Aircraft Operations and Safety Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 71770
- Class code
- 71770
- Pay scale group
- ST 08
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Aircraft Operations and Safety Specialist is $69,086 to $104,959 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 71770.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 12/23/2005.
What the state says the job is
This is professional work in the development and evaluation of a statewide aerial operations and safety program within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry. The employee in this job is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures for the utilization of aircraft and the development of standards for the safe operation of aircraft used for forest fire detection and suppression, pest management and suppression, silviculture, wildlife surveys, and other bureau programs involving the use of fixed and rotary wing aircraft on a statewide basis.
Examples of the work
Develops policies and procedures for aircraft utilization. Develops safety standards for contracted aircraft and pilots. Reviews and inspects pilot and aircraft documentation for compliance with contract specifications and Federal Aviation Administration regulations. Administers contracts for aerial services. Performs inspections of aircraft operations for conformance with contract specifications and safety standards. Trains staff in the appropriate and safe utilization of aircraft. Trains pilots in bureau policies, procedures, and techniques for aerial operations. Observes contactor activities to ensure compliance with safety polices and procedures.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of aircraft operations experience which included 1000 hours of logged flight time, 500 hours of which were as pilot in command and 100 hours of which were under actual or simulated instrument conditions.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.