Corvus is in an interesting place, here is some stuff to consider if you are interested in it.

10 Dashes, 80 Pilots. No word on a ground school for off the street guys because we mostly grab folks from the 135 side.

That being said, if you sign on with us, pretty important you understand how that combined 135/121 seniority list works. One cannot figure out when upgrade will come, because you will always have a bunch of 135 guys who could come over and knock your FO seniority down or your CA seniority down.

Upgrades are 6.5 years to 10 years. That's important for two reasons. First, it means if you stick around that long, the living gets really easy and CA's tend to be lifers. It's a good gig for those guys. Second, unless you have alternate money, FO's pretty much make $35k-40k until they upgrade and according to dept of labor/workforce dev, ANC is a pretty spendy place to live. http://laborstats.alaska.gov/col/col.pdf Take a hard look at the benny package.

For other opinions on upgrades at Corvus, see this penair discussion:

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/hi...ml#post2116697

I know it is the airline industry and anything can happen, but be aware the airline was purchased by an investor group under one year ago with a history of selling in a few years. So if you sign on, hard to say who you'll be working for in a few years. Maybe that's important, maybe not.

What else should a guy know about the job? It can get pretty physical, even as a 121 ATP you will be deicing at 40 below and over wing fuelling a dash on a ladder out in places like unk. You'll be slinging bags too.

All that negative aside, the company is held up by a strong group of employees who excel at problem solving on the fly. If that's your forte and you don't mind the chaos, it is awesome! The flying is pretty fun, pretty landscapes, and variety abounds.

And to return to the original question, schedule wise you are either an AM or PM. That's as detailed as the schedule gets because it will change on the fly. Just don't make any personal plans on a day you are scheduled to work and life will be good. Both have you home each night and you can pretty much get 4 on 3 off once you have a year or so seniority. There is a 60 hour guarantee and that's what you'll get. During the summer you might get 70 for a month or two, and on the flip side during the winter you'll have a few months where you'll fly around 40.

HTH!