Iced_up
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Cape Air domiciles
Actually they have a bunch of different bases. Most of the north staff is based in Hyannis. However they do have some pilots in Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, Boston and New Bedford. During the winter months the focus shifts to the south. The bases are Tortola, St Croix, St Thomas and San Juan. I believe the Florida bases are Ft Lauderdale, Naples and Key West.
Yes they do work very hard! That particular incident was on the last leg of a 16 leg day. The pilot had a diabetic reaction which the passenger ( who was also a Cape Air employee ) landed safely in P-town. Everyone was extremely lucky. He resigned before they could terminate him.
All in all, Cape Air is a great place to work. I left there over a year ago. A great bunch of guys to work with. And some of the best pilots to fly with. Get used to 8-10 or more approaches to mins in some very challenging weather.
As far as the maintenance, they are very well maintained. If you have a MEL on the airplane it is almost always fixed before it goes out the next morning. If it breaks away from mx they will send a mechanic over right away to either fix it there or ferry it back to the shop. When I left they were in the process of upgrading all the avionics. The airplanes are getting old but they do a great job of keeping them in the air.
General Lee said:
Actually they have a bunch of different bases. Most of the north staff is based in Hyannis. However they do have some pilots in Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, Boston and New Bedford. During the winter months the focus shifts to the south. The bases are Tortola, St Croix, St Thomas and San Juan. I believe the Florida bases are Ft Lauderdale, Naples and Key West.
Yes they do work very hard! That particular incident was on the last leg of a 16 leg day. The pilot had a diabetic reaction which the passenger ( who was also a Cape Air employee ) landed safely in P-town. Everyone was extremely lucky. He resigned before they could terminate him.
All in all, Cape Air is a great place to work. I left there over a year ago. A great bunch of guys to work with. And some of the best pilots to fly with. Get used to 8-10 or more approaches to mins in some very challenging weather.
As far as the maintenance, they are very well maintained. If you have a MEL on the airplane it is almost always fixed before it goes out the next morning. If it breaks away from mx they will send a mechanic over right away to either fix it there or ferry it back to the shop. When I left they were in the process of upgrading all the avionics. The airplanes are getting old but they do a great job of keeping them in the air.
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