US technology-based aircraft staffing company CrewBlast has released data on requested daily wage rates from its network of contract pilots and flight attendants. The information includes more than 150 responses from flight crews and includes rates for domestic and international travel for pilot in command (PIC), second in command (SIC) as well as flight attendants.

CrewBlast's aircraft staffing system has a database of registered pilots and flight attendants that have downloaded the crew app. When an operator needs staff, a 'blast' is sent via push notification directly to the mobile devices of all crew members who can respond immediately, resulting in fast and accurate crew staffing.

The CrewBlast data is classified by aircraft type and indicates a range for domestic PICs from $700 per day for a BE200 aircraft to $4,000 per day for a G600 aircraft. Daily rates for flight attendants range from $500 to $850 per day and vary based on domestic versus international travel. The public release of pay rate data comes on the heels of a recent release on aircraft types with the most staffing requests: Gulfstream 500, Dassault Falcon, Bombardier Challenger, Cessna Citation XLS and Gulfstream IV.

“We've realised that not only does our technology fill a great void in the industry, but we have an incredible amount of data that can provide insights on trends in real time too,” says president Timothy Griffin. “We are looking forward to continuing to release helpful industry data like our pay rate data, which we plan to publish each month.”