Starbucks is hiring a “Captain – Pilot-in-Command” for its firm Gulfstream plane.
In line with the job posting, the position pays between $207,000 and $360,300 a yr. (Enterprise Insider notes that the common airline pilot earned round $250,000 in 2024.)
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“The captain is without doubt one of the firm’s most seen representatives to the passengers and serves as a Starbucks ambassador each at dwelling and overseas,” the itemizing reads. “They mannequin Starbucks’ guiding ideas and act with tact and decorum, whereas offering the utmost in service and security.”
Starbucks reportedly has a minimum of two Gulfstream G550 jets.
Whereas the job description does not particularly say you will 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 thought. It has been extensively reported that Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol commutes over 1,000 miles a number of days every 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 Pictures
The pilot position has quite a few duties, 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 must also have a minimum of 5 years of expertise working as a captain with a company flight division and a minimum of 5,000 hours of flight time, plus different certificates. See the job itemizing for the complete slate of required objects.
