Originally Posted by
VIRotate
Love the comment about the weirdos haha.
Cape Air just cannot find street captains to fly the 402. The ones they have managed to find usually end up doing pretty bad in training. The FO program is the only way they can try to have a continuous flow of captains to staff 80+ Cessna 402s and a handful of BN-2s, C208s, and ATRs. Without it, they would have to downsize severely. They already had to pull out of Providence and another city or two because they couldn't staff the flying. Heck most of the captains in the Midwest are TDY guys.
On a positive note, looks like we drove the butthurt captains out of this thread. Just stay far away. You've been warned.
I applied actually a week ago since I wanna come back to aviation but it seems that there is no Captain shortage..(I see now why)
it's easier to get hired by a regional..
tell Cape they just lost a potential multi piston hugger..
(Call me stupid or whatever but I love old airplanes)