Bozo the pilot

Lol i knew you were a rampy. At least ya made it outta highschool bro. Btw they all suck. Peace

Spicoli

That's all u need to make it as a pilot, HS education. What is wrong with being a rampy? I shoot a pretty sweet ILS approach according to my instructor.

WhiskeyMike

Hey guys, I'm jumping in here. I've been trying to read up on all the Cape Air forum info and get up to date as possible. I have an app. completed but haven't hit the submit button yet.

Everything I read seems like Cape Air is a great company to work for, challenging, hard work, but great people and a great experience.

I haven't seen anything for a few months on hiring really, the website says they are hiring FOs. Seems hard to get in without an internal recommendation, how true is that for you all?

I'm at 1000TT/72ME CFI, CFII, MEI, ATP Written.

For those of you that have been there for the past 2-3 years as new hires, looking back are you glad you went? Also, what jobs are you looking at for the near future? And if you don't mind sharing your pay as an FO, about how much did you make a month? I'm bringing home about $2k/month instructing right now but can certainly live on less. I have a frugal and supportive wife. Most posts about $ on here are more annual pay figures and I'm not sure how long it will take to upgrade since it would depend on how busy your base is.

Thanks for your input.

Bozo the pilot

Cape air is a good place to get going. Fo pay sucks but your really a capt in training. At 1200 tt you can get pic qualled and fly the mail or repo flights. PM me if you want the full scoop. As a company, theyre pretty good guys but they have a union now so who knows how thats changed things. Good luck bro

rocketman3746

Lol, what a troll, but at least he's entertaining. Island's C402's aren't any newer than Cape's, so you don't make any sense. Unless you are talking about the Caravan. But they have, what, one? If the chance at single engine turbine time makes you feel cool, then go for it.

rocketman3746

Let me know how that brilliant plan works out...

rocketman3746

Why wait. Hit the submit button! Things don't happen fast in HR, so you'll have plenty of time to figure things out while you wait.

I've been here three years. Extremely glad I came here. I previously worked at Piedmont, and am one of many pilots escaping from the regional world to Cape Air. This job is like a vacation compared to a regional airline!

I'm prob not the norm as far as flight time goes at Cape Air (5000 TT, 2500 PIC, 2000 Turbine), but I'm most likely going to hold out for United, Delta, or US Airways. A lot of people go from here to a regional, or to another part 135 like TMC. Depends on whether you want the corporate or airline route.

To sum up, if they paid a little more (and had cheaper health insurance), I'd never leave. However, my goal is to support my family on a single income, and it just isn't possible here (at least for me) until you've put 10+ years in.

The only real big downside was the change to Caribbean compensation. They were getting a lot of pay over-rides and overtime pay, but that went away. They "froze" the pay of the guys that were down there at the signing of the contract until the contractual raises catch up with what they make now. Other than that, having the union is good, despite the fact that very few people seem to appreciate it. The contract gives you certainty and brought about a lot of improvements to quality of life. (You should have seen how they used to bid) I was afraid the union would spoil the relationship between the pilots and management, but aside from a couple of bad apples, it really hasn't. It has become more formal of course, but compared to what I've seen in the regional world, the relationship is fantastic.

Bozo the pilot

Hey rocketman- dont waste yur time on island boy. Got the IQ of sean penn.

Spicoli

This is not trolling, it is cold hard facts.

Also most of the Island 402s have the boots removed so they are faster than the Cape 402s. Yet another reason to go Island.

Spicoli

IQ of sean penn or jeff spicoli?