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Dan208B · March 10th, 2008, 01:19

Cape Air is a great company, but just keep in mind that if you're 21, you won't be able to do much there. You can do their SIC program, or fly Freight for them, but to fly for the passenger side of their company, an ATP is legally required, and the age limit on that is 23....

As far as their training goes, its probably challenging, but in a different way than regionals. They are flying older 402Cs with all analogue instrumentation, so it's all going to be about raw data flying and approaches. I'd make sure you can fly the heck out of a PCATD sim before you go over for an interview, and make sure your IFR skills are seriously up to par in the real airplane. Especially if you plan to fly for them as a captain, they wont hire someone they aren't sure can handle it, flying larger piston twins IFR is some of the hardest flying there is. As far as it being passable, though, if you can do all that, no problem, 402 systems are pretty basic...

March 10th, 2008, 01:19	#4
Dan208B Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 68	Re: Any Current Info on Cape Air's Interview and Training? Cape Air is a great company, but just keep in mind that if you're 21, you won't be able to do much there. You can do their SIC program, or fly Freight for them, but to fly for the passenger side of their company, an ATP is legally required, and the age limit on that is 23.... As far as their training goes, its probably challenging, but in a different way than regionals. They are flying older 402Cs with all analogue instrumentation, so it's all going to be about raw data flying and approaches. I'd make sure you can fly the heck out of a PCATD sim before you go over for an interview, and make sure your IFR skills are seriously up to par in the real airplane. Especially if you plan to fly for them as a captain, they wont hire someone they aren't sure can handle it, flying larger piston twins IFR is some of the hardest flying there is. As far as it being passable, though, if you can do all that, no problem, 402 systems are pretty basic...