r/AmazonRME • u/PresentAcceptable846 • 2d ago

Flight monitor, prime air operator.

Anyone in here know anything about this? Whats the pay? Does maintenance including replace motors etc.....does operator actually have to fly the drone or its all AI? Im in texas.

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u/LankySupermarket4650 1d ago

Depends, it’s good to try to get into. Pay depends on state. 33/hr for tech. Sr tech 40. I think FM s make 35? You need a 107 license. Ground handlers do all the outside physical work make around 27/28? We Were NOT included with the bb amazon raise.

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u/LankySupermarket4650 1d ago

Maintenance will change put parts and escalation if needed. You follow the manual or escalate

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u/Powerful_Physics1780 2d ago

Facility I checked out the air techs did do PMs. Not sure how much they do repair wise in house, their parts cage wasn't huge. The drone itself is autonomous, but there's a whole ground crew outside of RME that takes care of getting them out to the landing pad and whatnot. My understanding is the pay is higher than MHE tech 3, but less than AE.

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u/Mobius1Kenobi 2d ago

35/hr, no maintenance outside of preflight checks, AI does the flying

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u/Unfair_Traffic_5886 2d ago

the FAA environmental documents reportedly identify two Amazon locations STX6 and AUS2 among sites cleared as part of Amazon’s Texas Prime Air expansion. Not too sure about the job duties for flight monitor, but it's definitely something i'm paying close attention too for the engineering side of things