The tandem business, in numbers.
What a season earns, how pilots get paid, and where the reviews go. Written by tandem pilots.
- 26 September 2026 · 4 min
What a tandem season actually looks like: 66 flying days, 557 tandems, €83,190
A model Alpine tandem season, built from real ratios, broken down by month, by weekday, by pilot and by where the passengers came from — published as a benchmark.
- 26 September 2026 · 4 min · Slovenščina
Koliko zasluži tandemski operater? Razčlenitev ene cele sezone
Modelna sezona petčlanskega tandemskega moštva, razbita po mesecih, dnevih v tednu in pilotih — 66 letalnih dni, 557 tandemov, 83.190 €.
- 26 September 2026 · 4 min
How to pay tandem pilots: per flight, per day, or a share
The three ways tandem operations pay their pilots, what each one does to behaviour, and the number that actually decides it.
- 26 September 2026 · 3 min · Deutsch
Was Tandempiloten verdienen — und wie man richtig abrechnet
Pro Flug, pro Tag oder Umsatzbeteiligung: die drei Abrechnungsmodelle im Tandembetrieb, was sie mit dem Verhalten der Piloten machen, und die Kennzahl, die entscheidet.
- 26 September 2026 · 3 min
The reviews you are losing, and what they are worth
Most activity operators ask for reviews days late, which is the same as not asking. The arithmetic of asking on the evening of the flight.