[QUOTE=fly-efi;155105]I am sure that your company is much better especially since you don't offer air-ambulance. Getting jerked awake at two in the morning twice a week was aweful.

SkyHigh

 

I'm trying to figure out what you are saying about PIC in the Lear. IF you have the other mins and 300 hours in type you may get hired as a PIC. If you do not, but then get the 300 hours as a SIC, would the upgrade be that fast? I think you said the PIC pay is dependant on experience, what if you upgrade from within? Full medical benefits, does the employee contribute or is it paid all by the company? I work for Cape Air and I'm just looking for information. I attended your briefing two years when you guys came to visit. You look like a great place to work, I just can't move to LI for 45K.

Thanks,

Sack

 

Thats a lot of ?'s

We rarely hire direct entry PIC's in any of our aircraft. Someone with 4000TT/ 3000ME 300 hours in type (LR35 or Hawker), and previous 135 experiance may be considered as a direct entry PIC. Threre is not a need for this at the moment but I am gathering a pool in the event we get a few new managed aircraft in a short period of time.

Our upgrade has been averaging about 14 months. This may be less as we add more managed aircraft. Seniority plays a part in upgrade but is not over riding. A persons ability, attitude, and experiance is what we are looking at.

Health insurance. Typicall the company pays 50% and the employee pays 50%. Some aircraft owners pay 100% of the health insurance. It depends which account you are on. The entry level aircraft owners generally do not pick up the other 50%. This is done more in the Falcon's and GIV's.

We really have not gotten many Cape Air pilots come through. I have 1 in the pool right now that I hope to hire soon.

Hope this answers your questions..

 

Thanks for your answers. And one more question; what is the PIC pay for your various aircraft?

Thanks,
Sack

 

The pay ranges depending on which account. Captains on the smaller aircraft range from 65K to 85K and the larger aircraft can go over 140K.

 

Thank you for your time.

 

On call is on call, sounds like crap spelled with a different name.

 

Thanks for the clarification on this.

There are not many corportate flight departments, including the fortune 500's, that will not fly an airplane when the boss wants to go because a pilot has a day off. We have days off but we do not have a defined schedule as the trips change daily. Someone has to fly the airplane when a trip comes up. Most trips are scheduled in advance some are not. Thats why people buy and charter airplanes.

It is the nature of the business. If you feel it is "crap" than you should stay out of corporate aviation.

This forum is a good source of information for many pilots. There is no need to flame me or my company. I am just trying to expand my search and inform those who visit this forum of our company and what we have to offer.

 

What about your competition on the Island that offers a schedule( Excelair, Summit). There are plenty of 135 and corporate departments that offer definitive schedules. To say that if your not willing to get up and run to the airport anytime the boss calls, you should stay out of corporate aviation is just wrong. Are the Fractionals considered corporate aviation? They offer very good schedules with competative benefits.

 

I was referring to the previous post where the schedule was referred to as "crap".

We staff each airplane with three pilots. One pilot will be off while the other two are either covering or flying the airplane. If the airplane is sitting and two pilots are covering it then they will be called if a trip "pops up". This does not happen often. The majority of the time you will know what you are doing a day or two in advance.

The pilots at the fractionals do have a good day off schedule but I guarantee you that when they go to work they do not have a difinitive schedule as to where they will be on a daily basis.

Our average pilot flys 12 to 15 days a month.