What opportunities are there at Wilderness Air?
There are many different fields for pilots to pursue in aviation: many pilots go into the airlines, some go into corporate flying. Wilderness Air is principally engaged in tourism and most specifically it is mainly engaged in flying to remote eco tourist destinations. Wilderness Air is a good place to start a career in aviation and most of our pilots are at an early stage in their career development. Many pilots join us with 200 to 500 hours of flying time. In Namibia and Botswana pilots fly about 700 hours per annum. Entry pilots at Wilderness Air will fly Cessna 206’s and Cessna 210’s for one and more typically two years before advancing on to larger aircraft. Depending on personal performance, most pilots advance to larger aircraft such as the Cessna Caravan once they have a minimum total of 1000 hours flying experience. Wilderness Air south Africa is the only operation which operates aircraft larger than the Cessna Caravan ? the Pilatus PC12 and the Beech King Air 200. All the crew
