Pilots leaving Avantair for Twin Otter 135 Job

[fckncrzy]

Has anyone else heard a rumor about pilots leaving Avantair to go fly in the Grand Canyon? What is the deal with Avantair?

 

[glasspilot]

Yeah, turns out we live in the USA and people can go work where they like.

You're referring to 2 pilots who left at the same time to go to the same place. Not exactly an exodus is it?

 

[On Your Six]

Wow, talk about a performance difference. Going from the fastest turboprop to the slow Twotter must be a let down.

Is life so bad at Avantair that flying a Twotter would be so appealing? I wonder what their beef was with Avantair to do that?

 

[mainiac]

Just to try and head off all the flame..
Married couple, job is 'home every night', and they used to work there.

 

[flyipilot]

Who wouldn't want to live in the excitement of Vegas! Maybe start up a second more lucrative gambling career.

 

[SharkBait]

Wow, talk about a performance difference. Going from the fastest turboprop to the slow Twotter must be a let down.

Is life so bad at Avantair that flying a Twotter would be so appealing? I wonder what their beef was with Avantair to do that?

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

 

[flyzimex]

To each its own..

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

As a Twotter captain flying overseas making more money and having more time off than most pilots probably ever will, I can only agree..

However, as some of you might know, I am still trying to make the opposite step to what this couple did and get into a frac operator. All my time off and a good pay check comes with a price, which is being away for five weeks at a time..

We all have different opinions of what is the best job depending on personal preferences.

FZ

 

[On Your Six]

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

Gee, thanks Dad. I am glad you speak in generalizations for everyone. I wanted to understand their motivations - hence the original question.

 

[corpflunkie]

The couple in question already live in Vegas and used to work for the company they went back to. For some people, being on the road for 7 days gets really old. They probably just wanted to be home together every night.

 

[On Your Six]

The couple in question already live in Vegas and used to work for the company they went back to. For some people, being on the road for 7 days gets really old. They probably just wanted to be home together every night.

Makes sense. Thanks for the non-philosophical answer.

 

[glasspilot]

.......nevermind. Had a real witty response here that's better left out.

 

[FlyWithSean]

It was three Avantair pilots that left for the lowly twotter.

 

[Famous Dave]

Actually, there were 4 pilots that left Avantair for the mighty Otter. The first guy left over 6 months ago.

 

[414Flyer]

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

:beer:

Exactly. Most any civilian plane loses the excitement after a while, and it becomes just like any other And for some of us, flying is not our life or identity, its just something we do, so that we can have a life when not flying.

I would have no problem flying a C-172 for a job, if it paid well, was in a nice place so that I had a good quality of life.

 

[brewerdog]

gotta chime in on this one,
some of the best flights I have ever had were in the Twotter flying over the canyon, getting paid for it was just icing on the cake

 

[FlyWithSean]

:beer:

I would have no problem flying a C-172 for a job, if it paid well, was in a nice place so that I had a good quality of life.

Hmmm maybe now you are starting to find the reason someone would leave Avantair.

 

[avbug]

Hmmm maybe now you are starting to find the reason someone would leave Avantair.

There are plenty of god reasons to leave Avantair...


Just not enough time in a day to list them all.

 

[Irish Pilot]

I know a few of the people in this situation, and for each it was a great improvement in quality of life with little or no financial change.

 

[Flybet3]

There are plenty of god reasons to leave Avantair...


Just not enough time in a day to list them all.

Hey he's back!

 

[FoxyWhiskey]

There are plenty of god reasons to leave Avantair...


Just not enough time in a day to list them all.

Exactly. I wouldn't want to work at Avantair either, considering the first hand facts that many have relayed from being over there.

There is nothing "lowly" about flying a Twin Otter, or any other smaller/slower/prop/non-SJS aircraft. An ILS is an ILS, is an ILS....Get over yourselves.

As one old, crusty NWA Capatin once told me:

"The glory days are not here pushing buttons in this big jet. The REAL flying I did was back in the day, flying Cargo in my Twin Otter. That's what made me a pilot."

Some of us have 30+ years to sit in the heavies and push buttons, use the autopilot. Why not have some fun hand-flying the steam gauges for a while?

I only wish more of us could have the experience of something like that.

-FW