Msg ID:
2796566 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-1
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Author:EMS Pilot
10/21/2023 6:40:22 AM
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To all the utility pilots out there: Have your companies kept up with the pay increases that we've been seeing in the EMS industry? |
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Msg ID:
2796572 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-1
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Author:No Question
10/21/2023 9:25:14 AM
Reply to: 2796566
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Utility always paid more than HEMS, but quality of life sucks bigtime. |
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Msg ID:
2796582 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-0
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Author:Utility DOES NOT
10/21/2023 11:29:25 AM
Reply to: 2796572
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it's not full time most operators. Yeah and you don't get full time benefits either with 401k retirement. Fire season done.... laid off for the season. Utility makes short term quick money manybe |
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Msg ID:
2796578 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-0
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Author:Nope
10/21/2023 10:54:15 AM
Reply to: 2796566
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No sign on bonus, no retention bonuses. But most of us have 21/21 schedule and make over $150K for medium experience. some above $200K with lots over experience and more time on the road.
But we keep our hotel points. |
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Msg ID:
2796597 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-0
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Author:Keep up?
10/21/2023 2:31:58 PM
Reply to: 2796578
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Utility has always paid better than ems if you have long line skills. $150k+ a year. 12/12 or 14/14 work around 140 days a years plus travel days. |
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Msg ID:
2796598 |
ha ha ha +0/-1
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Author:Anonymous
10/21/2023 2:46:11 PM
Reply to: 2796597
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but how do you get long line skills
because nobody gets hired except longline pilots
i guess longline pilots are just like learjet pilots
you don't become one, god just makes them and the employers have to bid for them
god i hate this industry, it's one half rich users and one half poor deluded bums |
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Msg ID:
2796619 |
ha ha ha +0/-3
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Author:Long line Luke
10/21/2023 11:43:41 PM
Reply to: 2796598
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Hmm... perhaps we are just born to it? JK, I drove fuel truck, did ferry flights, helped the truck mechanics and kept a good attitude all for a few minutes with a line when the owner was in a mood to throw me a bone.
Eventually he was in a jam for a fire pilot and got me practiced enough to pass a forest service check ride. well, a summer of mostly missed bucket drops and I got better. |
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Msg ID:
2796668 |
ha ha ha +0/-0
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Author:You heard it here
10/22/2023 6:49:58 PM
Reply to: 2796619
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Waste years sweeping hangars and shaking richards and if you're lucky bossman just might let you pay him for a bucket drop or two. Hopefully you somehow managed to get carding minimums between washing fuel trucks. |
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Msg ID:
2796616 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-0
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Author:Debbie
10/21/2023 8:26:38 PM
Reply to: 2796566
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Define utility? I just started flying Power and gas patrol and I'm making more than double what I was in EMS. Golden benefits and I don't work very hard. |
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Msg ID:
2796669 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-0
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Author:Power liner
10/22/2023 8:49:56 PM
Reply to: 2796616
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Keep it up. Patrolling learns you the basics of the grid. Then you can start working on the system. Helps if you can long line and the the HAA money will at least triple. |
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Msg ID:
2796671 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-0
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Author:yeah
10/22/2023 9:05:47 PM
Reply to: 2796669
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learn the basics of the grid etc lol |
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Msg ID:
2796763 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-0
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Author:Power liner
10/23/2023 12:33:52 PM
Reply to: 2796671
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Yeah, best to just jump in there knowing nothing about induction, multiple circuits on a single tower, correct way of grounding, electrical potential zones or the physical hazards of unseen wire. Knowing how the grid is constructed helps you know where to look.
Perhaps your right Though it can't be that hard right? |
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Msg ID:
2796764 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-0
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Author:no
10/23/2023 1:09:03 PM
Reply to: 2796763
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you don't need to know any of that. possible you needed to be told it's bad to fly into a wire. |
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Msg ID:
2796926 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +1/-0
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Author:You
10/25/2023 3:06:54 PM
Reply to: 2796566
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should see what's going on in the corporate arena. |
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Msg ID:
2796969 |
Non-EMS Pilot Pay Increases? +0/-0
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Author:OP
10/25/2023 6:58:48 PM
Reply to: 2796926
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Oh yeah, I forgot about corporate. How is it there? Are they having to raise their payscale to keep pilots? |
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