Aviation Compensation Survey - CBAA/ACAA · Aviation Compensation Survey Introduction • A number of Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) members indicated an interest in

Presented by:

Gail Evans

2017 AviationCompensation Survey

TrendsPresented by:

Gail Evans August 11th, 2017

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Aviation Compensation Survey

Introduction

• A number of Canadian Business Aviation Association

(CBAA) members indicated an interest in aviation-

specific market compensation over the last year.

• The (CBAA) determined this was an important benefit

to members and sponsored the 2017 CBAA Aviation

Compensation Survey which was initiated in June

2017.

• The Wynford Group, compensation consultants, were

selected to conduct the confidential survey on behalf

of the CBAA. We are known for our national Canadian

compensation surveys and have previously conducted

several custom aviation surveys over the past 10

years.

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Purpose of Survey

The purpose of this survey was to collect salary and

employer practice data for positions that are common to

the business aviation sector across Canada.

This confidential survey was conducted at no cost to

participants who will receive a copy of the general results

when the project is completed.

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Purpose of Survey

The survey includes:

• Cash comparisons of approximately 50 positions in the

following job families:• Management

• Administrative/Sales

• Ramp Attendants

• Maintenance

• Flight Crew

• Safety

• Rotary

• Employer practices such as:• Benefits

• Allowances

• Overtime, etc.

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Methodology

• A steering committee of 5 CBAA members provided

direction on the content and format of the survey.

• Major assistance in supporting the survey were

provided by the staff of CBAA in particular, Aimie

O’Connor and Deb Ward.

• 2017 CBAA Aviation Compensation Survey was

open to all CBAA members including over 400

individual members representing over 300

companies and organizations.

• The confidential survey was conducted between

June 1st and July 15th, 2017.

• Official results available by the end of August, 2017.

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Survey Demographics

• 46 organizations participated in the survey

• This represented 15% of the membership

organizations.

• Key industry sectors included:

• Charter

• Airlines

• Corporate Aviation

• FBO

• Maintenance/Manufacturing

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Industries

Survey Demographics

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Revenue

Survey Demographics

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Employee Count

Survey Demographics

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Initial Trends

Cash Comparisons

• A similar survey was conducted by the Wynford Group in

2013.

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2013 - 2017 Salary Differentials

Job Family Differential

Management 11.4%

Sales/Admin 6.8%

Maintenance 9.5%

Flight Crew 12.2%

Average 10.0%

* based on 50th percentile/median (for positions with sufficient data)

Initial Trends

• The following are comparisons from 2013 to 2017:

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Over $100 Mil vs. Under $100 Mil Revenue

2017 Salary Differentials

Job Family Differential

Management 4.2%

Sales/Administrative -2.0%

Maintenance -2.3%

Flight Crew 8.1%

Average 2.0%

* based on 50th percentile/median (for positions with sufficient data)

Initial Trends

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Initial Trends

Employer Practices

• The average percentage of the cost of benefits paid by

the employer has risen slightly to just over 11% of base

salary.

• The most common forms of short-term incentive plans

are:

• Individual bonus with 75% of organizations now

providing for management/flight crew.

• Profit-sharing has shown an increase in use at all

levels of the organization.

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Results Availability

• A summary of trends including the above will be

published by the CBAA in early September 2017.

• Participants will receive the full results before

the end of August.

• Customized report will also be available for a fee.

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• Professional & Administrative

• Contact Centre

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• Supply Chain & Manufacturing

• Construction

• Mining

• Architecture

• Geomatics

• Small Business

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• Individual and job family market pricing

• Full Compensation program reviews

• Market review and development of salary structures

• Review and redesign of incentive programs

• Executive Compensation

• Outsourced Compensation Management

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