Cape Air getting into Amphib Ops?

Yes, you're right, I knew a guy who was doing some flying for them, but through some other operator ( flying for Resort World, getting paid by another company), and was wondering if anyone down there actually knew who was flying that day? I've heard rumors that in amphibian planes, gear position can sometimes come into play, but I'm not sure really, I mean, up or down, the plane can do both, so either probably works right?

Specifically wondering if anyone knows who was flying that day? Anyone?
 
Amphib airplanes have a hydraulic system just like any other retract, with a couple differences. No weight on wheels interlock. This permits you to taxi down a seaplane ramp then retract for a H2O take off, or H2O landing then extend during the taxi to pull up a ramp.

Wipline gear has an airspeed alarm that reminds you of the gear position when slowing down during the approach.

They have a manual hand pump for emergency extension, just like an Aztec.
 
dasleben said:
Cape Air doesn't pay horribly. In 2008, I made $50k my first year flying the 402. I imagine it's better now.

Cape is a great gig, regardless.

EDIT: Sorry, realized the post I'm responding to was 5 months old.
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Thought their FO's start at $9 an hour?...but I heard it was duty time so you'd walk away with about the same as all the other regional FO's?
 
tcco94 said:
Thought their FO's start at $9 an hour?...but I heard it was duty time so you'd walk away with about the same as all the other regional FO's?
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Probably, but remember that Cape doesn't operate the same was as most other airlines when it comes to upgrade. Most flights are operated single-pilot, so when you get ATP mins, they put you through upgrade. FOs are there to build time to ATP mins and upgrade; there's not much use for an FO on a 402 otherwise.

I came in with ATP mins, so I didn't do any time as an FO there.
 
dasleben said:
Cape Air doesn't pay horribly. In 2008, I made $50k my first year flying the 402. I imagine it's better now.

Cape is a great gig, regardless.

EDIT: Sorry, realized the post I'm responding to was 5 months old.
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That is either because you picked up a lot of extra days or you had a +50 hr a week line.
 
I never made that kind of money at 9K alone, but I also never worked more than 15 days per month. The best was the 4on/5off, commutable on both ends schedule we had in the north country. I flew PC-12's and King Airs on my days off and easily broke 50K a year. I understand those schedules have gone the way of the dodo though :(
 
tlove482 said:
That is either because you picked up a lot of extra days or you had a +50 hr a week line.
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I was in the Caribbean for the first 4 months of that year on a backup line, then bid to Rutland for another 5 months (51 hour/week line), and then slacked off on a 5/5 schedule in the Mid-Atlantic for the last 3 months at min guarantee. Rutland was a tough schedule, but I didn't work tremendously hard the rest of the year.
 
dasleben said:
I was in the Caribbean for the first 4 months of that year on a backup line, then bid to Rutland for another 5 months (51 hour/week line), and then slacked off on a 5/5 schedule in the Mid-Atlantic for the last 3 months at min guarantee. Rutland was a tough schedule, but I didn't work tremendously hard the rest of the year.
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Wow, sounds like I did something wrong or you did everything right. I was on track for about 40k my first year without picking up any extra shifts. That does include the relocation bonus that doesn't really cover relocating if you have anything of significance to move.
 
Cape Air explores seaplane service from Boston to NYC
Cape Air is exploring operating a seaplane service between Boston Harbor and Manhattan, the second airline to attempt a water-based shuttle between the two cities.

Chief executive Dan Wolf said his company recently began supporting the operations of a seaplane route between Miami and the Bahamas to gain experience, and hopes to get the Boston-New York routes underway within the next two years.

“We’d like to start by doing four trips a day in each direction,” Wolf said.

The trip between Boston’s waterfront to a seaplane dock on the East River in Manhattan would take about an hour and 15 minutes, Wolf added, and would eliminate the additional travel by taxi or car to and from the airport in each city. Cape Air would use a single-engine Cessna Caravan that seats nine passengers.

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Boston Globe - June 13. 2015
 
I think it's going to take them longer than two years to get their act together to do this. I run an amphibious 208 op in NYC and it's a lot harder than it looks. Those planes are tough to maintain and they would lose a bundle having to repo them to/from HYA for maintenance. Not to mention their pilot pay scale for the 402 is almost 1/2 of what amphib 208 guys are getting up here. So it will be tough for them to find East River ready guys.
 
Michael95U said:
I think it's going to take them longer than two years to get their act together to do this. I run an amphibious 208 op in NYC and it's a lot harder than it looks. Those planes are tough to maintain and they would lose a bundle having to repo them to/from HYA for maintenance. Not to mention their pilot pay scale for the 402 is almost 1/2 of what amphib 208 guys are getting up here. So it will be tough for them to find East River ready guys.
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It's hard to overestimate how much mx an amphib floated airplane takes.
 
Michael95U said:
I heard a rumor today that Cape Air acquired a float operator and will commence amphib operations in Cessna 208s. Anybody have any more details?
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I through in an app for it a few weeks ago, just to see if I would get any reply. Who knows... might be fun. I'm sure the $$ •.
 
Roger Roger said:
It's hard to overestimate how much mx an amphib floated airplane takes.
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We have been doing wash downs every night, the 25 whip inspection program and do 2 complete gear rebuilds a year, they are almost maintenance free.


Crop Duster said:
I through in an app for it a few weeks ago, just to see if I would get any reply. Who knows... might be fun. I'm sure the $$ .
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We are always looking for qualified caravan floats pilots if want to shoot a resume over.
 
Capt. Chaos said:
We have been doing wash downs every night, the 25 whip inspection program and do 2 complete gear rebuilds a year, they are almost maintenance free.




We are always looking for qualified caravan floats pilots if want to shoot a resume over.
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We haven't gotten to the rebuilds yet but the 25 hour service is a necessity. The gear visibly speeds up every time you do that. What I was getting at was you do a lot of mx on amphibs, either preventive or reactive, your choice...
 
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