Cape Air
 

Whats the deal with them?

They fly Cessna 402's.

Great bunch of pilots that seem to be happy. Operate in the northeast out of BOS and down in the Caribbean as well. I think they get get paid for duty time as opposed to flight time.

I wonder how the spar modification AD for the 402C has affected Cape's operations. I'm guessing not too badly since they have time to comply.

$70K per airplane to comply!

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Does anyone know of a comparable operation on the west coast (or near it)?

Thanks

Probably the closest comparable thing is Kenmore Air, which flies in the Seattle area. The fleet is made up primarily of seaplanes, though they do operate 4 (?) C208's.

I personally think Cape Air would be one of the coolest aviation gigs around. If I lived in that area. But it would really suck when the weather gets crappy, which is often in the NE.

But I think flying those things on those short flights would be a blast.

When the weather gets crappy is when they have their fun. VFR gets old after a while but flying in and out of ACK is IR more often than VR.

I know plenty of days when I have launched on a cavu day all up and down the east coast only to shoot an approach at ACK to mins. They do not call it the grey lady for nothing