AMO Hourly Rates

Fox 3 · Post by **Fox 3** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:46 pm

Just taking a look at our hourly rates and was wondering what everyone else is charging. If you don't mind maybe post the type of aircraft and number of employees. And if you're really feeling generous, the location would be good to know.

Thanks for the input

~FOX~

tellyourkidstogetarealjob · Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:29 am

You don't need a poll. $65.00 per hour Can is an almost universal rate in the west.

Meanwhile my local Toyota dealership charges $98.00 per hour and gets it. I've never seen them advertise for a mechanic.

Gee, you think there's a connection there?

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:33 am

tellyourkidstogetarealjob wrote:You don't need a poll. $65.00 per hour Can is an almost universal rate in the west.

Meanwhile my local Toyota dealership charges $98.00 per hour and gets it. I've never seen them advertise for a mechanic.

Gee, you think there's a connection there?

Wrong..

If it's got wings · Post by **If it's got wings** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:50 pm

We are at $85 with 172'S through Citations a 3 engineers and 3 apprentices. Ran the numbers not long ago and even at $85 the margins are not very good.

Airtids · Post by **Airtids** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 10:50 pm

$75 per hour. Discounts for preferred clients. Owner assisted annuals double.

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:29 am

$85 cdn or $65 Us an hour. 2 AME's, one of them M1/M2. We see everything from homebuilts, to CRJ's and G3's.

bigbert · Post by **bigbert** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:00 pm

Meecka wrote:$85 cdn or $65 Us an hour. 2 AME's, one of them M1/M2. We see everything from homebuilts, to CRJ's and G3's.

Well your US rate should go to just about par with the Canadian one right now.

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:52 pm

ya but if we did we wouldn't see much coming out of the states. I think the lower rate is the only think bringing 'em in right now.

KISS_MY_TCAS · Post by **KISS_MY_TCAS** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:04 pm

$65USD/hour?!?! Yikes, I hope you guys rape them on parts mark-ups or something.

Airtids wrote: Owner assisted annuals double.

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 8:32 am

25% is what I think we mark things at... not to sure though, not something I have to deal with... I just work on the things, it's up to my manager to deal with money issues.

flyingaddict · Post by **flyingaddict** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 2:42 pm

$81 dollars/hr + 4% consumables. 15% markup on all parts. Annuals are minimum 12 hour billout.

We are a small shop with one full time engineer in eastern BC.

chowda · Post by **chowda** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:21 am

you wouldnt happen to have worked at KFC at sometime in the past, would you?
Used to work there also.

flyingaddict · Post by **flyingaddict** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:30 pm

I worked at KFC from 2000 to 2002. Laid off, never been back, never going back.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:56 pm

What percentage of an AMO's costs go toward complying with all TC's paper work and the personell needed to satisfy TC's requirements.....?

chowda · Post by **chowda** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:45 am

I worked at KFC from 2000 to 2002. Laid off, never been back, never going back

LOL!! Another glowing review for KFC! I was on your crew.

Cheers'

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:08 am

chowda wrote:
I worked at KFC from 2000 to 2002. Laid off, never been back, never going back
LOL!! Another glowing review for KFC! I was on your crew.

Cheers'

chowda, you still admit that you were there? How's the bugs up north?

Cheers buddy.. come on down for a beer some day..

chowda · Post by **chowda** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:36 pm

Hey buddy,

LOL, Im still "living the dream" I guess!

Not a high point in my life to be honest.

As luck would have it, I aim to be down there this weekend. Gonna go and cheer on our mutual friend/motorcycle racer. I'll pop in around yvr, as my bro/dad are both plane watchers

, and we have to go there. Helluva a way to spend time off...

Cheers'

Fox 3 · Post by **Fox 3** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:59 pm

awesome everybody, thank you all

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:53 am

So I guess it's good that the 90-100 vote got the most if you add the two.. Thank god some of the shops are seeing the light and charging what they are worth. Maybe the wages will be following shortly..

If the industry stays as it is now, the wages will be going up considerably within a short while. Keep your fingers crossed..

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:27 am

twotter wrote:

If the industry stays as it is now, the wages will be going up considerably within a short while. Keep your fingers crossed..

Oh ya, and I just saw a Pig sprout wings and fly..... Good to see your an idealist!

Fox 3 · Post by **Fox 3** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:26 am

hmm, I didn't notice I posted that one twice! I wonder if there are two options when voting or just one.

Fox 3 · Post by **Fox 3** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:33 am

Meecka:
I highly doubt the wages will change where you are, they have no reason to raise them. They have the attitude there that if you want to leave, well then leave...especially for the paint, interior, touch-up departments because really the only place close they will go is up in Centralia. They have (or use to) a constant cycling between those two companies. For some reason people stay there, I think because they don't pay you enough to be able to afford to leave...believe me, I took a huge leap of faith when I left and I certainly could not afford to at the time. I just hope for your sake things have been cleaned up in the last 5 years, working in paint stripper water is less then healthy.

Speaking of water, I really miss living on the lake shore

Lurch · Post by **Lurch** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:42 pm

Meecka wrote:
twotter wrote:

If the industry stays as it is now, the wages will be going up considerably within a short while. Keep your fingers crossed..
Oh ya, and I just saw a Pig sprout wings and fly..... Good to see your an idealist!

Now Meecka you know that would never happen. The pig would have to be STC'd for the addition of wings.

Now if you wish you might be able to get a LTC for your specific pig.

Lurch

Meecka · Post by **Meecka** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:46 pm

I wonder if we could add a STOL kit to it as well...

twotter · Post by **twotter** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:41 am

The stol kit comes standard on pig wings..

But really, I'm not so much an optomist as a realist. I've been in the industry long enough to see what's happening. In YVR right now, you can hardly buy an engineer. I can think of a number of companies who would pay a very good wage just to get a licenced person. Of course most of them have no benefits and no interline agreements. Others, like where I am, have a reasonable (yes it could always be better) wage with full medical and dental stuff as well as great interline benefits.

To pay for this, a good AMO will have to charge..

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