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REQUIREMENTS

Cape Air Pilot Requirements

CAPTAIN

135 OPERATION

  • FAA commercial multi-engine licenses w/ instrument

  • ATP multi-engine land preferred

  • First Class Medical

  • Total Time: 1,500 hours

  • Cross-Country: 500 hours

  • 250 hours PIC 

  • Night: 100 hours

  • Instrument: 75 hours

  • Multi-Engine: 50 Hours 

PIC

135 OPERATION

  • FAA commercial multi-engine licenses w/ instrument

  • First Class Medical

  • Total Time: 1,200 hours

  • Cross-Country: 500 hours (point-to-point)

  • Night: 100 hours

  • Instrument: 75 hours

  • Multi-Engine: 50 hours preferred

  • Valid passport

FIRST OFFICER

135 OPERATION

  • FAA commercial multi-engine licenses w/instrument rating

  • First Class Medical

  • 500 hours total time

  • 100 hours XC (point-to-point)

  • 25 hours night

  • 25 hours Instrument (Actual, simulated or FTD)

  • 25 hour ME (preferred)

  • Must be enrolled in a Pilot Pathway Program

    • LIFT Academy Workforce Development Program​

    • JetBlue Gateway Programs

    • Internal Gateway

  • Preferred:

    • Bachelors degree from an AABI accredited school

    • 1 Year of full-time instruction

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines to provide Equal Employment Opportunities to all applicants and employees. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, officer or supervisor based on race, color, creed, sex, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability or a relationship or association with a disabled individual, veteran status, sexual orientation, political beliefs or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, international, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful. Our commitment to being an Equal Opportunity Employer applies to all applicants and employees and includes a prohibition of unlawful discrimination by the Company as well as any employee, officer, manager, and supervisor. In compliance with laws ensuring equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities, the Company will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant or employee unless undue hardship would result. A qualified individual with a disability is someone who is able to perform the essential functions of a position with or without reasonable accommodations.

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