This movie takes place in a jungle. An experienced bush pilot, that flys a pontoon style plane, agrees to fly a beautiful woman to a destination. When they experience engine trouble, they crash land in the jungle and encounter a menacing jungle creature. The egotistical bush pilot wears a Hawaiian shirt, wears sunglasses, ball cap and smokes a cigar and is considered the "hero" of the movie. The movie was broadcast on HBO/Cinemax or Showtime around the 1980s. This is a movie and not the television show "Tales of the Golden Monkey".

Could he have been a helicopter pilot? If so: Dance of the Dwarfs (1983)

Holy Christmas, this is the movie! It was always a helicopter and never a pontoon plane. Dude you are so right!