Don't they typically hire low timers?
I don't think 1500 is the magic number a lot of people are led to believe. It seems like many 135 operations are increasing their pay and dropping their mins so getting twin turbine PIC time at 1200 hours and a liveable salary is attainable. You can also get ok pay and fly turbine PIC at drop zones with around and sometimes less than a 1000 hours at places like http://www.dropzone.com/classifieds...Pac750_pilot_in_sunny_California__168818.html
Very true....I got hired into the Lear with just over 1000hrs making a decent wage and home quite a bit, especially for a 135 operator. 1500 is only for those who slacked off like myself waiting for the airline slot......but that's gonna be a tough pill to swallow if I take that leap with the pay cut. It will take me till year 4 at the regionals to make what I'm making now.
I heard they are hiring some pilots with at least 800 hrs, at the Cape Air. I wouldn't mind working for a cargo company either. I have a about 1.5 years to take my ATP checkride before my atp part 121 written expires.
Cargo making 60k a year?
A 60k salary sounds great right now, even 40k would be good for a pilot position. Don't know of any positions that pay such amount for pilots with 800-1500hrs.
I imagine that's a Captain salary- so guys with 135 mins (1200+ hrs). FO's start lower (20-30's I believe) like most 135 SIC's.
I'm pretty lucky as I just got hired on with a company with 445hrs, 34k salary initially with possibilities of up to ~40k after probationary period. And if I am on the road, I get per diem which is $50/night and non-taxed. So there is a pretty good possibility I could be in 40's to upper 50's for the year, not including any bonuses if I travel a lot. And that's for flying a Cessna 206/310.
That's a good salary, I hope I can find something like that pretty soon.
will they open a northern CA base?
If they get all the routes they're hoping for, then it would make sense.
