I after seeing the pie chart as to the cashflow through staff wages etc, especially considering Marshalls do the engineering? so one assumes the Marshalls section of the pie chart included their staff wages. I decided I would never donate again to the cash cow as long as DR Phleming was in charge, with that and the fiasco of running out of check.
I also believe the Aircrew are Paid! to fly it and not a insignificant amount either, last year rumours had a figure that was been bandied about that the Chief Pilot was on nearly or over £100,000, if that is indeed true it is a gross amount considering a lot of Historical Aircraft are flown by unpaid volunteers, especially as the engineers and helpers are on the whole working for free or very little, if this is indeed correct that one wage is a lot of rattling of tins for a charitable venture to collect before you even look at putting it in the air…….
Seems to be top heavy with staff wages at the cost of what it should be about……… I cannot think of any other, bar the BBMF and Navy Historic Flight where the crews are paid….
I welcome a response from those in the know or from the Trust, Is this true about the wages? If the rumours prove unfounded then I will gladly remove this post, though that is what I heard at one of the shows I visited. Rumours are rumours, but there is often no smoke without fire……
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