{"id":16297,"date":"2025-05-27T23:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=16297"},"modified":"2025-05-27T23:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T23:49:44","slug":"starbucks-is-hiring-a-pilot-to-captain-its-company-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/27\/starbucks-is-hiring-a-pilot-to-captain-its-company-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Is Hiring a Pilot to Captain Its Company Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Starbucks is hiring a &#8220;Captain \u2013 Pilot-in-Command&#8221; for its company Gulfstream aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.starbucks.com\/careers\/job\/481065657257\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">job posting<\/a>, the role pays between $207,000 and $360,300 a year. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/starbucks-hiring-pilot-company-jet-salary-up-to-360-000-2025-5\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Business Insider <\/a>notes that the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/oes\/tables.htm\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\"> <\/a>average airline<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/oes\/tables.htm\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\"> pilot earned<\/a> around $250,000 in 2024.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-new-ceo-can-make-over-100m-in-first-year\/478557\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Starbucks&#8217; New CEO Can Make Up to $113 Million in His First Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The captain is one of the company&#8217;s most visible representatives to the passengers and serves as a Starbucks ambassador both at home and abroad,&#8221; the listing reads. &#8220;They model Starbucks&#8217; guiding principles and act with tact and decorum, while providing the utmost in service and safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks reportedly has <a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/starbucks-ceo-commute-via-gulfstream-g550\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">at least two<\/a> Gulfstream G550 jets.<\/p>\n<p>While the job description doesn&#8217;t specifically say you&#8217;ll be helping the CEO get to the office so he can comply with the company&#8217;s return-to-office policy standards, it wouldn&#8217;t be a far-fetched idea. It&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-ceo-to-commute-by-private-plane-to-hybrid-office\/478805\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">widely reported<\/a> that Starbucks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-names-chipotle-ceo-brian-niccol-chief-executive\/478420\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">CEO Brian Niccol<\/a> commutes over 1,000 miles multiple days a week from Newport Beach, California, to Starbucks&#8217;s headquarters in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/images\/misc\/1748377548_Gulfstream-starbucks-2178614537.jpg?width=1000\" style=\"height:692px; width:1000px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\"\/><sup>A Gulfstream G550 from a private company (not Starbucks) lands at Barcelona airport in Barcelona, Spain, on August 30, 2024. Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The pilot role has numerous responsibilities, including managing the flight and crew. Applicants should have a valid Airline Transport Pilot Certificate, a current 1st Class Medical Certificate, an FCC Restricted Radio Operator Certificate, and other FAA-based requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates should also have at least five years of experience operating as a captain with a corporate flight department and at least 5,000 hours of flight time, plus other certificates. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.starbucks.com\/careers\/job\/481065657257\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">job listing<\/a> for the full slate of required items.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-ceo-to-workers-after-layoffs-were-not-effective\/488043\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;We&#8217;re Not Effective&#8217;: Starbucks CEO Tells Corporate Employees to &#8216;Own Whether or Not This Place Grows&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-is-hiring-a-pilot-to-captain-its-company-aircraft\/492297\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks is hiring a &#8220;Captain \u2013 Pilot-in-Command&#8221; for its company Gulfstream aircraft. According to the job posting, the role pays between $207,000 and $360,300 a year. (Business Insider notes that the average airline pilot earned around $250,000 in 2024.) Related: Starbucks&#8217; New CEO Can Make Up to $113 Million in His First Year &#8220;The captain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1748377531-Gulfstream-starbucks-2178614537.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16299,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16297\/revisions\/16299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}