Fixed Wing Pilot

Company: Rural Metro Fire Department
Location: Redding
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Fixed Wing Pilot King Air 200 - Redding, CA

• Salary Range: $107,256 - $117,982
• 20% Geo Modifier
• Sign-On Bonus: 15,000 (after successful completion of training/check ride)- NO TRAINING CONTRACT!
• Retention Bonus: 40,000 (6 month wait period and this is a 3-year program)
• Relocation Assistance: 5,000
• Float Stipend: 12,000 annually
• Company paid crew housing
• 7/7 scheduleWe're hiring a fixed wing King Air 200 Pilot to provide medical air transportation services to our customers. This pilot will be qualified to fly our King Airplanes. Scheduled shifts run 1 week on/1 week off and service day or night trips. Safety is a key pillar of our services; therefore, all of our pilots work on a quality, professional team that are committed to high safety standards for the crew and our customers.Minimum Required Qualifications:
  • Commercial Airplane Multi Engine Land (C-AMEL) Required. Must be willing and able to obtain ATP within 5 years of employment.
  • Valid and unexpired driver's license
  • Current FAA Class I or II Medical Certificate
  • 2,500 total flight hours
  • 2,000 Fixed Wing hours
  • 1,000 PIC hours
  • 500 Cross Country hours
  • 500 multi-engine hours
  • 100-night hours
  • 75 instrument (50 actual) hoursResponsibilities:
    • Pilot will work with a team of medical experts to safely transport customers to and from locations and facilities.
    • Ensure aircraft readiness for flight dispatches as described in the appropriate manuals, including all FAR and company requirements, and aircraft cleanliness duties.
    • Maintain accurate company and regulatory documentation and record keeping for shifts, load manifests, etc.
    • Effectively communicate and collaborate with both air and ground dispatch, flight crews, facilities and partners.
    • Provide shift change info to transitioning pilot and team and follows protocols for recording company change board details.
    • Pilots are accountable to maintain required certifications and ongoing ground and air training.Working Conditions:
      • Required to work in outside weather conditions.
      • May need to deice the plane, assist with towing the aircraft and maneuvering in and out of the hangar, prep the plane for flight.Physical Demands:
        • Required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
        • Must be able to lift 75 pounds.
        • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.Work Schedule:
          • The pilot schedule is a 12-hour shift, 7 days on and 7 days off, typically beginning at 0500 or 1700. Sometimes a flight shift may extend past 12 hours, but usually not longer than 15 hours.
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