Flight Training - July 2022 - 45

ADVANCED PILOT DAY IN THE LIFE
BY IAN J. TWOMBLY
BE YOUR OWN BOSS
CONTRACT FLYING HAS ITS PERKS
IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. SET YOUR OWN SCHEDULE, WORK
only as often as you like, make good money, have a fulfilling career, and be
accountable to no one when you're not working.
If this sounds good to you, contract flying may be a good career
option. Corey Gerulis is living this dream. He flies a Hawker business
jet on contract for a few companies in the Nashville, Tennessee, area,
makes $1,000 per day plus expenses, and gets to pick and choose which
trips he wants to take. Often he knows his schedule far in advance, and
the company paid for his training. But it wasn't always easy.
Gerulis used to fly for a regional airline. When they closed his
pilot base, he decided to quit rather than commute. It wasn't a difficult
decision given that he had a busy construction business he had
started while still at the airline. But he also wanted to keep flying, so
he started filling in for friends and other pilots flying corporate jets
when they asked.
With a market that has few job prospects, a contract pilot will have
to take jobs she may not want in order to be called again in the future.
That can lead to a completely unpredictable schedule, having to chase
down payments, questionable equipment and safety oversight, and no
benefits. But when things are good for pilots, as they are now, the pilot
is in control and can ask for more money, turn down trips, and generally
control the process.
Because of his construction business, Gerulis is in a position where
he doesn't have to fly, but he enjoys the change in pace. " It's my getaway, "
he said. " You can relax on the road. "
His advice for pilots trying to break into contract work is to negotiate
for a company to pay for your training. His recurrent training is
more than $20,000, which would take him two months to recoup. But
by having the company pay for his training and agreeing to fly five days
a month as payment, he's essentially getting a 50-percent discount
on training and the company gets a guaranteed pilot for a few days.
COREY GERULIS
Career: CONTRACT CORPORATE PILOT
QUALIFICATIONS: Commercial certificate
with instrument rating. Some insurance
companies require a type rating, even for
second in command.
WORK/LIFE BALANCE: Whatever you
desire it to be.
FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB: State-ofthe-art
equipment; freedom to pick his
schedule.
LEAST FAVORITE PART OF THE JOB:
" There's nothing I don't like. "
PAY: $1,000 or more a day.
Getting the right gig is all about networking and
meeting all the pilots at your local flight departments,
he said. FT
ian.twombly@aopa.org
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