Island hopping

[faceof5]

How do you go about finding/getting island hopping jobs like say in Hawaii or really any tropical destination where you ferry tourists.

Thanks!

[blee256]

You just have to look at aviation job sites like climbto350, aviationcareers.com and etc...

The island hopping jobs that i know of are

Island Air
Pac Wings
GO! Airlines (mesa)....haha,
Cape Air
Seabourne Airlines

there are others out there, but those are the ones I know of. Some of those jobs listed above aren't that great.

[Dan208B]

Cape Air and Seabourne being the considerably better choices out of the bunch....

[ppragman]

Originally Posted by blee256

You just have to look at aviation job sites like climbto350, aviationcareers.com and etc...

The island hopping jobs that i know of are

Island Air
Pac Wings
GO! Airlines (mesa)....haha,
Cape Air
Seabourne Airlines

there are others out there, but those are the ones I know of. Some of those jobs listed above aren't that great.

I just spent a month in hawaii with no pay and only a few hours of flying, sooooooo, avoid mokulele

[faceof5]

Are these jobs hard to land? What are their mins usually like?

[cwu50]

Originally Posted by ppragman

I just spent a month in hawaii with no pay and only a few hours of flying, sooooooo, avoid mokulele

Isn't mokulele ran by a former baggage handler? Flying in Hawaii would be cool if you could find a good gig. I Rented a plane in Kona last year and had a blast, I'd love to find a way to fly there for a living.

[jml2992]

It can be done. But I do second "Don't expect to fly a lot..." but I was also on a *small* salary. I got about 150 hours in a year and totally had time to travel on the islands, so it wasn't a bad gig. Except for the TSA at HNL...those guys suck.

[ppragman]

Originally Posted by cwu50

Isn't mokulele ran by a former baggage handler? Flying in Hawaii would be cool if you could find a good gig. I Rented a plane in Kona last year and had a blast, I'd love to find a way to fly there for a living.

Yeah, kona is pretty cool, but mokulele kinda left a sour taste in my mouth

[fast89pony]

"Binimi Island Air" out of Ft. Lauderdale Fl fly around the Bahamas. C-414, Caravan, Saab. I used to be a line guy there.

[faceof5]

I think I already asked this but no one responded so I'll ask again (sorry for the annoyance). What are the mins usually like for these island hopping gigs?

Thanks!

[shinysideup]

Originally Posted by faceof5

I think I already asked this but no one responded so I'll ask again (sorry for the annoyance). What are the mins usually like for these island hopping gigs?

Thanks!

The best source of this info is each companies web site. For a Cape Air Captain in the 402 is ATP mins to get hired (look up 135.243 tough one to read but the basics are "scheduled 135 requires an PIC to have an ATP). Therefore you need the mins for it, they will train you, your 135 checkride will be combined with an ATP ride. They do hire people to fly as SIC (required as per 135.101, then if conditions are met may not be required - 135.105). Rumor has it they are hireing a lot of SIC/FOs right now due to not being able to find qualified ATP qualified people. Just like all the rest of the regionals they will hire you with the minimum qualifications required under the reg. It just so happens that all of the IFR certified 135 operators requirements, even though only flying a C-402, are much more demanding then say MESA, Pennikle, Republic, etc.

[TallFlyer]

Originally Posted by ppragman

Yeah, kona is pretty cool, but mokulele kinda left a sour taste in my mouth

So what are you doing now?