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Oldschool Pilot

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The wife got a job in Sioux Falls so will be making our way out there soon. From what I've found besides flight instruction the only big opportunity out there is cargo and maybe medevac. Not really interested in the freight schedule. Looking for any charter or corporate options. I would even consider a regional except I hear commuting would ruin my QOL, rather live in a base. 2600 TT 1300 Turbine.
 
Former Encore pilot here. PM me if you want details. There's some charter through Landmark and some corporate stuff as well but my connections there are limited.
 
Oldschool Pilot said:
The wife got a job in Sioux Falls so will be making our way out there soon. From what I've found besides flight instruction the only big opportunity out there is cargo and maybe medevac. Not really interested in the freight schedule. Looking for any charter or corporate options. I would even consider a regional except I hear commuting would ruin my QOL, rather live in a base. 2600 TT 1300 Turbine.
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That hits basic CAMTS minimums. Sanford and Averra-Mckenna both have two B200s (each) in FSD. If you have an ATP and 500 multi you're golden, although I'm not sure you'd need the 500 multi since they both run 2 pilot crews.
 
I think there was a company looking for pilots to fly Conquests in Aberdeen or maybe Spearfish. Not sure how commutable that would be, but they might be worth looking into. Alpine has some 1900 and 99 freight runs out of Sioux Falls too.
 
In addition to the air med side of the aforementioned ambulance operators, both of those hospital networks also have corporate birds in Sioux Falls; Average a King Air 90 and Sanford a KA200 and a Falcon 20 (10? it's old, that's all I know). Poet is a large biofuel company that houses their corporate fleet in FSD but you rarely, if ever, hear of openings.
 
I've thought about living in Sioux Falls and commuting to a regional to avoid living in a big city. Looks like about 6 flights a day to both Chicago and Minneapolis, SkyWest has bases at both and I understand they are junior. Of course there are other airlines at both those airports. Denver might be an option too, but usually more senior. Maybe Spirit or Frontier would be options as well.
 
Mayo also employees all their pilots, fixed wing and rotor. Of course rotor being the read headed step child of the aviation world and completely unworthy.
 
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