Jump Pilot Phoenix Area

[flyalot]

Jump pilots needed in the Phoenix area.
Cessna 182 time would help.
PM for more details.

 

[SPilot]

What's the pay? (I'm just curious).

 

[flyalot]

Ten bucks a load.

 

[LittleDeuce]

Jump Pilots

Ten bucks a load.

Am I reading this correct? You get $10.00 to take 1 load of jumpers up to altitude and return?

 

[skeeter666]

Is this at Buckeye?

 

[flyalot]

Not at Buckeye, Casa Grande.
Yes, ten dollars for one trip up and down.

 

[GoingHot]

Am I reading this correct? You get $10.00 to take 1 load of jumpers up to altitude and return?

That's better that most DZs, but it is still only $20 per flight hour. In a 182, each load to 10K will be .5 on the hobbs, (on a good day). If the 182 is a POS or the DA is high, it will take longer.

At a busy DZ, you may do 12-15 loads a day. At $10 per load, the pay would be better than a lot of other low-end flying jobs. It's a lot of fun, but, back to back 12-hour+ duty days gets old in a hurry.

Over the years, I have flown jumpers on weekends to build fixed-wing time and I remember some Saturdays and Sundays in the summer when I dropped the first load at 8am and landed from the last load at 9pm. But it seems to go by very fast when it's busy.