Bottom of the barrel in jobs. Period. There's better places to work. Unless you want to wear a full Nomex suit with gloves in 90 degree heat, chuck bags all night long, and de-ice the aircraft yourself.

Apply to Wheels Up, Jet Suite, or someplace like that instead.

Yeah, you will work hard. It is a physical job and it gets hot in the suit. Another downside is the ultimate responsibility for cargo delivery accuracy falls on the PIC and the paperwork can be a bear. You also do your own flight planning but any safety issues you have are not questioned.

But for me there are many upsides that make it worth it to stick around. Pay is great for a single-pilot cargo job and the schedule is awesome. All holidays off, weekends off, and you start at five weeks vacation. And best of all, you sleep in your own bed. If you want to keep a low profile and do your job you will barely ever interact with management. If you want to do more there are lots of opportunities to advance. Plus where else can you fly by yourself in a brand new jet?

Yes, the trolls will hate on Quest, but for me it's a great gig.


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Good post, except new hires get 2.5 weeks to start. Won't get to 5 weeks until year 20 I think. I read somewhere that changed in 2010.

I have a question about these PC-12's I see all over the place. I think one call sign is Cronos.

If they're NOT a transport category aircraft, then how are they getting around the FAA's requirements of not being able to dispatch into KNOWN or Forecast moderate icing?

Or are they transport? Can't be, it's a single engine......

Is the PC-12 not certified for flight into known icing conditions? I thought they had wing boots and some important stuff that was heated.

I believe the Chronos call sign belongs to Planesense and not Quest.

Being able to fly into known icing doesn't mean you can fly into KNOWN or Forecast MODERATE icing. A trace or light is a different story.

PC12 is full known ice certified. Only limitation would be 135 regs prohibit you from entering known severe ice since it's not a transport category. Same with phenom, king air, or pretty much any GA FIKI certified aircraft.

Which 135 reg. is that? What's the number so I can look it up. Doesn't sound right to me. Moderate known or forecast is more what I remember.

It wouldn't be in the 135 regs.s anyway. It would be in the aircraft operating manual and limitations.

135.227 references it. Basically lists all the equip needed for light or moderate ice, which any known ice aircraft will have. It also says no severe ice unless you are transport category or show capability thru special certification.

Also our call sign is Labquest, that's the only one we use.

You might want to google the law firm involved in the PC-12 crash in PA. This attorney spells it out.