Starbucks is hiring a “Captain – Pilot-in-Command” for its firm Gulfstream plane.
In keeping with the job posting, the function pays between $207,000 and $360,300 a 12 months. (Business Insider notes that the common airline pilot earned round $250,000 in 2024.)
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“The captain is likely one of the firm’s most seen representatives to the passengers and serves as a Starbucks ambassador each at house and overseas,” the itemizing reads. “They mannequin Starbucks’ guiding rules and act with tact and decorum, whereas offering the utmost in service and security.”
Starbucks reportedly has at least two Gulfstream G550 jets.
Whereas the job description does not particularly say you may be serving to the CEO get to the workplace so he can adjust to the corporate’s return-to-office coverage requirements, it would not be a far-fetched concept. It has been widely reported that Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol commutes over 1,000 miles a number of days per week from Newport Seaside, California, to Starbucks’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.
A Gulfstream G550 from a personal firm (not Starbucks) lands at Barcelona airport in Barcelona, Spain, on August 30, 2024. Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Photos
The pilot function has quite a few obligations, together with managing the flight and crew. Candidates ought to have a legitimate Airline Transport Pilot Certificates, a present 1st Class Medical Certificates, an FCC Restricted Radio Operator Certificates, and different FAA-based necessities.
Candidates also needs to have at the least 5 years of expertise working as a captain with a company flight division and at the least 5,000 hours of flight time, plus different certificates. See the job listing for the total slate of required objects.
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