Cape Air
03-29-2016, 05:16 AM
#1481
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2016
Position: Kool-Aid Aficionado
Posts: 71
Lifted from Cape's careers site under the pilot recruiting tab:
"What are the pilot schedules like?
We use a seniority bid system to determine pilot schedules within each base. Generally, our pilots begin and end their day in their base, so they are home every night. This may, however, require pilots to relocate to their base."
By generally, what is implied here? Thanks.
"What are the pilot schedules like?
We use a seniority bid system to determine pilot schedules within each base. Generally, our pilots begin and end their day in their base, so they are home every night. This may, however, require pilots to relocate to their base."
By generally, what is implied here? Thanks.
03-29-2016, 10:45 AM
#1482
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2013
Posts: 395
That means that the vast majority of pilots are home every night. Cape Air doesn't do 'trips' like most airlines. There are a handful of 'SVT' pilots, which stands for sick/vacation/temporary duty coverage. Those are generally junior captains who fill in wherever someone is on vacation, etc, and they stay in a hotel for a few days at a time. But 95% of the time you are doing day trips only. QOL is good if you live in base, however commuting at Cape Air is not recommended!
03-30-2016, 02:14 AM
#1485
Contract
Joined APC: Aug 2014
Position: SR22
Posts: 162
03-31-2016, 12:47 PM
#1487
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2013
Posts: 410
I was hired as an FO back in February 2016 and have been waiting for a class date ever since.
It seems that training has been suspended until September due to the pilot shortage they are experiencing. Ironically, they had to pull the training pilots out to fly the line.
Currently trying to find a flying gig until Cape calls me with a class date.
It seems that training has been suspended until September due to the pilot shortage they are experiencing. Ironically, they had to pull the training pilots out to fly the line.
Currently trying to find a flying gig until Cape calls me with a class date.
03-31-2016, 05:56 PM
#1489
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2014
Posts: 35
They are hurting due to not enough pilots to fly the line yet let pilots who can be trained to fly the line and alleviate the shortage languish. They should be training all the pilots they can. They can train more pilots between now and September than they have trainers. That makes no sense!
04-01-2016, 05:38 AM
#1490
Was that for us?
Joined APC: Aug 2015
Position: Pilot lounge
Posts: 37
They are hurting due to not enough pilots to fly the line yet let pilots who can be trained to fly the line and alleviate the shortage languish. They should be training all the pilots they can. They can train more pilots between now and September than they have trainers. That makes no sense!
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