• Air Wisconsin has been a presence and source of stability in the regional airline industry since 1965.
• Operating 64 CRJ-200s throughout the Midwest and East Coast.
• Five-year capacity agreement flying for American Airlines starting in March 2023.
• Current crew bases: ORD, IAD, MKE, DAY
• Captain hourly pay rate ranges from $102.43 - $156.20
• Captain qualified new hire no contract bonus of $150,000
• Longevity match with no cap for pilots with 121 experience
• First Officer starting hourly pay rate of $60.90 with increases in the First Officer longevity pay scales
• First Officer new hire no contract bonus of $73,000
• Immediate Captain upgrades 
• No training back-logs. Complete training in as little as 55 days
• Paid commuter hotel stays, up to six rooms per month
• Company-sponsored ATP/CTP course at Flight Safety in Dallas, Texas
• 401(k) Company match up to 8% dependent on employee contribution regardless of years of service (including First Officers), which is the highest in the regional industry
• Commuter-friendly domiciles in Chicago O'Hare, Washington Dulles, Milwaukee, and Dayton
• Commuter clause requires two options, both arriving 30 minutes prior to check-in time
• “Day room" hotels provided for airport sits longer than 4.5 hours
• No dual qualifications
• Duty Rig: 2:1; Trip Rig: 4:1
• Additional flying is available at up to 300%
• 100% cancellation and dead-head pay
• Guaranteed 12 days off per month (reserve and line holders)
• Up to 35 paid vacation days per year. Trip-touching can enable one week of vacation to become three weeks
• Pay scales increase by 1.5% every year
• Generous health insurance benefits combined with a 25% employee premium share
• ATC call sign: "Wisconsin"
• For questions, please ask a recruiter by emailing: [email protected]
• To apply: www.airwis.com/careers/pilots or Airline Apps
• This page was last updated: January 5, 2022. (Quicktake)

Company Website

• New hire classes are conducted twice per month

• Application window is open 

• To apply: www.airwis.com/pilots

• The most senior domiciles in order: ORD, IAD, MKE, DAY

Careers (airwis.com)

• Modern training program, developed by Senior pilots, with a fully electronic syllabus, available to new hires for reference and study on day one

• Company paid single occupancy hotel rooms during training

• Initial Indoctrination (2 weeks) and Systems courses (2 weeks) taught at Air Wisconsin Global Headquarters in Appleton, Wisconsin

• Cockpit Procedures Training conducted in Graphical Flight-deck Simulator (GFS) provides real-time interactive simulation prior to simulator training

• Simulator training currently being provided by Air Wisconsin Captains at Flight Safety International in Atlanta, Georgia

Check-in at the ticket counter. Unlimited jumpseats. CASS participant. 

• Monthly guarantee: 75 hours

• Reserve guarantee: 75 hours

• Paid the greater of scheduled or actual time on a leg-by-leg basis

• 100% cancellation pay

• 100% deadhead pay 

• 150% open time pay 

• 200% pay for flying determined to be critical to the operation

• $260 uniform and $50 headset allowance per year after one year of service

• New Hire Pilots receive a starting bank of 10.5 hours of Sick Time on day 1 of employment 42 hours of earned sick leave per year Monthly guarantee: 75 hours Reserve guarantee: 75 hours (Note: Pilots holding Line status cannot be assigned to Reserve status) 

$1.80/hr Domestic 

$1.90/hr Int'l