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Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – Director of Maintenance
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM As we continue to explore trends in business aviation compensation, we'll turn our attention from pilots to maintenance personnel. In this installment of the series, we'll look at the position of Director of Maintenance or DOM....
The Direct Link Between Compensation and Safety
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM Here's a familiar scenario: you're interviewing for a pilot position at a corporate flight department and you hear the usual spiel about safety from the leadership there. "Safety is our first priority," they say, "nothing is more...
Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – First Officer
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM In this installment of my continuing series on business aviation compensation trends, we'll examine the position of "first officer," a position that comes with its own unique set of anomalies. To begin with, in the majority of the...
Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – Captain and Senior Captain
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM This installment In my continuing series on business aviation compensation focuses on two positions, captain and senior captain. I've elected to discuss both positions in one article because of the way the two positions have...
Near rocks, far rocks, check six – leadership in the COVID-19 crisis.
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM I received my USAF pilot wings in 1983, and from then until 1990 or so, we trained for a low-altitude war. The belief was that given the density of the air defense and surface-to-air missile network the Soviet bloc had in place, our...
Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – Chief Pilot
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM Continuing the series on business aviation compensation by typical positions within a flight department, this week we'll examine compensation increases for position of Chief Pilot. The data below comes from multiple, statistically...
Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – Aviation Manager (Flying)
In my previous discussion, I examined overall rates of increase for business aviation compensation since 2015. I thought it might be interesting to delve into compensation increases over that same period as a function of position. Over the next several weeks, we'll...
Business Aviation Compensation Increase Rates Since 2015
We've all heard that compensation for professionals in business aviation has been on the rise over the last few years, but what does that really look like? Thanks to the compensation analysis I've been doing for several clients recently, I've had the ability to a do a...