companies: Fugro and Sanders - Both based at Ottawa 2. Mid Size Survey Companies: Goldak - Saskatoon Firefly - Calgary (Springbank) Terraquest - ButtoNville 3. Small Size Survey Companies: Tundra - Toronto Eon - Montreal Oracle - Regina 4. Companies Provi...

Scouting report on Firefly by Wallypilot and MCRS have it about right. Have talked with a couple guys who work there and the starting rate for a survey competent Navajo pilot is $300/day plus per diem and benefits. Flying is throughout Canada and the US, internationally they have worked in Africa, C...

Don't forget, insurance underwriters will want someone with experience at the helm considering the type of flying and the remote locations that survey companies work. People either love or hate survey, it is a lifestyle choice. Have more than once seen guys leave survey to go to the regionals, and t...

As JZA said every Navajo is different. That being said I have flown three different vintages, all three had a slightly different hot start procedure in the POH, and all three procedures work.

OK I can buy the "similar" equipment statement. But I know four WJ Captains personally, and the salaries quoted are not correct. There is a small group of earlyWJ pilots who had healthy stock options, that ended up in the money.

Had a quick look, data is not correct. Has pay scales for Westjet and Alaska pilots (Capt. and FO), for A320's

Holy cow, this subject is like asking about training bonds. Its simple economics, supply and demand. There are too many guys that want to strap on the epaulets, not enough people that want to make subs. Did anyone do any due diligence on the pay scales for flying jobs? Anyone who did proper due dili...

They were starting at $75, had three people last year make over $100k salary alone, per diems etc. are on top of that.

They have guys making $75k+, depends of course on experience and ability. They are paid a per diem on top.

If you are looking for survey work you might try calling Firefly. They have a current ad posted on the Job Forum. A friend of mine knows the owner, and from what I hear the pilots make considerably more than what you and Wallypilot have quoted for Fugro, Sander and Aries.

Pretty standard for Brasil! Once saw a C-195 down there with a Garrett stuffed in the nose!

Those numbers are in USD, and as Dust Devil posted, even at USD the insurance numbers are half of real world cost. Maintenance and op costs are a bit low.

A friend of mine in the survey business has told me the Kiwi Air/UTS aircraft is currently not permitted to fly. Turns out they started flying in May, but had no permit/exemption/AOC to conduct commercial air operations in Canada. They were found by TC to be surveying in Churchill without the requir...

Bottom line is the AN12 is performing a commercial air service/charter operation, in Canada. I think it only fair (and not fear mongering) that Canadian Operators ask that the AN12 operator comply with a few things that the rest of us are required to: 1. Have an appropriate AOC. 2. Operate and maint...

I am glad to see some accurate language on the whole bond/training cost issue, and to see some pilots finally acknowledge that their conduct is a major reason the whole bond issue arose. We have been victimized by the same phenomena a previous poster spoke of, where the freshly minted young aviator ...

Golden Eagle, Excellent outline of the requirement to introduce a 2 pilot crew to a 1 pilot aircraft (and operation). If I had a dime for every time an applicant asked me "why can't I sit in the right seat for free and build time?", I could probably buy a Lada. As I am sure everyone can appreciate i...

Bottom line is, the company may have exercised unsafe practices, but if you as the pilot knowingly committed an unsafe practice or violation of CARS, you are at fault. If you as the pilot took an aircraft into flight that you knew the company had cheated on maintenance with, again you are in violati...

Mig29 made the point in an earlier post. People are free to make their own decisions, whether it is working on the ramp at Mikisew for $11.50/hour, or working at Tim Hortons. What I find interesting are people's lack of willingness to accept the consequences of their actions or decisions. A lot of g...