I know of a few that did the regional FO thing, then for whatever reason ended up at Cape Air, then were able to move on to something better.

Point being, they had the 121 glass, crew, jet, etc, box checked before going to Cape.

I am pretty happy here in the ISR world so no regional for me. I like to stay informed of what is going on in other parts of the world though. I'll stick with my assumption that lots of piston twin guys have moved somewhere higher than a regional as their next step.

Okie dokie smokie... So if your coming from the ISR side of the field, I'm assuming you already have some amount of turbine time. And assuming you have said turbine time, you are likely already more qualified for a job beyond a regional anyway. So why bother asking about a crap company that takes advantage of pilots?

That is unless of course you are working for one of the much smaller "ISR" operators that flies pistons. Of which I can count on one hand. And they serve an incredibly niche market. I know because I worked for and with some of them. Which ISR company are you working for? You can PM if you would like.

I know a guy who works there ....first year FO pay is $12 and hour. I didn't know the had 208's.

Dude put your pee pee away. I told you I am not looking for a job. I have an ATP and plenty of turbine PIC and work for a large ISR contractor if that is important to you.

I will say one more time I am just trying to see what the company was and why they were paying so much for the left seat of a 208/PA31. Now settle down. Just because I am not looking to go to a regional airline doesn't mean that I can't ask about the life at a regional. All regionals are crappy and take advantage of their pilots. I for one don't consider making probably $60K a year first year at a regional to be "taken advantage of" so I was asking what the other side of that is.

If you don't have any actual info about Sun Air then there really isn't a lot of reason to chime in. But thanks for your input.

Yes the FO side looks like a bad deal all around but it looks like guys can get in with very low time. The posting I saw was for a Captain slot. How is your buddies schedule etc...? My guess is on that size plane it is mainly out and backs?

The search function of the forum could of told you a lot more than you've received from 2 pages of this thread. They take advantage of their FO's. That much is obvious. And I'd say its crap for the "Captain" too because he is basically going to be baby sitting some low time guy trying to figure out the ropes with passengers on board. Companies like this are part of whats wrong with this industry. They are a bottom-feeder.

Looks to be that you are at PSA, I would venture to bet that many people here on these boards would call that a "bottom feeder" "leading the race to the bottom". Me....I don't have a dog in the fight and don't care. I have also followed PSA as things went along. I fly ISR and while I make a ton of money, it is only as stable as the contract so I keep a list of places I could go tomorrow if things go south. So that is why I am interested in someplace that I could walk into and make decent money tomorrow.

Anyone one here work with this outfit? Anyone have any updated info?

I'm a ramp agent from them part time. Captains make 50K a year but most make more. FO's start at $12/hr and after 6 months go to $18/hr. Guarantee is 65 hours a month, and you probably fly around that or more. Fleet is currently Chieftains and come October the fleet will have Caravans. Training is inhouse in LNS, checkrides are currently with the feds. Supposedly you get half guarantee pay during training but I'm somewhat out of touch with all the rumors so I don't know what truth there is to it. It's a typical 135 carrier, you'll have to deal with some crap but that's the same anywhere you go. Most people enjoy it. Maintenance used to be pretty crappy, but they brought a new DOM on early this year and things have turned around 100%.