About This Role
Guardian Flight is hiring a Fixed Wing Pilot based in Battle Mountain, Nevada, to provide medical air transportation in a Pilatus PC12. The pilot will operate scheduled day, night, and overnight missions on a 14-days-on/14-days-off schedule, working with medical teams, dispatch, facilities, and flight crews to transport customers safely. The role emphasizes aircraft readiness, regulatory compliance, accurate records, professional communication, and consistently high standards of safety and service.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Safely transport customers to and from locations and medical facilities while working as part of a team of medical experts.
- Ensure the PC12 is ready for dispatch in accordance with company manuals, FAR requirements, and other applicable procedures, including aircraft-cleanliness duties.
- Maintain accurate company and regulatory documentation, shift records, and load manifests.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with air and ground dispatch, flight crews, facilities, and partners.
- Provide complete shift-change information to the transitioning pilot and team, and follow procedures for recording company change-board details.
- Maintain required certifications and complete ongoing ground and air training while meeting the employer's standards for punctuality, reliability, professionalism, safety, and service.
What We Offer
The package includes an annual salary range of $118,563.46-$130,419.81, a 15,000 sign-on bonus payable after completion of training and the check ride, and a 40,000 retention bonus subject to a six-month waiting period and a three-year program.The role has no training contract, offers up to 3,000 in relocation assistance, provides company-paid crew housing, and covers ATP training if the pilot has not already completed it.Additional benefit information is available through the company's careers-site benefits page.
Requirements
- Required qualifications include a Commercial Airplane Single Engine Land certificate, 2,500 total flight hours, 2,000 fixed-wing hours, 1,000 PIC hours, 500 cross-country hours, 100 night hours, and 75 instrument hours, including 50 hours in actual flight.
- Candidates must hold a current FAA First- or Second-Class Medical Certificate, provide logbooks documenting flight dates and cumulative totals, and be willing and able to obtain an ATP within five years of employment.
- A valid and unexpired driver's license is required.
- Single-pilot IFR experience is considered ideal, while previous medevac or cargo experience is preferred.
- Preferred education is a high school diploma, GED equivalent, or higher.