NBAA is calling on members to participate in its ongoing annual Business Aviation Compensation Survey before it closes on February 24. Association members who participate in the survey can access the results at no cost early this summer, while non-participants will be charged $250. Only NBAA member representatives, or those designated by the member representative, may enter survey data.

“The NBAA Compensation Survey is a key resource for any U.S.-based flight department that wants to remain competitive in this changing labor market,” said NBAA manager of operations Peter Korns. “Department budgeting and employee retention are growing challenges for many business aircraft operators, so the need for a trusted and respected benchmark resource is high.”

Thus, he added, the sharing of salary and benefit information is the necessary first step in getting accurate data for the survey, which has shown that salaries across all surveyed flight department positions have increased 11.5 percent over the last five years.

NBAA is collecting salary and benefit data for 16 aviation job descriptions: aviation department manager (flying and non-flying); chief pilot; senior captain; captain; copilot; director of maintenance; manager of maintenance; maintenance foreman; A&P maintenance technician; maintenance technician helper; avionics technician; scheduler; licensed dispatcher; flight attendant; and line service personnel.