Pilot, DPE moving to St. Croix?

Hello Larry,

I am not a pilot but I am an executive administrator for a disability benefit plan for Delta Pilots. I live in St. John. I'd be happy to talk to you as I too just relocated here last October.

I will be in Atlanta until the first of September but feel free to email me at Lisatlanta1@yahoo.com and I will answer your questions.

P.S. - We have a lovely 2 bed/2 bath "home" (here referred to as apt b/c it's the upper and we live in the lower) for lease. I'd be happy to share the details with you if interested and send pics.

Regards,

Lisa Danford

Hi Larry,

Seaborne Airlines is always in need of pilots, so you have a very good chance of getting serious interest from them. My fiance moved here to fly for Seaborne 5-1/2 years ago. He no longer flies for them, but remained on St. Croix to run another aviation business that he owns.

Many other pilots have come and gone during that time. A few have remained long term. Quite a lot of the new pilots are here to build hours in twin engine time and them move onto another phase of aviation. Some go away and come back. It's interesting to see...

The airline has had some internal quirks over the years that they're currently making an effort to iron out. They have more potential passengers than they can currently accommodate and many more routes they have been asked to fly to islands in need of service. This is a viable business opportunity that hopefully will be able to continue to operate and add aircraft to the fleet. They currently only have three aircraft flying. One thing Seaborne needs desperately is pilots who will stick around long enough to stop the cash drain that is occurring with the company constantly sending new pilot candidates to Toronto for training in the simulators.

If you're interested in living on the island for years instead of months, I'm sure Seaborne would be interested in talking with you!

Didn't they have 6 aircraft (or so) flying at one time? I'd like to see them do better than it sounds since I hope to work there as an A&P mechanic in a few years. I currently work turboprop aircraft for a regional airline.

Maybe they only have 3 flying because they need me there now! 😉 Just kidding.

jay-

if you're looking into working on planes, check cape air. cape air's maintainance base for the caribbean is on st croix. shoot me an email or pm if you want more info.

-adam