Ameriflight Pay Raise?

[TheDogsBollocks]

No.

It is cheaper to train pilots and than it is to have a group of senior pilots making lots of money.

Curious if you have any numbers to back up your statement, if increased pay and better working conditions reduce turnover, I think money will be saved over the long term.

Whilst I have no expectation of making "lots of money" at AMF, I think all the pilots regardless of seniority deserve a good raise.

 

[citabriapilot]

Whilst I have no expectation of making "lots of money" at AMF, I think all the pilots regardless of seniority deserve a good raise.

AND company issued pimp hats so I can look like a classy gentleman from across the pond... Those things are expensive!

 

[ksu_aviator]

Curious if you have any numbers to back up your statement, if increased pay and better working conditions reduce turnover, I think money will be saved over the long term.

Whilst I have no expectation of making "lots of money" at AMF, I think all the pilots regardless of seniority deserve a good raise.

No specific numbers, I've just heard it from 3 different companies so I'm starting to believe it. lol

I guess I should have been a little more clear, I was being sarcastic before.

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

AND company issued pimp hats so I can look like a classy gentleman from across the pond... Those things are expensive!

We had a couple of chilly mornings up here in the Northwest so the "pimp hat" was atop my head. My dear sir, good taste costs money so AMF won't be issuing them soon!

 

[TheDogsBollocks]

No specific numbers, I've just heard it from 3 different companies so I'm starting to believe it. lol

I guess I should have been a little more clear, I was being sarcastic before.

I must admit I'm no CPA but until proven otherwise I will stick to my assertion on this matter.

You would think that good pay and working conditions, good morale, low turnover with those that do leave passing on a good reputation of AMF plus a fistful of resumes from applicants knocking down the door to work for you would be a good thing-but hey I'm a line pilot and must now submit myself for drug testing under the company's "reasonable suspicion" clause!

 

[DirtyBeech]

AND company issued pimp hats so I can look like a classy gentleman from across the pond... Those things are expensive!

....and matching capes too or you're getting shafted.

 

[time builder]

AND company issued pimp hats so I can look like a classy gentleman from across the pond... Those things are expensive!

Being able to wear my old/faded/fits-like-a-glove AMF ball cap is one of the things I like most about working here.

 

[citabriapilot]

Being able to wear my old/faded/fits-like-a-glove AMF ball cap is one of the things I like most about working here.

The ball cap is ok, but nothing touches a tweed Gatsby Cap...

 

[coonass one]

A pay raise?........to senior guys?

First of all, look at the point you are fully vested in your 401k. Is it still 5 years or something like that? What is the average tenure of pilots these days? If it's like it was when I was there (and I have a sneaky suspicion that it is), then there is no, nada, zero, zilch interest in keeping someone past a few years. Let's face it, AMF isn't a place to retire. Never was meant to be.

If you're not networking on the next gig by the time you're out of newhire class, then you are a step behind already. Me, I ate a lot of beanie weanies, tuna fish, vienna sausages, etc. and saved for a 73 type......now, I eat what I want!...when I want! And, it feels good to sleep at night (you know when it's dark) Yall be careful, hear?

 

[DirtyBeech]

Scrapin' squashed possums off the side of the road and taking'em home so the boss lady can fry'em should not qualify as eating what you want. Yeah, you can afford better now rich white landowner, but I've seen what you shove down your gullet.

 

[coonass one]

Hey, don't make me come over there and .......... ............................share some roadkill! Dere's nothin' funny abod dat, it's a whole food group all by it's self! I'll guarontee! By the way, are you still running things around your house like I am? (the dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, lawn mower, etc.) Tell the boss hi for me, and we're looking forward to seein' yall soon. Take care. The coonass

 

[DirtyBeech]

Oh yes. She keeps me qualified and proficient on all the equipment you listed. As for proficiency with her I'm on the 6 month recurrent plan of 6 approaches under simulated or actual conditions, with holding and tracking her thrown in to boot.

 

[charterpuke]

Who is in top management at AMF these days. Hazelett still around?

 

[1st2000]

Who is in top management at AMF these days. Hazelett still around?

I am new at Ameriflight, but the place is run by a 20 year 121 guy who was in the military for a long time as I recall. Everyone seems to like the guy including me. Always meets the pilots and remembers your name. Most everyone agrees this is the best the flight department has ever been. Rumor has it the VP is constantly being called for other jobs in management at other airlines. I can see why. I would hate fior him to leave. I think Hazelett is the DO??

I heard that the VP and the CP was in OAK yesterday to explain the new payraise. I heard he said if you did not like it you needed to blame him and if you liked it you needed to call the owner and thank him. I heard it was a 650K raise starting today. I did a little math with the senority list and it appears to me that number is probably right. For me, I got just under a 5000 dolloar raise. When you add up the number of pilots in the first couple of years it seems like it ate up a lot of that chunck of money. I think they are traveleing around to talk to everybody.

 

[citabriapilot]

You got $5,000... I got zero. Been here almost 3 years.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

You got $5,000... I got zero. Been here almost 3 years.

You got over $2000 if you're willing to stay till your next anniversary date.

 

[1st2000]

You got $5,000... I got zero. Been here almost 3 years.

I am not sure why you are upset with less than 3 years service and already flying either the Metro, 1900 or EMB. It seems you got there pretty fast. Everyone I talk to seems satisfied with the raises and I am one of them. I guess the company did what they could. However you do get a yearly raise on the pay scales and a 10 percent bonus all in less than three years? To say you got nothing seems a little greedy and misleading and I don't understand.

If I could be as lucky as you then I could be going from 28000 to 45000 in just about two years. I feel pretty good about that. I turned down a job at Skywest for Ameriflight and feel like that was a great decision.

 

[DeathPencil]

You got $5,000... I got zero. Been here almost 3 years.

Didn't you just get a pretty good raise when you went in the Brasillia?

 

[tinman]

Didn't you just get a pretty good raise when you went in the Brasillia?

More responsibility=more money, but not really a raise. Especially when the money for each equipment has been the same for how long?

 

[tinman]

I am not sure why you are upset with less than 3 years service and already flying either the Metro, 1900 or EMB. It seems you got there pretty fast. Everyone I talk to seems satisfied with the raises and I am one of them. I guess the company did what they could. However you do get a yearly raise on the pay scales and a 10 percent bonus all in less than three years? To say you got nothing seems a little greedy and misleading and I don't understand.

If I could be as lucky as you then I could be going from 28000 to 45000 in just about two years. I feel pretty good about that. I turned down a job at Skywest for Ameriflight and feel like that was a great decision.

Talk to us in a year.