The staff has become almost family. Ted flies to Fort Lauderdale monthly to see his mother. Smith said Cape Air tailors its service to where travelers want to go. During high season, there are 18 departures and 14 incoming flights each day in Key West and 14 departures and 14 incoming flights in Fort Lauderdale. The company has 12 employees in Key West, four in Naples and four in Fort Lauderdale.
All employees perform multiple jobs with the exception of aircraft maintenance personnel.
Pilots, ground personnel and ticketing agents all pitch in and carry passengers' baggage, clean windshields, vacuum planes and clean trash receptacles. The airline keeps growing and now services the American and British Virgin Islands from Puerto Rico. The Cape Air fleet of 48 Cessna 402 planes carried 557,000 passengers last year. Wolf, who lives in Boston, and Laforge, who lives in Naples, remain with as president and VP, respectively. No one at the company would disclose the sale price of the airline, but Wolf told Air Transport World that the value of shares is between 10 and 20 percent of an employee's annual compensation.