Pilot 2025
- Cheyenne, WY
- $49.84 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
**$2,000 Hiring Bonus** See notes for eligibility
- Culture of public service and a commitment to work/life balance
- Commitment to professional and personal growth of all employees, including the opportunity for tuition reimbursement
- Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
- The duty location is in Cheyenne, WY
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- State Retirement plan and additional savings opportunities
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays
- For additional information regarding the benefits package, please visit
- Serves as Pilot-in-Command and Second-in-Command of single and multi-engine, turbine, jet-powered aircraft in support of transportation needs for the State of Wyoming
- Flies photogrammetric equipped aircraft on designated flight tracks, and provides flight personnel support for the state photogrammetry and surveys mission
- Operates aircraft in multi-air traffic environments, in complex airspaces, in varying weather conditions, in the day, and at night
- Develops and flies flight profiles that meet the fuel efficiency goals of the department
- Files flight plans, records flight data, coordinates passenger loading, and prepares weight/balance records
- Updates flight/aircraft publications and databases, flight manuals, and software of aircraft flight management systems
- Maintains fitness for flight status, availability, and readiness during wait periods and times of unassigned flights
- Knowledge and piloting experience to safely operate a single-engine and multi-engine turbine jet airplane in complex airspaces and varying weather conditions
- Knowledge of the principles and concepts of aviation and flight operation, safety, and risk management
- Knowledge of how to interact with other personnel to assist in smoothly operating the flight department
- Knowledge of IFR/VFR rules and regulations and how to apply them to flight planning
- Knowledge of professional aviation publications, to include Federal Aviation Regulations, Aeronautical Information Manual, Air Traffic Control procedures, and state policies
Bachelor's DegreeExperience:
0-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Piloting)Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Pilot's License consisting of a commercial certificate with instrument rating for airplane (single and multi-engine rating) with 2000 hours total flying time, 1000 hours fixed-wing aircraft time, 750 hours flying as pilot-in-command, 250 hours flying multi-engine airplane, 100 hours of night flying and 100 hours of actual or simulated instrument flying of which 50 hours must be in actual flight and have a first-class Medical Certificate.OREducation & Experience Substitution:
3-5 years of progressive work experience (typically in Piloting)Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Pilot's License consisting of a commercial certificate with instrument rating for airplane (single and multi-engine rating) with 2000 hours total flying time, 1000 hours fixed-wing aircraft time, 750 hours flying as pilot-in-command, 250 hours flying multi-engine airplane, 100 hours of night flying and 100 hours of actual or simulated instrument flying of which 50 hours must be in actual flight and have a first-class Medical Certificate.Necessary Special RequirementsPHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- 7 days a week availability.
- Annual flight time: 200-300 hours.
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- The Wyoming Department of Transportation is a Drug-Free Workplace.
- Qualifying eligibility and criteria for the hiring bonus
- Temporary employees accepting a full-time position.
- Employees accepting a promotional opportunity - recruitment must have been opened to the public.
- One year of service to WYDOT must be completed; failure to complete this requirement will forfeit the hiring incentive, and funds will be recouped from final pay.
- Internal candidates would be required to remain in the position for a minimum of one (1) year from their promotion date.
- Employees would only be eligible for one (1) hiring bonus in a 12-month period.
- If the employee elects to downgrade through an active recruitment and/or appointment during the twelve (12) month period, they would be required to pay the bonus back.
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