jeepcrawln

I was browsing for jobs and came across this one.... I have no idea about the company or anything but since they are looking for low time pilots I figured I'd post it. If anyone has any info on them please fill everyone else in.

Dave
Thunderbird Aviation - Employment at Thunderbird Aviation - Line Service Specialist

FIREWATCH Pilot- Primary

Thunderbird Aviation Aerial Detection operations for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will commence March 15, 2008. Primary Pilots will fly up to six days per week between the first week in April and mid-May with overnight lodging provided by Thunderbird Aviation. </EM>

Duties and Responsibilities: </B>
Perform aerial detection flights with a Minnesota DNR officer to detect and communicate the location of wildfires.
Minimum Qualifications
Commercial Pilot Certificate with Instrument Rating
Second Class Medical
500 hours total time
50 hours in PA-28 aircraft, with 10 hours in proceeding 90 days in type
Domiciles
Little Falls, MN (KLXL)
Cloquet, MN (KCOQ)
Crystal, MN (KMIC)
Eden Prairie, MN (KFCM)

Please note: All out of state applicants must travel to Minneapolis/ St. Paul for a face to face interview at the applicants expense.

No phone calls please!
Compensation
Pilots will be paid $12.00/flight hour plus daily per diem of $20.00 when away from domicile. A potential route bonus equal to an additional $3.00 per flight hour can be awarded if the pilot maintains an on time operation and has 0% pilot controllable cancellations/delays during the pay period (Examples of a controllable cancellation/delay include: no shows, arriving at the airport late, not being contactable on hotel or airport stand-by, etc.)
About Thunderbird:
Thunderbird Aviation has been the Upper Midwest's leader in General Aviation since 1962. With locations at Flying Cloud and Crystal in Minnesota, our full service FBOs provide fuel, maintenance, flight training, charter, and new and preowned aircraft sales and brokerage. Thunderbird also has one of the largest pilot shops in the region, and the company is the exclusive flight training provider for Academy College.
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Bons

T-bird is quite a reputable school here in the twin cities...one of the bigger ones in the metro. I don't know of anyone who has flown this particular firewatch before though.
-Bons

aviatorisu

Out of pure curiosity (and a slightly related topic), how does one go about getting into the Aerial Firefighting profession...??

ProudPilot

Lots of time and cargo operations normally. You're talking about very high gross weight takeoff's, varied by shifting CG's upon release of the anti-fire load, whether it be water, chemical, or aerosol.

cdouglas162

The key to getting into aerial firefighting this who you know and being at the right place when an opening arises. There are very, very few positions out there and very little turnover. The operator i work for has hired 2 new pilots in the last 3 years (over 800 current remuses on file), so it is very competive. Both people hired had many contacts in the industry. Keep in mind there are only a handful of operators in the U.S.. Flight time in the low level environment (less than 500 ft) is desirable along with a well rounded flight background.

Jumper51

The fire patrol is a good start.

lifter123

You can try checking out the Air National Guard also. I think they do a lot of the aerial firefighting ops.

ntbjounin

they've already found their pilots... i guess the heard of us will swarm to the next one!