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Autumn Time is Compensation Time
By Dr. Chris Broyhill When I was an aviation director for a Fortune 100 company, autumn was the busiest season of the year. I had to finalize my budget for the following year and get my paperwork in order for the end-of-year personnel reviews for my personnel. Both of...
The NEW AirComp Calculator™!
Dr. Chris Broyhill, CAM The AirComp Calculator™ has been growing! Even as Calculator's subscriber base continues to increase in number, the Calculator itself continues to improve! Now, the website www.aircompcalculator.com contains anything and everything about The...
The AirComp Calculator™ will be at BACE! Booth 1700!
Dr. Chris Broyhill, CAM Do you have burning questions about compensation in our industry? Well, if you’ll be attending BACE in Las Vegas from October 12 – 14th, you can stop by the AirComp Calculator™ booth, #1700, and ask them! We’ll have typical booth stuff, e.g....
The NBAA 2021 Compensation Survey Has Been Released – And the Data Has a Story to Tell
Dr. Chris Broyhill I have the pleasure to serve our industry as a member of NBAA's Business Aviation Management Committee and oversee the NBAA Compensation Survey. The results of the 2021 Compensation Survey were just released and I was asked to review them. The data...
Compensation Continues to Grow Through Q2!
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its quarterly stat for the growth of private industry compensation for the 2nd quarter of 2021 and it continues to show significant expansion of wages! The...
On This Memorial Day – An Example of Selflessness
From the book: Business Aviation Leadership: From the Traits to the Trenches, by Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM A Personal Reflection on Selflessness The selfless behavior I’ve seen in the actions of the leaders in this book has given me great hope for our...
The Perfect Personnel Storm is Brewing…
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM “Meteorologists see perfection in strange things, and the meshing of three completely independent weather systems to form a hundred-year event is one of them. My God, thought Case, this is the perfect storm.” - From The Perfect...
COVID SCHMOVID – BLS Data Shows that Wage Growth is Accelerating! In Spite of the Virus!
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM As a professional statistician and comp geek, one of the websites I monitor very closely is that of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the end of the month following the calendar quarter, the BLS publishes a stat that is a key...
Business Aviation Industry Official Compensation Report – 2021 Q1
We've compiled an example compensation report for three different positions you are likely to have in your flight department: Captain Maintenance Technician Flight Attendant The report, compiled using the AirComp Calculator™, is valid as of Q1 of 2021 and includes...
Business Aviation Compensation Spotlight – Flight Attendant
Christopher M. Broyhill, Ph.D., CAM This article will the last one in the series on compensation trends for certain business aviation positions. While all the surveying agencies have released compensation data for 2020, I've used 2019 compensation data as the end...