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Air Wisconsin

Appleton, WI

QUICKTAKE
  • 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

PILOTS
Total: 545
Active: 545
Furloughed: 0
UNION
ALPA
FLEET
CRJ200: 64
DOMICILES
IAD
DAY
ORD
MKE
HIRING
Is Hiring?: Yes

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)

CAREER SERVICES

• 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

JUMPSEATS

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

Air Wisconsin PAYSCALES

CAPTAIN PAY SCALE (Hourly)
Year
CRJ200     
18 156     
17 152     
16 149     
15 146     
14 143     
13 140     
12 136     
11 133     
10 131     
9 128     
8 126     
7 122     
6 121     
5 119     
4 117     
3 113     
2 106     
1 102     
FIRST OFFICER PAY SCALE (Hourly)
Year
CRJ200     
8 70     
7 68     
6 66     
5 66     
4 66     
3 66     
2 65     
1 60     

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PAY NOTES

• 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) 

 

PER DIEM

$1.80/hr Domestic 

$1.90/hr Int'l 

RETIREMENT

401K:

3% Defined Contribution regardless of Employee Contribution

Additional Match up to 5%

401K Matching: Yes

A/B Fund:

none