I don’t think AAT is flying Navajos any longer. I know they show Navajos on the website, but I think they’re gone - I don’t think Jack is doing much flying. Good catch on Regal, though. They were flying Navajos to King Salmon for most of the summer. Nobody mentioned Alaska Central Express (“little ACE”, B1900s) or Kenai (Tecnam Travelers and King Airs). Everts will take delivery or has recently taken delivery of the C408 SkyCourier. Ryan Air is getting at least one, as well. Nobody mentioned Bering Air, either. I don’t think they’re flying Navajos any longer, but they have CASAs and B1900s (as well as newer C208s and a bunch of helicopters).
TransNorthern is a good suggestion. They’ve been doing a lot of flying this summer.
I think both Wrights and Warbelows are still running Navajos up in FAI. I think, but I could be wrong, that 70 North is running a Navajo in Deadhorse.
Guys I know who have been looking to make a change have passed on Aleutian: evidently their fleet has reliability problems.
Not to be argumentative:
@alaskadrifter suggested that medevac wouldn’t be a good place to go to get multi hours, but there is a medevac operation on our hangar alley and those guys are flying ALL the time. KA200 and Lears. There are some good ex-Hageland folks at that operation. One definitely won’t build time as fast as they would in a conventional 135 operation, but it doesn’t look like it would be as slow as the Lower 48 fixed wing medevac outfit I flew for (150 hours/year).
Conoco/Phillips recently advertised for Q400 FOs. And there’s the Twin Otters operated by Hilcorp (I could be wrong on the name).
@DE727UPS, your buddy could take Jack Barber at AAT out to lunch in exchange for a comprehensive rundown on all the operators. Plus a bunch of wild stories!
As a general observation, this summer has been much, much slower than last summer, and that may translate into fewer openings.
ETA: I forgot about Grant. I think they’ve got at least one KA. And Empire flies ATRs for FedEx: I’m told it’s an awesome job because all the flying is on the front side of the clock and FedEx handles all the freight. Don’t know about the pay.