Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

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Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby Low_Level_Hell » Mon Jan 22 2018, 10:06

What would a Grade 1 Ag Pilot be ruffly payed in
Nz ? Or how much would you not work for etc
I now this is a pretty vague question but interested in
peoples responses

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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby NZHelo » Mon Jan 22 2018, 10:19

Ruffly One Million Dollars.
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby K78 » Mon Jan 22 2018, 18:10

100k is about the minimum then depending on other things eg if you have 500+ Turbine, long line pretty much anything to strengthen the argument.
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby kiwiflyer » Mon Jan 22 2018, 18:59

As already stated 100k as a minimum and up from there.
I know several guys on over 150k salaries and know if others earning over 200k with wages based on commission.
But believe me you would be earning it, as to turn over enough to be getting that kind of money you would be putting in some serious hours, and that’s not just flying hours, you can factor about 4 to 5 hrs of ground work for every hr flying.
And the 150k guys do hold senior company roles.
A good experienced Ag pilot is hard to come by as they usually own there own company or are happily employed.
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby rex bivouac » Tue Jan 23 2018, 21:36

120k plus for an experience guy running his own cutter.

Retainer plus percentage of productive is a good way to go if you have the work.

You will have no life life though. But you don’t get the treats without the mahi.
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby County » Wed Jan 24 2018, 23:30

Under Part 61 there is no such thing as AG 1 or AG 2 anymore.
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby Ops normal » Thu Jan 25 2018, 00:37

Was wondering about the grade 1 ag, have not been able to find. What were the requirements before they decided to hire someone with no aviation experience to rewrite the regs?
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Re: Grade 1 Ag Pilot Pay

Postby AS350Driver » Sun Jan 28 2018, 17:23

Grade 1 Ag is 1000hrs productive on Ag ops. Here in NZ which is where the chap was asking for pay rates.

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