Summit Helicopters, Inc. — Salem, Virginia
Estimated salary for Transportation, Storage and Distribution Managers (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025): $82,440–$146,770 per year, median $107,230. The employer did not provide a pay range for this listing.
Summit Helicopters, an employee-owned company, is currently seeking candidates for Chief Pilot. Summit Helicopters, Inc. conducts a variety of operations ranging from Part 91/133/135/137, forestry spraying and DOI Firefighting. The candidate must have an extensive background in firefighting, long line/external load, utility/powerline, conducting/scheduling training, and customer interaction. The candidate will also be responsible for RTS maintenance flights for our 145 Repair Station. Considerable flight time must have been achieved in Bell 206B, 206L, 407, 205, UH1H, 412 and 429 airframes.
Essential to Summit’s mission are our employees who provide a unique set of skills, knowledge and experience that support us in providing competitive and reliable aircraft services. Summits commitment to our employees is recognized through our competitive benefits package and compensation along with taking part in innovative projects in the ever-changing aviation avionics market.
Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to: • Maintaining and updating the GOM, Ops Specs, and other critical documents.
• Managing pilot qualifications, pilot schedules, and operational readiness.
• Administrative duties associated with customer billing.
• Direct interaction with our 145 repair station management.
• A current FAA commercial pilot certificate (helicopter), Class 1 or 2 medical.
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