Jobs in Alaska
 

PenAir is hiring FO's. www.penair.com
Saab 340's and Fairchilde 227 A/C.
Interviews from July 24-Aug 4. Class date Aug 21.
Must have 1000TT-Anchorage, AK
Email resumes to [email protected]

Any additional gouge (i.e. pay, accomidations, schedule, QOL, etc.)?

PenAir is the best place to work in Alaska
pay is decent especially if you stick around for a while.
SAAB captains are making around $80,000 a year depending on how much you fly
upgrades are hard to predict but do happen
you have to spend time in the outstations but it is a great experience and you really learn how to fly
still use ndb's and compasses and your watch real flying

FO starting pay?

I found a great site that tracks over 100 airlines ;)

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/a...ional/era.html

That's for Era. He was looking for PenAir :)

Like I said...we're always looking for pilots to contribute to the site with details of their airlines. Did I mention that we were looking for information on PenAir?

That will teach me to be sarcastic, my apologies. :o

OK, let's build the profile (as a start):

Aircraft:

Grumman Goose
Saab 340
Metro III
Piper Saratoga
Piper Chieftan
Cessna Grand Caravan

Do any of you folks work for PenAir? I'm looking for an old classmate that might work up there. Last I heard she was in ANC?

I worked in AK about 10 years ago, and PenAir was a good place then, so I assume it has remained so.. Be careful up there as there are a lot of crap operators.. You meet people in the bars one night and read baout them dead on a mountain trying to fly some junk plane in IFR and icing days later... Stick with the good reputation companies where you can jumpseat, have a life and enjoy AK.. Under the right situation (airline) it can be a great time; was one of the best experiences of my career..

cheers

fo's make 22-24 thousand first year then each year after its about a 2500 per year increase
if you switch to the cherokee and caravan you jump to about 38-40 per year
upgrades depending on expansion adding a 8th SAAB this winter so three more captain upgrades

we had an NDB on my airport

even VFR that thing scared me, one time it pointed me to europe to get to it

god bless the pilots that can do that

I know a couple PenAir FO's and I can't exactly quote them, but I recall them saying they make around 1200 a month until they get based out in the bush.

they get 1200 a month base pay and 12 dollars an hour for flight hours
the base is regardless of hours

Well that's not so bad then, as an FO in Anchorage. Personally, I'd be reluctant to spend that much time in the bush, full time, flying a Cherokee 6 or whatever. Era or Frontier (the Alaskan version) with the 2 week on 2 off schedule seems much more accomodating to those who still need that dose of civilization every couple weeks to stay moderately sane. I know the Era guys in Bethel get around 120 hours in those two weeks they work, too. Just things to think about when considering Alaska for employment.

hows that legally possible?

hows that legally possible?

How's it not? Part 135 regs: A two pilot crew can fly ten hours a day. They work 7 days a week when they are out in the Bush, like pretty much every other operator.
Sorry, I didn't state they use Twin Otters with 2 pilots. My bad.

AKfrt

By the way (an others on here can correct me on this) but I guess that Pen Air pilots in King Salmon or Dillingham aren't there full time, but supposed to have a 20 on and 10 days off schedule, although in the summer it doesn't quite work out that well for them. Still, you Pen pilots love that company and that has to say something.

isnt 135 still limited to 34 hours in a 7 days?
i know that what im limited too and im 121 under 135 duty times

Alaska flyers enjoy special exceptions from time to time. If you get time, take a minute to search the pdf fars for 'alaska' and you'll find all kinds of 'specials' from maintenance to flight rules.

Yeah, even gross weight exceptions in certain circumstances. No, I believe 135 guys can fly up to 500 hours in any quarter, 800 in any two consecutive quarters, and 1400 hours in a year. Nothing about a week in the regs.

One can log a lot of good time working 135...

No wonder regionals like 135 guys...

_LAFF

135 in Alaska can ROCK for great experience, but can test your proffessional fortitude. Too much time in AK and you find yourself unable to 'play well with others' as I'm currently finding out now, in the lower 48 as I search for work.

Check again.
135.265 (Scheduled Ops) limits pilots to 34 hours in 7 days.
The reg you quoted is 135.267, which on Non-Sched.

Popa, I never had a weekly flight hour restriction under our Part 135 in AK.

POPA, you're right. I quoted the regs that I, and everyone else I know based in the bush, operate under, even with a published schedule.

Well, having never operated in AK, I'll have to defer to your experience. However, I'd be interested in seeing how you all got around the regs.

I'm not entirely sure, but its in my ops manual. I think 135.265 mainly deals with commuter ops, which I believe are defined as a published schedule flying between 2 points at least 5 times a week. (My company only fllies between any two points 3 times a week at most.) Maybe that's how they get around it. Only know that every carrier I know operates with the same time and rest regs. Maybe not Frontier, though, I'll have to ask.

I'll ask our instructor pilot what the deal is with that.

Heard a rumor of another interview session in December and January? True?
Chris

Does anyone have any information about Frontier up in Alaska? I'd love the chance to fly up there.

Feb. new hire ground school is the rumor,


121 FO pay
1st. 6mo. 1050.00 base pay, 10.50 hr, 100.00 safty bonus
1st yr. 1250.00 base pay 12.50 hr. 100.0 safty bonus 4on/3off

1st yr 135 PA-32 pay 2050.00 base 20.50 hr, 200 safty bonus/300.00 w-atp 15on/10off or 10on/5off

winter 135 hr avg 65-75 hrs mo
winter 121 hr avg 75-95 hrs mo

summer both 90-120 hrs mo

I've gotten 50 hours + in a week before as a 1900 F/O with Frontier. We fly Fairbanks-Anchorage round trip 2-3 times a day (sometimes more).

Realize that we are not affiliated with Frontier Airlines. This is Frontier Flying Service. Tidbit: since we're older our official callsign is Frontier. Frontier Airlines is Frontier Air or some such, although they use Frontier as well anyway since Anchorage is the only place we both go.

Here's our website: www.frontierflying.com (it's down for New Year's day). There is a route map availible there as well.

Frontier Flying Service's callsign is "Frontier-Air." The Denver Frontier is "Frontier-Flight" The controllers up here just don't use the whole callsign nor force the issue.

http://www.faa.gov/ATpubs/CNT/3-1-F.htm

Though, I have heard some ANC Approach controllers use the full callsign, which makes sense because its the only place both Frontiers fly.

What are Frontier's Flying Service hiring requirements?

Two ways, you know someone or show up at the front door at the right moment in time. Its a right place, right time, right person, type of company.

Checko

if you want a job in alaska check out Alaska Central Express www.aceaircargo.com flying 1900 cargo. you'll build time fast. it's the step child of alaska flying jobs but you'll get over 100hrs of Twin Turbine a month. possibly upgrade in a year. Wayne Carter is the CP.

time requirements
 

Maybe its just me but it seems that these alaskan companies want a bit of time before you can start working for them.

Eskimo,
Do you work @ ACE?

IIRC, the Frontier-Air / Frontier-Flight thing came about after the big Frontier started going to ANC (found out some more info since I posted last). Still could be confusing since we don't have Airlines in our name and officially it includes Air and Airlines doesn't have flight but it's in their callsign. I've yet to be called anything other than "Frontier xxx" anywhere in the state. This includes Anchorage when both of us are in the air at the same time. System wide both companies just use "Frontier" as SOP.

As mentioned previously, right place and right time. Less time you have the more likely it is you'll stick around longer. They like hiring low time F/Os.

Right now the schedule just got cut by 250 hours so we can lose a few captains before they even need to think about hiring. Probobly be a hiring push right before the summer season starts.

Yes I work there...I hear that a new FO Class might happen soon.