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Cape Air Profile

Cape Air Cessna 402 Tails

Active Pilots

247

Union

Teamsters

Cape Air At a Glance

  • Cape Air operates under its own brand
  • Pilots typically work 3 or 4 days a week for 13 hours per day
  • Bases are assigned by seniority
  • Cape Air has an employee stock ownership program
  • Mandatory crew breaks are scheduled throughout the workday

Hiring

Cape Air is hiring pilots. Apply via the companies website.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

  • Commercial pilot license with multi-engine and instrument rating
  • First or second class medical
  • First officer positions – 500 hours of total time
  • Captain positions – 1,200 hours of total time
  • Four year college degree preferred

Airplane Fleet

  • Tecnam P2012
  • Cessna 402
  • Britten-Norman Islander

Airplane Orders

  • Tecnam P2012

Pilot Domiciles

  • Knox County Regional Airport
  • Puerto Rico
  • Southern Vermont Regional Airport
  • Adirondack Regional Airport
  • Lebanon Municipal Airport
  • Kirksville Regional Airport
  • Martha’s Vineyard Airport
  • Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois
  • Provincetown Municipal Airport
  • Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport
  • Logan International Airport
  • New Bedford Regional Airport
  • Billings Logan International Airport
  • Ogdensburg International Airport
  • Barnstable Municipal Airport
  • Waynesville-St. Robert Regional Airport-Forney Field
  • Augusta State Airport
  • Decatur Airport
  • Owensboro-Daviess County Regional Airport

Cape Air Hourly Pilot Pay Rate

YearCaptainFirst Officer
153214
143114
133014
122914
112814
102714
92614
82514
72414
62314
52214
42114
32013
21911
11811

Compensation Notes

Per Diem

  • $37/day for nights away from base

Retirement

  • 401K: company matches 25% up to 4% of pilot’s pay

Greg started his professional pilot journey in 2002 after graduating from Embry Riddle. Since that time he has accumulated over 8,000 hours working as a pilot. Greg’s professional experience includes flight instructing, animal tracking, backcountry flying, forest firefighting, passenger charter, part 135 cargo, flying for a regional airline, a national low cost airline, a legacy airline, and also working as a manager in charge of Part 135 and Part 121 training programs.

Greg Thomson