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 typical airline pilot earned round $250,000 in 2024.)
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“The captain is among the firm’s most seen representatives to the passengers and serves as a Starbucks ambassador each at residence 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 the least two Gulfstream G550 jets.
Whereas the job description would 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 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 non-public firm (not Starbucks) lands at Barcelona airport in Barcelona, Spain, on August 30, 2024. Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Photographs
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 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 itemizing for the total slate of required gadgets.
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