Wiggins Airways QOL?
 

Hello all,
Hello, first post...here goes

I am a flight instructor at a university and am building hours at a pretty rapid pace. I recently heard about Wiggins Air and it sounds like a pretty good gig. The bases where jobs are available currently are close to my soon to be wifes family (PA) and I also have heard from multiple sources that pilots flying the caravan can expect to be home almost everynight. Can someone confirm this? as well as give an overview of the routes, benefits, hiring process, and any other information you may have?

Thanks

As a guy who started out in the caravan let me bring up a real consideration. What are your long term career aspirations. You need two things to really move forward. The most important is multi-engine time. Then PIC time. Time in the caravan is of limited value to your career. You will always be limited in your opportunities when moving up from the caravan. 3 years at a regional and 500 hours pic in a fan jet and you can do what you want in the future. As hard as it might be to make that sacrafice now, try doing it in 5 years with two kids and a mortgage. Be careful making a short term decision that is attractive now that could hobble you for years in the future.
On the other hand, I have done very well flying the Caravan and had a very good QOL.
It would not be wrong to start out in the caravan, but it will be limiting.



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Wiggins flies EMB 110's for UPS feed as well. Pretty sure you could always move into that airplane at some point.