Cape Air
#1732
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 927
I have to friends, last 2 classes, and both were assigned Decatur. One of them clearly stated that he wanted to stay in Boston for family reasons.
I think transfers are quite doable after a while
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#1733
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Joined APC: Jun 2017
Posts: 189
I’m finishing training this week as an FO, I wanted BOS but got Augusta. Boston seems to be pretty tough right out of training but after a couple months most people seem to transfer into there.
#1734
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jan 2018
Posts: 10
Does anyone know how the flying is in the Midwest region? Is it roughly 100 hrs per month as it is in BIL and elsewhere? I'll be going to class as an FO in late May and would prefer to come back to the Midwest unless I wouldn't be able to get flight time. Thanks in advance!!
#1735
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Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 214
While there is VFR flying, a lot of it is IFR. Longer term a replacement plane is on order with deliveries later in the year (you can google the news stories) but for now, I believe all planes have one or two 430s, autopilot and many have ADS-B.
BT
#1736
#1737
I have one concern about Cape Air - the promisorry note.
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
#1738
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Joined APC: Jun 2014
Posts: 115
I have one concern about Cape Air - the promisorry note.
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
Like I wrote before, they are not there to fail you.
#1739
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2017
Posts: 189
I have one concern about Cape Air - the promisorry note.
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
I am fully aware the pay at Cape isn’t that great; no regional pays well. However I am concerned with the organization requiring you to sign a promisorry note holding you liable for the $35,000 training costs. The terms of the contract state that that you are liable to repay that should you quit or have your employment terminated with cause prior to completing one year as a captain with Cape Air. Those are pretty high stakes considering the organization has, I think, a 50% wash out rates for new first officers. Fail checkrides or in some other manner disappoint the firm you’re now liable for a lot of money. I also worry about the company delaying your upgrade to captain for asinine reasons so they can keep you tethered there. Do we have any Cape employees who can comment on this?
F50Driver summed up the training pretty well, come in with an open mind and study at nights rather than going out partying and drinking and you will do just fine.
Cape Air doesn't need SICs, they hire SICs as a way of guaranteeing a captain in the future, they want you to upgrade ASAP!
#1740
I’m not sure I see how a first year captain with Cape Air can earn that kind of money. Assuming you upgrade to captain in one year, the pay is still $18.67/duty hour. On a 40 hour work week, that’s $38,833 annually. So this means - and I’m assuming here - that captains are working 60 or so duty hours a week plus some sort of incentive pay to make anywhere near 80k/year. Is that correct?
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