Cessna 421 Pilot Corpus Christi Texas

[Dustin H]

Air Ambulance company accepting resumes for full time C421 Captain position

Minimums:

ATP
2000 Total Time
500 Multi
Instrument Current

Based on 20 scheduled days per month, salary starts at $3000 with benefits – PTO, Med / Dental.

Contact: [email protected]

 

[pilotmyf]

Kinda steep mins for a C421

 

[icefr8dawg]

Kinda steep mins for a C421

Kinda but those GTSIO's don't take inexperience well.

 

[SIG600]

Kinda but those GTSIO's don't take inexperience well.

That and insurance companies usually dictate mins. 2000TT seems pretty standard for a big twin like that. But ya, thats not exactly a bullet proof engine.

 

[Way2Broke]

Is the cost of living pretty low down there? Are the benefits paid in full?

 

[Photoflight]

anyone have any more indepth info on this place? such as schedule etc, enviroment etc.?

 

[Dustin H]

anyone have any more indepth info on this place? such as schedule etc, enviroment etc.?

Job is still open for anyone with the posted minimums. Anyone with less will not be considered.


Not a good job if you are looking to build time. You may average around 200-250 hours a year. A very easy schedule though. 20 minute call out to the airport, so you are free to do whatever up until you get a call-out. The schedule is written to accommodate company and pilot needs, so it's different every month. There is usually never a problem with getting preferred days off. There is overtime available most months, so the 3000K/mo is just a base. It's rare you will ever work a 14 hour duty day. Maybe once a month. Most shifts end up around 4-6 hours. Everyone at the company is great to work with. No one will ask you to fly over 8 hours or go over a 14 hour duty day or fly a broken airplane (outside the MEL).


As far as the cost of living, it's South Texas. Doesn't get much cheaper than this.

 

[Photoflight]

is that 20 minutes to the airport? Also do you have scheduled days off? Ya'll got any other aircraft?

 

[Dustin H]

is that 20 minutes to the airport? Also do you have scheduled days off? Ya'll got any other aircraft?

Yes, 20 minutes from the time the pager goes off to the time you are at the airport. There isn't much traffic in Corpus, so it's easy.

There are 20 days of scheduled on duty time, so you will get 8-11 hard days off every month depending on how many days there are in the month. Since it's a salary job, you get paid regardless of weather you fly or not.

The company only has C421's and one C414 used for training.

 

[kswhite]

Are we on call ER Doctors or Pilots??

20 MINS. TO GET TO THE AIRPORT!! I don't know about you all but my QOL is worth a lot more than 36K/yr if you're going to be staring down at your pager every minute because you think you may have just been beeped?

Where did we go wrong??

 

[CaravanMan]

We're on that same call-out time at my EMS job... 20 mins, airborne in 30. It's really not that bad at all. I'm at home more than I'm at work, and I don't find myself staring at the pager all day. My QOL is the best it's ever been, and this is the best job I've had. Don't knock it 'til ya try it!!

 

[Dustin H]

I'm with CaravanMan

As far as QOL is concerned, it's all in how you look at it. If you stare at the pager all day waiting for it to go off then I'd say you need to pick up a hobby or two. Forgetting that you are on a pager and only going into work 2-3 days out of the week will leave lots of time to accomplish other things you may have going on in your life. 200 hours (flight time) a year divided by 36k/yr. equals $180/hr. The pay may not make you rich, but the job allows you the freedom to do other things.

 

[kswhite]

Freedom? Freedomto do whatever you want to do, assuming you can be at the airport in 20 minutes, dressed and ready to fly. Try going fishing, golfing, watching a movie, or heaven forbid, having a drink.

I'm not trying to knock the job becuase I understand sacrifice but I've been put in the situation all to many times when they call you out short notice and the only reason that it's short notice, is because the boss was to lazy to pick up the phone and let you know 4 days ago when the trip was originally scheduled.

Just be careful and make sure we, as pilots, are not being taken advantage of. If you're flying people to hospitals in life threating situations, that's fantastic. If you're flying people to the casinos on 20 minutes notice...well, it's not for me.

 

[Kingair1181]

I agree with many of these posters.... a 20 min call out is insane. Even if you live close to the airport you basically can't plan anything for that day. No golf (cause who wants to tee off on hole 2 and have their pager go off, raise off the course, speed towards the airport well changing in the car and then run into the terminal - along with losing the money you payed to play the course.) You'd basically just have to sit around at home and wait it seems.

I have a 2 hour call out and live roughly an 45 mins to an hour from the airport and I have a very hard time getting there unless I am basically ready to go when i get the call. Between changing clothes, grabbing my flight bag, the bathroom, maybe getting gas, ect - I don't have much time. Unless it's flying EMS on a very very time critical flight then maybe it's worth it. But 20 minutes just isn't fair at all, especially w/ those wages but good luck maybe you'll find someone but it's not for me.

 

[icefr8dawg]

agreed, any operation with a 20 min. call should pay for pilots to bunk in the fbo, otherwise they're abusing you to get an edge on the other guy with the 1 hour call. Now, if the money were right... Say like 50K with weekends free, now that's another thing...