Question for AirNow pilots

[volatilis altus]

I have just been given an offer with AirNow, I need to give my response soon. I just have a couple of questions
I currently pax in a Navajo it is not the best thing to fly in icing (the BE-20 I also fly is much better) what is the 208 like?
If you decide not to fly how much support does the company give when the client is informed that their checks are still on teh ramp in BUF/PQI?
What is maintenace like? Are there any derferred items? Any long term MEL'd items?
Typically how much time do you get per annum?
Do they pay per diem? if so how much?
Thanks

 

[bell47]

From an EX-rattler:
1. Caravan is a great airplane, just not so great in ice.
2. If you descide not to fly you WILL be threatened with job lost. The dispatchers will say something like, " The other guys are flying what's your problem?" Maybe we should get someone who wants to fly."
3. Maintenance sucks, PERIOD. TWICE, in two different aircraft, I reported the radar was not working. The aircraft went away and came back with a plate over the hole where the radar used to be. If you write up an MEL they will bitch at you, but if you don't write it up they WILL NOT REPAIR IT!
4. Flight time depends on the run.
5. there is per diem, caravan drivers make about 23-28,000/yr total.

I'm sorry to make it sound so bad but someone needed to be truthful to you about AIRNOW. If you are in the northeast you should try Wiggins airways, or maybe Cape Air.

 

[volatilis altus]

If the radar has removed and wx enroute was IMC with T/storms reported you can't fly, right? They would threaten to, or maybe actually, fire me for not breaking the regs?

 

[mcjohn]

Are there any SIC opportunities with Air Now for someone that has less than the 135 mins?

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Sic

Every now and then they hire FO's into the Shorts i believe. Call em and see.

 

[Morettis]

Radar isn't required without passengers

 

[TheGuat]

If the radar has removed and wx enroute was IMC with T/storms reported you can't fly, right? They would threaten to, or maybe actually, fire me for not breaking the regs?

And just what reg would that be that you are violating?

 

[TheGuat]

I have just been given an offer with AirNow, I need to give my response soon. I just have a couple of questions
I currently pax in a Navajo it is not the best thing to fly in icing (the BE-20 I also fly is much better) what is the 208 like?
If you decide not to fly how much support does the company give when the client is informed that their checks are still on teh ramp in BUF/PQI?
What is maintenace like? Are there any derferred items? Any long term MEL'd items?
Typically how much time do you get per annum?
Do they pay per diem? if so how much?
Thanks

Just from your questions I can tell you don't have the guts to fly night freight. Better try for the commuters and fly with fellow candy arses.

 

[flyinlow67]

There is a difference between guts and flying stupid.

 

[brokeflyer]

just stay away from that place....I interviewd there about 7-8 years ago......i didnt accept their offer...

caravan is death trap in the ice....Ive flown for 6 years and it tried to kill me more time than any other plane ive flown...

 

[bama*pilot]

as long as you are smart with the van.... (don't just stay in the ice) the van is fine. I hear a lot of people who have never flown the thing say so much negative stuff. You just need to be smart about the ice and not take it for granted!

 

[brokeflyer]

Yeah thats what i meant...its a great flying airplane...in south Florida.

 

[Edmo]

Radar isn't required without passengers

This is not true... I fly a Shorts for a different company in the south. If the radar is MEL'd it states that flight in or around areas of current or forecasted severe weather is prohibited. <---Not verbatum, but thats the general idea. No radar, no flying with ANY thunderstorms in the area is what I get from it.

Depends on the aircraft and the conditions.

 

[Dassault747]

Openings in New Hampshire?

Question for anyone who already works at AirNow- Any EMB 110 openings in the Northeast, specifically Manchester?

 

[volatilis altus]

And just what reg would that be that you are violating?

The reg I was thinking of is 135.173 and I was only recalling part of it (no radar + T/Storms = no flight) but since the aircraft in question is not;


a. a Helicopter or
b. having 10 passenger seats

then I seem to be mistaken. I do, however, see and entry in the MEL's for my current company's aircraft that states they may not be operated if T/storms are reported along the route of flight when carrying pax.

As for your comment about no guts. I've raced mountain bikes and motorbikes and currently play with Porsches’ on race tracks. I get my fix of adrenaline just like the next guy. I also, just like so many people on this, and other sites, have a responsibility to my family and that is to come home at the end of my duty period. As flyinglow67 so aptly put it "There is a difference between guts and flying stupid."

On a more selfish note I would like to keep my expensive flight tickets in my wallet and not pinned on some FSDO wall, so if I don't like what I see in the wx/mx etc. I won't do it. So far this has kept the tickets where they belong and me on my motorcycle.