![]() ![]() I'm a bush utility guy so I work 28 days on and either 14/28 days off depending on the season and what work I'm doing. Canadian here so our wages tend to be on the lower side compared to US aviation but not as big a difference on the rotor vs fixed wing side.Īs far as family life goes that changes depending what job you have. ![]() With my wife working we can afford our own town home outside in a smaller city and live fairly comfortably and I'm now at the experience level to at least start applying for the entry to higher paying work, I still don't expect to make more than $120k at the top of my career. I've worked for 4 different companies last few years and would say the average single engine pilot doing utility/fires will be around that, some years you do better others work is slow so you can do worse ($45k was my worst year since breaking 1500hrs). I took 9 years to make over $35k/year and currently make around $70k/year with over 15 years in the industry (over 10 flying). Things like power line support can also pay big dollars but once again you're gonna need years and years of experience before thinking about working there and it is also a small community so not like they are hiring new people to work there every year. Specialized work using precision long line skills (drill moving and heavy construction) but again to get those skills you need years and years of experience plus a bit of luck to find the entry versions of those jobs. Problem is those kinds of jobs need lots of experience, either you are a captain on a larger multi crew helicopter either offshore or EMS (copilots make about $30-40k less a year and can take 10 years or more to make captain). You can totally make around $100k a year. ![]()
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