NatGeo

Hi, I am a pilot for Alpine Air Express and we are looking for two more BE99 pilots and two more 1900 pilots for our Salt Lake City base. The schedule is 5 on and 2 off. You fly out of SLC early in the morning to the outstation and return to SLC around dawn. At the outstation you get a hotel room and a crew car.

It is a pretty good company to work for. It is the type of company where everyone knows each other on a first name basis. Mx does a good job. All of the planes have at least a Garmin 530 or better in them.

Requirements 135.243:
1. 1200 TT
2. 500 CC
3. 100 night
4. 75 actual or simulated

btw: If you have 1000 hours we will take a look at you.

Nice to have:
1. BE99
a. CFI
b. part 135 experience
c. previous BE99 simulator experience
d. Type Ratings
e. King Air 90 or 200 experience
f. King Air simulator experience
g. Caravan experience
h. 25 Actual Instrument

2. 1900
a. part 135 or 91 experience
b. CFI
c. previous 1900 simulator experience
d. Type Ratings
e. King Air 350 SIC or PIC type
f. King Air simulator experience.

Note: There is a one year training contract with the 1900 because it requires a type rating. There is no contract for the 99.

You can send your resume to [email protected]


Thank you

100LL

When you say 5 on 2 off you talking weeks or days?

NatGeo

It is 5 days on and 2 off.

100LL

That’s too bad, thought Alpine as a whole started to improve their schedules. I have however heard your Sioux Falls base has an awesome schedule. Pretty much 2 weeks at an outstation, 1 week of reserve and 1 week fully paid time off. So it’s a nice balance between being home all day and actually being away from home. They went from no one wanting to be there to suddenly fully staffed with a “waiting list” of pilots wanting to be there. Any chance SLC will trend that way?

NatGeo

The Sioux Falls base does have a great schedule!

I think SLC will trend that way. We want to get it to 4 days on, 3 days off.

aerostar14

I have 1642 TT and 62 multi. I only have piston experience. How does your training for the 99 and 1900 work? In house? Do you train at KSLC?

Toecutter

Any openings out of Denver?

Selfmade92

why? what's so bad about them?

endlessnight

Well, Alpine has been around a long time, I don't think there is anything worse with them than any other 135 operator, some stuff better.
When I was flying out of SLC in the 80's Alpine was there and they still are, can't say that about a lot of other operators.

PotatoChip

The fact that they are well known for offering “pay-to-play” schemes. Asking FO’s to pay $20,000 (approximate) for the “opportunity” to build time. Yes, these happened a while ago, but it’s not that distant and those of us who lived through the lost decade won’t forget those types of attitudes displayed towards pilots.
And the fact they are still requiring a training bond.