Low-time and no airline privileges? We don't
mean to offend, but our clients want an experienced pilot flying their
airplane, and don't want to buy airline tickets, when pilots with passes
are available.
To help keep expenses and travel time down, we try to hire a ferry pilot
reasonably close to the point of origin or the destination, or at least
along the flight path. For example, we wouldn't normally hire a pilot
from California to deliver a plane from Boston to Miami.
Lined-out flights
indicate we've already found a pilot.
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Aircraft: |
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Comment: |
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06/17/17 |
Piper
Cherokee 140 |
Sacramento,
California |
Murfreesboro,
Tennessee |
Map
1926
miles PTP |
ASAP! |
SCHEDULED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model, sufficient for insurance company approval / Client would like
an estimate of total expense, including your daily fee. |
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06/17/17 |
Piper
Cherokee 140 |
Long
Island, New York (WSH) |
Lansing,
Michigan (LAN) |
Map
566
miles PTP |
ASAP! |
COMPLETED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model, sufficient for insurance company approval / Client would like
an estimate of total expense, including your daily fee. |
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06/17/17 |
1967
Piper Cherokee 140 |
Brooksville,
Florida (KBKV |
Minneapolis,
Minnesota (KMIC) |
Map
1283
miles PTP |
Next
Week |
SCHEDULED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model, sufficient for insurance company approval / Client would like
an estimate of total expense, including your daily fee. |
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06/13/17 |
1979
Piper Archer II |
Knoxville,
Tennessee |
Corpus
Christi, Texas |
Map
960
miles PTP |
Tomorrow
June 14th (no leeway) |
COMPLETED |
Airline
Privileges / Good Total Time, with a minimum of 25 hours in make and
model, sufficient for insurance company approval / Client would like
an estimate of total expense, including your daily fee. |
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is a lot more to my website than just this page of ferry flights
available. Please check out my
homepage.
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Need an aircraft
ferried?
Or, are you a pilot who can handle one of these
flights? Call me now at 763-389-9399. |
Abbreviations:
PTP = Point To
Point (distance)
TMM = Time in Make &
Model
AP = Airline Privileges
IR
= Instrument Rated
CE = Considerable
Experience
(TMM, Total Time,
Years)
CFI = Certified Flight
Instructor
CWA = Client Will
Accompany Pilot
OOA = Out Of Annual |
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 Time-Builder
Flights:
Some clients trying to save money will
consider using a lower-time pilot wishing to build time. These
flights generally are in smaller aircraft, like Cessna 150's,
172's, or Piper Cherokee 140's. The pilot is not paid (although
we remind the client to tip at least $100 for a job well done) ,
but the expense of fuel, needed motel and meals, and necessary
ground transportation are covered by the client. The pilot must
get to the plane and home from the destination on his own,
(although, some clients will cover all or part of airline
tickets) but the total cost to the pilot is often less than
renting would have been for a cross-country adventure, and these
flights are very popular. |
 How
This Works
I am acting as an agent
in this transaction, placing you in touch with a client needing an
airplane ferried. I am paid by the client, generally $125 for single
engine or light twin in the lower 48 states. Finding pilots for
over-water or foreign trips is more, or if you require a CFI to
accompany you, or an A&P mechanic to inspect the plane before
ferrying it. Whatever arrangement you make with the client is
between the two of you, and you agree that I am not responsible in
anyway for the aircraft or the transaction. Be
sure that I have a copy of your flight resume', so that I can
provide information about you to the client and the insurance
company covering the flight. You fly under the owner's
policy.
It is the responsibility of the client to approve the pilot
as qualified to fly the plane and make the deal, and to provide
insurance coverage. It is your responsibility to deliver the plane
and be paid directly by the client. You are not a Kamakazee, and you
should expect the plane to be in airworthy condition. Out-of-Annual
aircraft, with a ferry permit, are considered on a case-by-case
basis.
 Generally,
our veteran pilots with airline privileges charge $250 to $350 a day
for light aircraft in the lower 48 states, sometimes more, sometimes
less, plus all the expenses of the trip, including fuel, meals,
motels, charts, and needed ground transportation. Lower-time pilots,
or pilots without airline privileges need to charge accordingly to
be competitive. Twin-engine and more complex aircraft generally
command higher fees. Time is generally computed from the time you
leave home, until you arrive back home. Clients need to get you to
an airport for the trip home, and often tip for a job well done.
Clients sometimes ask us for pilots with CFI and CFI II experience,
and they want to ride along to log required insurance time. Some
ferry pilots charge extra for that service, others do not.
Some planes cruise at faster speeds and take more fuel, but
use less motel, meals, and pilot time. Often, the plane is full of
fuel at the beginning of the trip, courtesy of the seller, saving
the buyer some cost, and pilots tned to fly longer into the evening
during the Summer months, covering more distance per-day. Winter
trips, on the other hand, tend to take longer and are more
expensive. Also, VFR flights often require the purchase of charts,
where IFR-equipped planes often have modern GPS equipment, saving
that expense. If charts are necessary, we need to pass that expense
on to the client, and quote "so much a day for the pilot, plus
fuel and charts"... And, again, we remind the client of the
custom to "tip the pilot" for good service. Some clients
do, others don't.
All parties, including pilot, aircraft
owner, and anyone else involved, agree that I am simply providing
contact with pilots willing to ferry aircraft, do not warranty the
qualifications or abilities of pilots presented, and am held
harmless from all subsequent actions. |
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Specifications
are based upon owner's representations and subject to buyer's
verification. Aircraft are subject to prior sale or removal from
market. Registration numbers on photos may be altered or removed
to protect the privacy of the owner, and to ensure that buyers
will work with us to complete the purchase.
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