407 Driver Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 You are VERY correct Mr BlackMac. T-Rex, I smell something rotten, and it's not at the SaddleDome this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Ya, one could complain! It's only three hours, the charter conflicts with our training schedule anyways, but never the less, published rates are rates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-rex Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 407, I SMELL MacKay all over it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
407 Driver Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 desperate people do desperate things...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldMember Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 I have to agree with Blacmac on this one, published tarriff means nothing. The average rate, not including fire work, that your company flies for would be a more realistic view of how important "getting top rate" is. None of us that make salary and flight pay have the intestinal fortitude to take the moral high ground and demand top dollar from our customers when the competition is very willing to cut rates. As a base manager, I have to balance high hourly rates with putting food on the table. I work in an area that boasts seven operators within a one-hundred mile radius, some consisting of only one or two aircraft while others have many. I could bid all jobs at between full tarriff and one-hundred bucks off and not fly at all. It would be very easy to demand top dollar if I were the only service provider around. The only way that rates will come up is if the industry is regulated somehow, or if there winds up being a huge demand for helicopters. Here's my reward package: $3,200.00/mo, $50.00/hr, safety bonus, medical, dental, nice hardware, great people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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