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Piedmont Airlines Profile

Piedmont Airlines Embraer EMB-145

Active Pilots

791

Union

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)

Piedmont Airlines At a Glance

  • Wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group
  • Operates under capacity purchase agreement (CPA) for American Airlines
  • Guaranteed pilot job with American Airlines after serving minimum required time with Piedmont Airlines
  • Hiring direct entry captains
  • Cadet program allows a cadet instructor to receive partial tuition reimbursement starting at 500 hours of total time
  • Participant In American Airlines Cadet Academy

Hiring

Piedmont Airlines is hiring. Apply via a third party application website.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

  • 1,500 hours of total flight time. 50 hours of multi-engine time, 250 hours of pilot-in-command or meet requirements for Restricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)
  • First class medical certificate
  • Commercial multi-engine certificate with instrument rating

Airplane Fleet

  • EMB-145

Pilot Domiciles

  • Philadelphia International Airport
  • Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
  • Harrisburg International Airport 

Piedmont Airlines Hourly Pilot Pay Rate

YearCaptainFirst Officer
209342
199342
189342
179342
169342
159342
149342
139342
129342
119142
108842
98642
88242
77942
67642
57342
47142
36542
26342
15839

Compensation Notes

Per Diem

  • $1.90/hr

Retirement

  • 401K: company match depends on years of service

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