Big Sky Airlines

No longer operating — ceased in 2008. Reviews below are kept as a record.

GQ· BSY· BIG SKY· Billings· Flying since 1978· North America· Official site

Big Sky Airlines was a commuter air carrier in the United States that operated from 1978 to 2008. Headquartered in Billings, Montana, United States. Big Sky was wholly owned by Big Sky Transportation Company, which in turn was a wholly owned subsidiary of MAIR Holdings.

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1 base · main base BIL

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Industry data on Big Sky Airlines

Industry operator dataset

Published by an industry dataset, not reported by verified crew. Each figure is shown with the date its source was last revised — some are years old.

Figures dated Jan 1, 2005 – Aug 24, 2005Published in USD, not converted

Payscale by year of service

Captain · metro · per hour

All 20 published years

Year 1: $34
Year 2: $37
Year 3: $38
Year 4: $39
Year 5: $40
Year 6: $41
Year 7: $42
Year 8: $43
Year 9: $44
Year 10: $45
Year 11: $46
Year 12: $46
Year 13: $47
Year 14: $48
Year 15: $48
Year 16: $49
Year 17: $49
Year 18: $50
Year 19: $51
Year 20: $52

as of Jan 1, 2005 · 21 yrs old

First Officer · metro · per hour

All 20 published years

Year 1: $20
Year 2: $22
Year 3: $24
Year 4: $27
Year 5: $29
Year 6: $29
Year 7: $30
Year 8: $31
Year 9: $32
Year 10: $32
Year 11: $32
Year 12: $33
Year 13: $33
Year 14: $33
Year 15: $33
Year 16: $35
Year 17: $35
Year 18: $35
Year 19: $35
Year 20: $35

as of Jan 1, 2005 · 21 yrs old

Duty pay and per diems

Captain$2/hr per diemas of Aug 24, 2005 · 21 yrs old
“$1.55/hr per diem”
First Officer$2/hr per diemas of Aug 24, 2005 · 21 yrs old
“$1.55/hr per diem”

Pension

401K matched up to 1.5% as of Aug 24, 2005 · 21 yrs old

How to apply

Pilot vacancies page

as of Aug 24, 2005 · 21 yrs old