In addition to submitting your cover letter and resume to cfi@fly8ma.com, please complete the following form. Once you complete the following form we will follow up with you within 2 weeks.
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Current Open Positions for March 2023
- PA / Admin Assistant / Front Desk
- Ground Instructor
- Graphic Designer
- Construction Labor
Please use the form below to begin your application for all positions. Flight training and other benefits available to all full-time year-round staff (benefits listed below application form).
Full-time Employee Benefits Explained:
Flight training for further ratings that is received through FLY8MA is reimbursed at 50% upon completion of a checkride or endorsement.
Rental of company aircraft at 50% off list pricing (insurance minimums required).
After 5 years full time employment any fees paid to FLY8MA for rental or aircraft instruction towards approved ratings (i.e. CPL, Tailwheel Endorsement, HP endorsement, CFI, CFII, etc.) will be reimbursed in full during the 6th year of employment (paid out over a 12-month period (i.e. if $12,000 of flight was purchased during the first 5 years of employment (in any position with FLY8MA LLC), then a $1,000 reimbursement would be made to the employee each month in addition to regular compensation. If the employee leaves or is terminated prior to 5 years of full-time employment or the equivalent, no reimbursement will be made of flight training costs.
Paid time off (PTO) earned on an accrual basis. Year 1 is 1 week PTO that begins accruing after 6 months longevity. For each full year of service an additional week is accrued (i.e. year 2 is 2 weeks PTO, year 3 is 3 weeks, up to 6 weeks max for year 6 onward).
Free On-site housing and aircraft tie-down. On-site housing is only available to full time.
About the Company
FLY8MA offers both online and in-person flight training. We are currently building our Alaskan Pilot Lodge in Big Lake, Alaska. When complete, the Pilot Lodge will have 24 bed spaces, 12,000sqft of hangar space, and a DC6, DC9, and 727 converted into housing. We currently operate on a 1,200′ gravel runway and will be building a 2,000′ gravel runway summer of 2023.
We focus primarily on top quality off airport and mountain flying instruction, but do also offer primary flight training in a J-3 cub and Cessna 172.
Typical work day
This is a “work hard, play hard” place to work. If you have ever worked service industry or worked at an Alaskan Lodge previously you will likely have a good understanding. During the summer season days can be long and breaks short. The summer season is short in Alaska, and that is when we are busiest with construction, training, and guests on property. Winter hours are much more typical with a regular 4-5 day work week and 40hrs per week.
Things to do in the area
Alaska offers the best wilderness and scenery in the world, and it is right out our backdoor. There are endless hikes, trails, and places explore within short drives or short flights from the Lodge.
In the summer days are long and there is always time to go hiking at 11pm and watch the sunset, go fishing, or go camping.
In the winter there is plenty of opportunities for ice skating, ice fishing, skiing, cross-country skiing, snow-machining, etc.
Projects for 2023
- Building new hangar (wood and steel framing)
- Building new runway
- Building additional cabins
- Building kit airplane
- Moving 727 aircraft to property, converting into Airplane House
