Should have been a train driver......
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Should have been a train driver......
...if this graph by the National Careers Service UK is anything to go by! So helicopter pilots have an average top salary of about £40,000 do they? Let's see....I'm guessing I was probably earning that in around 1988, some 30 years ago.
I was told last year by a mate still flying on the North Sea that Senior Helicopter Captains were now on about £125,000 a year. I think EMS/Police pilots are currently on about half that - where do they get a top salary of £40,000 from? I suppose the graph producers are the people advising kids on what career to choose!
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I was told last year by a mate still flying on the North Sea that Senior Helicopter Captains were now on about £125,000 a year. I think EMS/Police pilots are currently on about half that - where do they get a top salary of £40,000 from? I suppose the graph producers are the people advising kids on what career to choose!
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
It looks like utter bollocks to me.
Frinstance, it ignores the fact that many helicopter pilots work for Class 7 AOC Public Transport outfits, ie airlines.
The figure for HGV drivers is also bollocks. The going rate is £34k - £36k for the artic drivers who work for the three big supermarkets, another 5-10 for the trans-continental guys. Plus perks that they don't talk about.
Frinstance, it ignores the fact that many helicopter pilots work for Class 7 AOC Public Transport outfits, ie airlines.
The figure for HGV drivers is also bollocks. The going rate is £34k - £36k for the artic drivers who work for the three big supermarkets, another 5-10 for the trans-continental guys. Plus perks that they don't talk about.
Re: Should have been a train driver......
I doubt a junior F/O with pukey Ryanscare makes 140,000 quid a year.
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
I expect he pays them to fly....
It is a range of salary graph though, with the lowest airline salary supposedly around £18,000 according to the graph.
The helicopter pilots' mantra: If it hasn't gone wrong then it's just about to...
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
I wanted to be a train driver when I was about 6 years old and my mother said I would get over such a stupid idea when I grew up and now that I am in my 50's I want to be a helicopter pilot and I guess she would, if she was still around,still say the same thing!
All I can say about the helicopter pilots that I have met to date (OK not a large number to be honest) is that they all seem to enjoy their jobs enormously and that does count for a digit or two on the pay cheque doesn't it? Point me to any very happy airline pilot at the moment!
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All I can say about the helicopter pilots that I have met to date (OK not a large number to be honest) is that they all seem to enjoy their jobs enormously and that does count for a digit or two on the pay cheque doesn't it? Point me to any very happy airline pilot at the moment!
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
Caco's new toy arrives at the house...
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
Saw that earlier this morning on the news mate.
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
Slash, you make me laugh and then blush.
Hopefully the money saved by not drinking will help pay for the little chopper (as Ex-Ascot so evilly puts it) better suited to my current modest skillset!
The amount I have already pissed away in alcohol over my misspent life would certainly pay for the PPL-H and more beside I am sure.
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Hopefully the money saved by not drinking will help pay for the little chopper (as Ex-Ascot so evilly puts it) better suited to my current modest skillset!
The amount I have already pissed away in alcohol over my misspent life would certainly pay for the PPL-H and more beside I am sure.
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
Look at the turbines on that one!
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Re: Should have been a train driver......
And the "lift and separate" particle separators!