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Anyone have any info on payscales and benefits for the Hawaii flying yet?
Cape Air Hawaiian flying
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That was the scuttlebutt from our man in charge.
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Or not be in business, haha.
Apophis
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Oh man, I'm sorry! I had no idea! Hopefully things work out for you.
jrh
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In the 402s or ATRs? Either way, I have a feeling it'll go very senior. Will be interesting to see what happens.
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BE19Pilot
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Maybe senior for CA, but NOT for FOs...Cost of living in Hawaii is ridiculous, and unless they are able to recruit locally I think it will be difficult to get people from the mainland to come over there if they can get on with Eagle, Republic, Expressjet, etc...just a theory...
jrh
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I'm not sure how Cape Air is connected to everything then. The Cape Air pilot group is unionized under the Teamsters.
jrh
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Just curious, how does the CoL in Hawaii compare to Guam and the US/British Virgin Islands? Cape Air operates out of expensive locations without too much trouble recruiting. Although you might be right about trends changing in the future.
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It is a nice mix of island life with the comforts of the mainland. The biggest issue I have with Hawaii is the ridiculous income tax and excise tax. Cost of living really isn't that high. I am able to support two households on first year income and a little King Air flying on the side.
Autothrust Blue
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Hawaiian-by-SkyWest...
swisspilot
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No matter how expensive a place is there is always a way to live there on a low budget, you just have to give up on some of the things you take for granted. In Hawaii is probably very hard as you can find everything there, in the Virgin Islands even if they are well supplied as far as smaller Caribbean Islands goes you can`t find many things so you just don`t spend money on it.
I lived on an island where a beer is 5 USDs, toast bread 4 USDs, a BLT 15 USDs.....but there are expats pilots that do just fine on 1800 $/month wages
What I never understood is how places like PR can depend so much from other countries, if they close the port they won`t survive, that`s it! Seems rum is the only thing that they will never run out of, DR for example can depend on what they make on the island, cost of life and quality is amazing...
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That's how much it costs on the mainland too
I did a price comparison on stuff and most everything is fairly close to mainland prices. I would say about 5-10% higher are some of the perishable items. Costco usually has items for the same price or even cheaper. The only thing I could think of is that they are cheaper because they come from China or Japan on their way over to the mainland.
swisspilot
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That's how much it costs on the mainland too
I did a price comparison on stuff and most everything is fairly close to mainland prices. I would say about 5-10% higher are some of the perishable items. Costco usually has items for the same price or even cheaper. The only thing I could think of is that they are cheaper because they come from China or Japan on their way over to the mainland.
where do you shop and eat on mainland? take in consideration that the place in question is a 3rd world country, no matter how pretty the beach is or how many 5 star resort there are it`s still a 3rd world country..
I guess for Costco it`s almost half the trip....
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I live in the middle of no where in Washington so prices are a little higher there. When I go and visit my parents in Seattle and we go to dinner I am amazed at how much a dinner cost there now.
