It seems you will make more at AMC as a float if you can match MTC's base pay.

AMC pays more than MTC in most cases.

AMC pays OT after 40 hours in a week, MTC after 84.

AMC pays 1.5 for travel to/from work, MTC straight time.

AMC pays $500 for an extra shift, MTC $300.

There will be a huge exodus of float pilots from MTC in the future after the bonus is paid out.

It's hard to believe the lies MTC has told float pilot over the last year about being 'Salary Exempt' or 'Salary Non-Exempt'. 

It seems MTC changes a float pilots status on a daily basis depending on what works best for them.

Despite what MTC float pilot offer letters say, their status has being changed to avoid paying them the same as line pilots. 

It's a pity that lawyers are needed to fix this. 

Maybe MTC needs a union?

grass is always greener but I left cause of safety reasons, pay means nothing if anyone's life is endangered...

leaving wrenches on xmsn decks after major maintenance, being told, "that's what the customer wants", decline a flight due to duty time but being told you can get an extension after your explain why you will go over but they have a spreadsheet showing options A,B, & or C instructing you to take the flight, not putting chip detectors back in after inspections, attempt to decline an LZ cause you feel it's inappropriate but being told, "we land there all the time", forgetting to install essential parts on m/r, giving monetary incentives to AM for in service rates, calling after declining a flight due to thunderstorms, (yet another program took flight)  ignoring AIDMORs documenting said issues. those a only a few I can think of off the top of my head

I have  been with AMC for over 25 years and never seen any of that. Did you ever think the problem is you.

I didn't leave a wrench on the deck, I didn't forget to put parts back in the M/R head or put chip detectors back in, I didn't force Med Crews to do stuff they we're uncomfortable with. But you're right, it was me, so I felt it was best to leave as not to bring shame to the company... 

That’s a complete LIE!

AMC in most cases does NOT pay higher than MTC

AMC does NOT give OT over 40 hours for pilots. That’s a complete LIE

AMC does NOT pay $500 for an open shifts, they pay $250

Get your facts straight first my man…. 

AMC does fly 20+ year old airframes

AMC does treat pool pilots like complete garbage 

AMC take on safety is they are all about it, unless it costs too much money

While I agree the grass isn’t always greener, it’s certainly nicer over at GMR. And I say that because I work around 5 GMR bases and talk to their pilots regularly.

The overwhelming majority of our aircraft don’t even have autopilot or ADS-b in for gods sake. Our company is about 10-15 years behind the ball and seem to be proud of it too 

You don't need ads-b (in)

You don't need autopilot.

Auto pilot takes a new pilot and makes them sloppy and lazy and just a passenger on the way to the smoking hole when they have a problem and can't handle it because they been crutching on AP their whole short flying career.

Learn to stick and rudder like our greatest generation pilots did back before AP was even a thing.

Also, Learn to look out the Fk'in windscreen for traffic and quit thinking a transponder is gonna help you from hitting things in the sky.  Paramotors don't show up on ads-b, morons.

I'm old school, too.  However, the auto-flight systems are to decrease the workload of the pilot so he or she can adequately develop and comprehend dynamic SA and ADM.  Workload or "Task Saturation" is a primary human factor in aircraft mishaps.

Even with auto-flight, most corporate flight departments and all 121 operators have two pilots.  The HAA sector only has one.  The auto-flight system is the second pilot.

V/r

Thing I’ve ever read? You really trying to be macho, my generation was better than yours right now. Okay boomer.  So tell me again how flying straight and level keeps your flying skills tip top. And simply telling someone to just look at the window keeps you 100% safe from other traffic?! Dude, these are aides to further assist the pilot! 

My god man, you’re level of stupidity is truly on another level. But I’m sure we will all read about you one day unfortunately 

Keep crutching on the AP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHMxob2fbo

Keep staring at them screens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaIL2UOX4ss

But I’m guessing you’ve been told that a lot in your career.

I'm not the one dumb enough to actually fly on those rattle traps being maintained by Cletus and company.

Who's stupid again?

thanks for proving my point. You ain’t even a pilot. Just another weekend warrior that we all gonna be reading about and saying to ourselves, “how dumb is that pilot?” 🤣

You might be the first I’ve seen to qualify under all 5. Ads-b and AP are meant to be aides to the pilot to reduce workload and increase situational awareness. How are you even trying to argue this…?! If you are reliant on these to fly, than yes, you’re a terrible pilot. But if you’re somehow implying having these if your aircraft also makes you a bad pilot? Than boy oh boy, please disclose who you are and where you work so I can make sure nobody I know comes any where near you or your aircraft.

https://hartzellprop.com/5-hazardous-attitudes-all-pilots-should-avoid/

We start at about $120K a year. Bumps up to $185 once you hit year two and skyrockets from there. That’s not accounting for any premium, rigs, sit-time, or profit-sharing.  That’s also not accounting for the 17-18% direct contribution to your 401K (the company directly deposits an amount equivalent to 17% of what you made that month into your 401K. That isn’t taken out of your pay… it’s on top of it).  If you’re happy in HEMS, that’s great. There’s nothing wrong with it, and there are ALOT worse jobs out there than HEMS - especially if you live local to your base. But there’s also alot better. Don’t sell yourself short if you want to try something different. You can ALWAYS come back to HEMS (assuming you don’t burn the bridge down on your way out). 

Arguing about which HEMS company pays better or treats their pilots better is like arguing that Burger King makes a better hamburger than McDonald’s. Whoppers and Quarter Pounders BOTH his the spot, but neither of them compare to a steak from Del Frisco’s.

so who's we and yeah we all know how a 401 works bro

Cool. Glad you know. Very glad to hear there are helo operators out there making direct contributions to their employees funds. When I was in it, the only contribution most would make was a matching one.

-), your wings don't rotate, therefore you are not a sky god (little g), if your wings did rotate your would be a sky God ( with a big G) .

Nah. My wings did indeed rotate for years. They still do on occasion on a limited part-time basis for a private owner. You ARE correct though. I am no Sky-god… just a well-compensated, mere mortal.