FedEx Caravan flying in South Carolina

[sunchaser]

Could anyone tell me the company that opperates the Caravan contract flying for FedEx in the South Carolina area. Thanks

 

[mobie]

Mountain Air Cargo

 

[NJA bound]

That would be http://www.airt.net/mac.html

They post job openings on www.jsfirm.com often. The pay starts around 33 grand for Caravan pilots. This link http://flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/C208 shows who's flying the vans and where they're flying to.

Looks like they lowered their mins, copied this from their website.

PILOT POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Captain:
Cessna Caravan 208

• 1000 hours PIC & 1500 hours total time
• Must meet the FAR 135 PIC requirements
  (or equivalent -will discuss)
• Current 1st Class Medical
• U.S. work authorization required

Captain:
Fokker F27,
ATR42 and ATR72

• 3000 hours total time
• 2000 PIC or 1500 PIC with type rated aircraft experience
• 1000 Multi-engine
  (or equivalent –will discuss)
• Airline Transport Pilot with Multi-Engine Rating
• Current 1st Class Medical
• U.S. work authorization required

First Officers:
Shorts SD3-30,
Fokker F27,
ATR42 and ATR72

• 1000 hours total time
• 500 PIC
• 100 Multi-engine
  (or equivalent –will discuss)
• Commercial license with Multi-engine & Instrument ratings
• Current 1st Class Medical
• U.S. work authorization required

 

[sunchaser]

Thanks for the help guys.... See a furlough in my furture and after 2 in 6 years think it's time for a little change. Any info on quality of life.. Thanks

 

[StarHustler]

I have heard both good and bad about them. So who knows? 33k is kind of low for Single Pilot Caravan, however, they don't seem to have any trouble getting people to take the job so once again, who knows? Go to aviationinterviews.com and check out their interview gouge. Also, do a search on them here.

 

[falconvalley]

I have heard both good and bad about them. So who knows? 33k is kind of low for Single Pilot Caravan, however, they don't seem to have any trouble getting people to take the job so once again, who knows? Go to aviationinterviews.com and check out their interview gouge. Also, do a search on them here.

33K is not low for starting pay in a Van. It's actually pretty good, considering the kind of time you need to apply.

 

[StarHustler]

Actually, 33k is low if you look at an NBAA salary survey. I started out at 42K in the Caravan with no time in it at all (however, I was not a low time pilot either, ie, ATP, 135 background, and years of single pilot hard IFR work).

 

[1973Arrow]

MartinAire used to have a few Van routes through the Carolinas. They just moved a bunch of planes arround, so I'm not sure how things sorted out...

http://www.martinaire.com/

 

[Bringupthebird]

Why would anyone in their right mind take a job flying a Caravan? According to the Aviation Safety Network statistics, over 10% of the fleet has been involved in some type of accident, many of them fatal. Day VFR over the prairie, maybe; but anywhere else seems like an unnecessary risk. Seriously, I would like to hear from some Caravan pilots about why they have confidence in an airplane with such marginal capability in ice and such a so-so record of engine reliability. Especially if FedEx pays for the maintenance, which I would assume they don't skimp on.

 

[NJA bound]

The van is awsome plane, well maybe not awsome but I enjoyed the time I flew it, just couldn't make enough money flying it.

I have a lot of time flying night IMC in the northeast U.S. during winter in the van, it's a good plane, never had a problem with the Pratt engine, it proved reliable to me. The reason for a lot of the accidents are pilots getting into ice and not getting out right away, the plane will not shed ice well, when you get in ice you get out RIGHT NOW and you'll be fine.