What's New in Rotor Rate v1.12: Refine Your Rate and Plan Your Income

The free calculator has always given you a fair starting rate for the job in front of you. With v1.12, we're helping you push that number in the right direction, and think a little further ahead than the next job.

Refine your rate

Under the calculator you'll find a new Refine & plan panel. Type in the rate you just calculated (or any starting hourly), then tap the multipliers that apply to you:

• Rush job (<48 hr notice) — +25%. If the client wanted it yesterday, they should pay for the scramble.
• Night waiver — +5%
• BVLOS — +15%
• Over people — +20%
• Thermographer — +10%
• HAZMAT — +15%

Stack whatever applies. The panel shows you the adjusted rate and the total uplift over your base. It's a fast way to see what your credentials and the job's conditions should actually be worth on the invoice.

Reverse-engineer your income goal

Most pilots don't think about pricing in terms of "$X per hour." They think about it in terms of "I want to make $75,000 this year."

Enter your target annual income and the average billable hours per job, and the panel tells you:

• How many jobs a year that takes at your refined rate
• How many weeks of part-time work (about two jobs a week)
• How many weeks of full-time work (about five jobs a week)

It's a gut-check. If the math says you'd need 600 jobs a year to hit your number, your rate is too low. If it says 40, you've got room to breathe.

Share the calculator

A "Share calculator" button sits at the top of the new panel. One tap opens the share sheet on your phone or copies the link on desktop, so you can send it to another pilot who's trying to figure out what to charge.

Why this matters

The free calculator is the front door to Rotor Rate. These additions turn it from "here's a number" into "here's a number, here's how much bigger it should be given your credentials, and here's what it means for your year." Same tool, more useful.

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See it live at rotorrate.com/calculator.