Airlines in the Caribbean
 

Hello. I am a 550 hour commercial single engine pilot with instrument privileges. I was wondering if there are any Caribbean island hopper airlines that would hire low time guys?

Cape Air is one of the biggest AFAIK

1) Do you also have the 100 hrs Cross Country and 25 hrs night required for VFR 135 mins.?

2) Where are you located?

Send me a PM, I can get you contact info on a couple operations. There is a lot of opportunity here in the Caribbean.

Good evening, I am also a pilot here instructing in the Caribbean (from Barbados). I have Commercial Multi & Single with IR and CFI. I have 600hrs and I do have the mins you mentioned above and FAA licenses. Not to hijack the thread starter but is it possible I can shoot you a PM as well?

Hey man, check with Humming Bird on St Croix, Cleo at Ace Flight Center on St Thomas, and Air Sunshine based in PR/BVI. Those would be great options with your experience and existing island knowledge. I think all three are looking. Also, check some of the cargo ops out of San Juan....Flamingo, M&N, Air Cargo Carriers.

Thanks man appreciate the information. I guess in some of these territories you would need have American citizenship though. I don't have such, just the licenses.

Yea-Pretty much all the flying in the northern Antilles is under U.S. flag, so My guess is a non US pilot requires a green card. Can't be too hard to get. I know we have ramp workers that are from St. Kitts and Dominica who hold them. Other than St. Barts Commuter and Liat; not too familiar with down island operators.

I appreciate you reaching out to me, but I have just accepted a position with Air Choice One.

Question
 

I know this is an old thread but if you are still here???
I am rarely on this site.
I have 5k CRJ hours.
Looking for an airline in the Caribbean that has good pay and QOL.
I simply cannot stand the cold anymore.
Any info you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Plenty of places in the states that don’t have cold weather that you’d be more likely to get a job. FL, AZ to name a few.

Caribbean-domiciled flying is generally low-hour low-pay work. Says here you're mil retired (assuming AF pilot) so you may not care about the pay differential.

Is the PR in your username stand for Puerto Rico? I'm a native and I can tell you there's nothing down there that would incentivize one to make it one's domicile (income tax being the big one) unless your immediate family has anchored ties to the island. My close family friend had a former Republic FO now working for him on contract basis (my friend has a part 91 management small company for non-pilot jet owners in Isla Grande). The cat was no kidding commuting SJU-IND for five years trying to make the family happy while trying to make a go at the airline thing, since the former presumably had no intention of moving to the CONUS, let alone the frigid Midwest, from the island. After 5 years he couldn't do it anymore and quit to fly locally for my friend in the island. I don't know what happened after that, it was 2 years ago since he told me this story.

I'm with you on the aversion to the cold. My wife has musings of living in the PNW after my mil retirement. Hope she doesn't divorce me over it because that's not happening LOL. I think we're gonna end up doing a lot of snowbirding after I retire from the military and I go dabble on the airline thing. I'd love to move back to PR and do milk runs around the Caribe year round, but I can't afford it. I certainly don't want to lose in-state residency for my son when it comes to college. After all, that was the whole premise of me leaving the island post high school.

At any rate, in your case I think Florida domicile and pick a regional with heavy caribbean footprint, and bid aggressively to stay in the southern side of the city pairings. Good luck. At least you got the check of the month club, I wish I was there myself already (7 effing years to go....)