SkyTaxi

[Coffee]

Should you have some time take a look at this company's web
site. It is www.skytaxi.com . I'm a new guy with them and things look good so far.

 

[ndpilot701]

Hi,

Looked at the site, but there aren't any "careers" or "employment" links that I could find.

Of course my question is: are they hiring?

Regards,
Scott
KJMS

 

[501261]

Looks nice.

It appears that your are selling individual seats on a 135 flight, is this legal? I haven't flown 135 in a long time, but I seem to recall that you couldn't sell individual seats.

 

[SabreFlyR]

"It appears that your are selling individual seats on a 135 flight, is this legal? I haven't flown 135 in a long time, but I seem to recall that you couldn't sell individual seats."


Been long time since I did 135, but I don't think selling seats is an issue. I think you run into problems if you publish or advertise a schedule.

Looking at the website it appears they have very carefully danced around this issue.

 

[501261]

Hi,

Looked at the site, but there aren't any "careers" or "employment" links that I could find.

Of course my question is: are they hiring?

Regards,
Scott
KJMS

They had it on there you just have to look. Here's the paste:

Pilots Positions
Captain positions are available.
No First Officer positions are available at this time. Please continue to check this web page for more openings.
Captain requirements:
Only highly qualified professional pilots will be considered for the position of Captain.
Minimum experience requirements for new-hire Captains are:
· 2,000 hours total flying time, which includes at least,
· 1,200 hours pilot-in-command
· 1,000 hours of multi-engine pilot-in-command
· 50 hours pilot time in the Cessna 400 series aircraft
· 1,000 hours cross country experience,
· 100 hours of night flying, and
· 150 hours of instrument flying time, of which 100 hours must be in actual instrument conditions.
Highly qualified pilots not meeting all of the above requirements will be evaluated on an individual basis. Captains are encouraged to get an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license if they do not already hold one.

Please send resume to [email protected] or Fax: 503-365-0300 or Mail: SkyTaxi, Inc., P.O. Box 12665, Salem, OR 97309

Please note: No phone calls please. All resumes will be acknowledged.

 

[ndpilot701]

Thanks.

Don't know how I missed all that - guess it's been too long of a day.

Regards,
Scott
KJMS

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

Anybody know the salary and scedule of a Sky Taxi pilot?

 

[irapilot]

Run - run away

Second hand knowledge - had 2 friends involved - lots of problems (FAA, mx, etc). Probably should stay away until the get their stuff together.

good luck

 

[banned username 2]

Holy grammar errors, Batman. An English professor could have a field day with that web site.

They need to spend a little $$$ and get a better looking (and better written) web site.

 

[flyingduck]

I heard that there chief pilot stepped down. Does anyone know why, or if it is true?

 

[Coffee]

Change of the Guard

Your right the Chief stepped out, but do to personal reasons.
The company has a new chief. He is a retired Airline Captain that does not want to get involved in his wife's honey do list, well that may just be a rummor though. Great guy and man with plenty of gusto.

 

[mainah]

Have a college classmate currently working at Skytaxi who is leaving due to his paycheck bouncing. Something to think about.

 

[ShinerBocknabtl]

Have not heard bad things but haven't heard good either. First of all, lets analyze the situation....

You've got an on-demand 135 business STILL trying to sell franchises and this company was started by a dude who's got a reputation for starting businesses then selling them off. Next you've got C-414's for equipment being operated in the Pacific Northwest (winter weather).

So lets say that some customer is crazy enough to call at 3am needing to get from Salem to Seattle, they get on a piston twin, pay out the a**, and you get the phone call.... Now you're taking off into the mediocre January weather (with terrain) and you lose an engine....don't know if a 414 will handle that with a trace of ice but it might if the engine is strong.

I failed to mention that it's a two pilot operation so what you think that dude freaking out in back would rather do to make that 8am meeting in Seattle? Pay the same fare to SkyTaxi as he'd pay for Horizon? Drive the 4 hours? Meanwhile the company's operating cost on the aircraft in addition to paying the two pilots is not being met and they going in debt.

Here is a better scenario.....You always get paid on time, the equipment is choice, management has a good clientel built up, the company has a great reputation for safety, honesty, and efficiency. And best of all, you don't have to hang around your destination airport all day waiting for a possible customer to call. On the flipside, you gotta stay the night and SkyTaxi puts you up in a nice hotel and gives you per diem.

I don't know much or make much sense but with a start-up 135 company I'd definitely find out the little details about mx records like call the FSDO and leave a message with their POI/PMI, talk to pilots who work there, think about their routes, if you get paid to sit in the hotel, and what the outlook is for the company, etc....I do know that much

 

[flyingduck]

The Skytaxi website says that they plan on 20 planes by the end of the year(2003). How close are they to that now?

 

[135Jobs]

They have seven CE-414's on the certificate.

DO and CP are listed as "Vacant".

 

[061984]

Now you're taking off into the mediocre January weather (with terrain) and you lose an engine....don't know if a 414 will handle that with a trace of ice but it might if the engine is strong.


C-414 is a pig with both of 'em running.

 

[ShinerBocknabtl]

For sure For sure, I was being sarcastic in a tactful way.

 

[cvoav8r]

skytaxi has died

Poorly run company from the get go. but managed to suck revenue out of local fbos before it croaked.

 

[flyingduck]

Is Sky Taxi trying to make a comeback? In Neveda.
Climb to 350 has an posting for Sky Taxi West and they mention Neveda ,what is the story?