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CommutAir Profile

CommutAir Embraer EMB-145

Active Pilots

306

Union

Air Line Pilots Association

CommutAir At a Glance

  • Immediate captain upgrades for eligible pilots
  • Interview with United Airlines after getting a pilot position with CommutAir
  • Operates under capacity purchase agreement (CPA) for United Airlines
  • CommutAir is owned by Champlain Enterprises, Inc. and United Airlines

Hiring

CommutAir is hiring pilots. Pilot applicants apply via a third party application website.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

  • Commercial pilot certificate
  • Meet ATP or R-ATP aeronautical experience minimums
  • First class medical certificate
  • Instrument current
  • Logged 20 hours of flight time in past six months
  • 25 hours multi-engine experience in aircraft (not simulator)

Airplane Fleet

  • ERJ-145

Pilot Domiciles

  • Newark Liberty International Airport
  • Washington Dulles International Airport

CommutAir Hourly Pilot Pay Rate

YearCaptainFirst Officer
2010244
1910044
189744
179544
169344
159044
148844
138644
128444
118244
108044
97844
87644
77444
67244
57143
46941
36740
26639
16437

Compensation Notes

Per Diem

  • $1.80/hr

Retirement

  • 401K: company matches employee contribution 100% up to 12% of 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