Alaska flight jobs-next spring?

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You're gonna have to instruct first. That's the local way of building Alaska time.

Operators are very reluctant to hire an out-of-state pilot for 2 reasons.

1) There is the obvious 'local experience' factor. Extreme weather and terrain environment requires that you have some local experience, regardless of your 'lower 48' time.

2) Stealing the airplane. Almost everyone in Alaska can fly. So airplane theft is a very big factor in how you operate.

Any new employee is suspect of getting hired on, getting an airplane, and flying it away back to the lower 48 to never be seen again.

So, instructing gains the local experience and weeds out any 'quick-check-out-and-run' guys.

I suggest Eagle River. Just north of Anchorage. A 'town' like you are used to, with oportunities to explore out into the wilderness at your pace.

A good base-camp to begin your journey.