They work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. They have CASS so you can jumpseat home on Alaska Airlines, or any other U.S airline for that matter. You fly up a day before you are suppose to start working and get comfortable then work your 2 week shift, and then fly home. They have company housing in the villages to let you stay in. Everyone gets a housing allowance of 25 dollars a day and rent is 250 a shift so really you keep some allowance for yourself.

If you have less than 1000 hours TT, maybe even 750 hours TT they will put you as 208 co pilot (SIC). If you have a multi rating then you wait for a 1900 SIC slot to open up. From there you get put into the Cessna 207 at 1000 hours TT (maybe 750 as of this last week).

Pay:

208 SIC: 100 dollars a day
1900 SIC: 175 dollars a day
207 PIC: 230(?) a day for X days then I think it goes up to 260. I can't remember what a 207 pilot said about it, but it does go up to around 230 dollars a day.

Its nice working up in Alaska, really good flight experience getting real Alaska IFR experience, some days shooting several approaches, some days enjoying the perfect VFR weather. Its valuable experience and has definitely made me a better pilot. At least a 1/4 of the pilots are from out of state, some from out of the country too. A couple are natives who live in the village and the rest live in Anchorage or Fairbanks.