Anybody know if there still hiring at sunwest or are they full up now?

Also if anyone knows possible wages and schedule on the YVR Metro / C208 gig pls post or PM.

I think they might still be looking for people, I got a call from them recently but had already commtted elsewhere.

They are still looking for crews. CL30 capt, C550 capt and fo, C560 capt, 1900 capt, 208 capt, L35 capt, and PA31 capt

anybody know the pay for an FO at sunwest say a king air? Is it more than a what they pay metro f/o at carson???

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I heard there were interviews last week and this week for alot of positions, but i can feel the squeeze coming for operators all over alberta this year.

Ya i was a little surpirsed to hear carson pay there F/O's dog food. I'm glad most alberta operators pay some of the best in the country.

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Anyone know the exact figures for Metro Capt. pay at Carson?

I heard after tax it was 19k. P R E T T Y crapy

privateer wrote:I heard after tax it was 19k. P R E T T Y crapy

A month right? Oh wait that was CX about 10 years ago...

Hey does anybody know the time off sched for a typical king air job at sunwest??

my buddy said it might be weekends? anybody get a call?

my roommate got called for 200 co-joe..... turned them down

SW is apparently going to hire a Tonne of new pilots. As soon as they sort out the one or two pilots internally who are moving up, HR will be doing interviews for around 20 positions maybe more. (or so they say)

Beech sched is mon to fri 50 - 60 hours per week of time at work for 50- 60 hours per month flight time, call outs for weekend flying only if you want the trips. Most flight depart at 6 am so get used to getting up at 4 and getting home around 6 - 8 pm. Remember a full reset at the super 8 is not a 12 hour duty day by the CARs.

BE20

FO pay is 33.4, 36.1, 38.7 per year.
Capt pay 51.7, 55.8, 59.8 per year.

BE3B/02 pay is roughly 2K/ year more that's it, but the bonds are way higher.

Good company, great co workers, brutally long days, poor pay, very few promotions from within, but according to the minutes of the meeting the last one is going to improve.

They only have 1 captain for 3 caravans right now so those'll be getting filled quickly...90+ hour work week and you clean your own plane for 40.8.

Thanks Co joe.

Question. What is the time off sched like? + vacation time and predium?

V1 Rotate wrote:Also if anyone knows possible wages and schedule on the YVR Metro / C208 gig pls post or PM.

They have a YVR base?

That sounds like another candidate for a union - 90 hour/week? Why would anybody do that? Do you think that's a good operation, paying 1950s wages??

You'd get more money on welfare and you'd have another 40 hours a week to drink it off.

I'll bet there are no benefits, either? Surprise me.

There are benefits from what I was told.

I remember when I thought Sunwest Home was one of the best. It certainly isn't the worst and they do have great equipment but any company who doesn't pay a living wage to the pilots has dropped off my "one of the best" list. Yeah, yeah - 60K ain't that bad, but that's 3rd year captain and could you imagine being a cojo in YYC for 30K?

These companies should start cojo at the current captain pay scale and be paying captains the combined total of current crew salaries... They're making a killing right now on our backs.

xsbank wrote:
I'll bet there are no benefits, either? Surprise me.

Yes....there is a good benefits package at Sunwest.


Consider yourself surprised and perhaps slightly more educated

Broompusher, are the benefits better than when you worked at Regency/Sonic Blue????

That sounds like another candidate for a union - 90 hour/week? Why would anybody do that? Do you think that's a good operation, paying 1950s wages??

You'd get more money on welfare and you'd have another 40 hours a week to drink it off.

I'll bet there are no benefits, either? Surprise me.

LOL..... I have been saying forever that these companies don't pay enough! Some would be surprised how many pilots and chief pilot defend the companies for paying what they do.

Untill recently Sunwest was one of the best paying companies in cyyc, I think now Cariboo might be a little better if you meet contrail.

So if people are finally starting to realize that these companies aren't paying enough, then which ones in all of southern Canada do pay enough? Probably can count them on one hand, but that is the cost of living in the big city. And many are willing to put up with it.

Hiring is full on.

The bulletin board is full of postings.

If you have experience you can easily get more that first year pay. They have lost trips due to lack of crew!

The benefits are excellent for a charter company. Guys that left for WJ have commented that they missed the SWA package.

I am no here to blow SWA's horn, just to dispel myths.

Pinky

SerialKiller wrote:Broompusher, are the benefits better than when you worked at Regency/Sonic Blue????

owned.