Part 135 Line Pilot

About the role

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

Reliable Airlines is a cargo feeder operator, operating for a major cargo carrier since June 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our world-class leadership team holds extensive strategic and operational experience in the air cargo industry. We are building a high performance team and hiring at all levels within the organization.

You will be part of a broader organization that is seeking to enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers and operators with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Caravan Captain at Reliable Airlines, you will be part of the airline’s team and report directly to the Chief Pilot. Your role will be critical in maintaining operational integrity and execution of cargo feeder operations within an exciting new air carrier seeking to efficiently move cargo and establish the future of remote operations.

Responsibilities

In your role as Part 135 Line Pilot, you will operate with the highest regard for safety, compliance, and customer service. Your role will be critical in ensuring each flight is conducted in full compliance of all applicable FAA regulations, aircraft limitations, and company procedures. As the Pilot in Command, you will be responsible to monitor the loading of cargo and ensure a comprehensive preflight and weight & balance is accomplished before each flight.

Basic Success Criteria

• Proficient single pilot IFR skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in an ever-changing safety oriented environment
• Applicants are subject to FAA/DOT drug and alcohol testing program
• Applicants must possess the legal right to work in the United States of America

Part 135 Requirements

• FAA First or Second Class Medical
• Must meet the FAR Part 135.243(c) IFR requirements:
• Commercial pilot certificate - Single-Engine Land
• Instrument rating
• 1,200 hours total time
• 500 hours cross country
• 100 hours night
• 75 hours actual or simulated instrument time (50 hours in actual flight)

Preferred Criteria

• Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) rating
• Impeccable safety record
• Cessna C208 Caravan experience
• 1,000 hours PIC
• Previous experience operating under 14 CFR 135

Additional information

Reliable Airlines is taking off and we need YOUR help. Get in early and help us shape the future! This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to contribute to defining a new paradigm of the future of aviation.

This position is based in Albuquerque, NM. Must be willing to travel up to 75% of the time

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person).

Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.