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The sun rises on Burlington International Airport in Vermont (opposite page), where several Beta Technologies aircraft await exercise by the many pilots
on staff. Below: Beta team member Laura Caputo leads a ground school for Beta Technologies staff.
The company founded in 2017 has grown quickly through
the prototype phase. By late October 2021, the staff had grown
to about 320 people (with additional positions open and advertised);
more recent reports put 350 people on the payroll.
In October, Caputo led a tour of the company headquarters
on the general aviation side of Burlington International Airport.
There, a driveway and parking lot still covered in gravel led to
a nondescript door and stairway leading to second-floor offices
with clusters of desks and glass interior walls offering a sweeping
view of the aircraft hangar. Part of the building was closed
off and draped in plastic, undergoing renovation to create more
workspace. The finished portions looked like a modern office
designed by pilots who appreciate being able to sit back and ogle
aircraft every now and then.
In addition to the sizeable fleet of aircraft that are theirs for
the scheduling, the staff can book time with fellow employees
who are CFIs, and who divide their time between flight instruction
and jobs such as testing battery packs, flight test operations,
or designing and building flight control systems.
The only aircraft off-limits (at least for the time being) are
the two eVTOL prototypes flown by four designated test pilots
on the company staff.
" I think it would be incredible to fly Alia, " said Rieley, the
UVM student tasked with designing components for Alia, including
the nose cone. She earned her private pilot certificate in Beta
Technologies aircraft, and recalled presenting her canceled
student pilot certificate to her private pilot father as a Father's
Day gift.
While they wait to get their hands on Alia, Rieley and other
Beta team members can fly aircraft ranging from vintage to
modern, including a Piper Cub made in 1940, a Cessna Caravan,
several Cessna Skyhawks (workhorses of private pilot training
here, as elsewhere), as well as a few more exotic aircraft, such
as an Extra 300 used for spin and upset recovery training as well
as for aerobatic fun.
Electric aviation orientation flights are made in a pair of
Pipistrel Velis Electros, an obvious choice for a company building
an all-electric aircraft of its own, although Beta Technologies
does not shy away from petroleum-based aviation fuels. A vintage
Boeing Stearman Model 75 in yellow U.S. Navy livery was parked
a few feet away from the two Alia prototypes. The biplane is no
museum piece; Caputo said it gets regular exercise in the hands
of pilots on the staff seeking tailwheel time or training, or just a
little wind on their cheeks in an open-cockpit biplane.
With such an embarrassment of aeronautical riches at their
disposal, you might expect 100 percent participation in what
may well be the largest company-funded flying club anywhere.
Caputo reported that about 83 percent of the staff are active students
or certificated pilots working toward additional ratings
and endorsements.
" We don't force it on anybody, " Caputo said of the extraordinarily
generous aviation benefit that Beta Technologies offers.
AOPA PILOT / January 2021
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