Its Fractional King Air Time

[imacdog]

Really? Ok...

I guess you didn't see Kenny praising NJA pilots over and over again.

Of course I've seen that. Doesn't mean there aren't plenty of other good pilots out there, and as mentioned above, good pilots with more recent turboprop experience as well. Dichter will end up praising whoever he hires over and over again in his new company as well.

 

[acaTerry]

In all honesty some of you guys would probably like it. I found TBP flying to be the most fun flying of my career. The sad part is it just doesn't pay the bills.

 

[jonjuan]

In all honesty some of you guys would probably like it. I found TBP flying to be the most fun flying of my career. The sad part is it just doesn't pay the bills.

Bingo. Pay rates will be not much higher than at avantair, IMO. KD is keeping this a low cost operation.

 

[OHGOON]

Bingo. Pay rates will be not much higher than at avantair, IMO. KD is keeping this a low cost operation.

Everyone has that as a goal. The problem is, how will he get pilots unless he becomes the way to build the required 1500 hrs before being allowed into a Part 121 cockpit again. Running a high turnover pilot mill will make it harder to create best in class customer service.

However, King Airs are a proven airframe with obvious limitations, but they have been around and popular for a reason.

Time will tell.

 

[brokeflyer]

Hmm, Avantair just let loose 200 pilots w/ fractional, PT6, proline 21 experience. That would be a good pool to pick from along w/ the 495 NJ guys/gals in my opinion...

NetJets pilots are a lot better. they're THAT good...

 

[johnsonrod]

Clearly there are 200 ex-Avantair pilots with TP and ProLine 21 experience available right now who just stopped working. If I were Kenny, I would be reaching out to them first. The KA350 with PL21 would likely be a relatively easy transition and Avantair pilots understand both the model and customer-service requirements. Plus, the Avantair salaries are likely to be closer to the Wheels Up salaries in terms of pilot expectations.

After reaching out to Avantair pilots I would immediately turn to furloughed Netjets pilots who submit resumes and show interest in returning to the fractional world. Then I would open it up to pilots who are current on the King Air series and lastly anyone meeting minimums....

I presume FO hiring minimums will be 1500 hours and ATP. If so, let's hope the starting salary for FOs down the road is at least more than typical regional pay...

 

[NoJoy]

Typical reional pay is right around $25.00 an hr to start on average.
It will be interesting on what the sched will look like, as well as their bases. It's a whole big picture thing of course.

 

[acaTerry]

NetJets pilots are a lot better. they're THAT good...

Someone was in CMH listening to the general I see....

 

[brokeflyer]

Sounds like they need a union over there....

 

[CA1900]

Someone was in CMH listening to the general I see....

Yup... it sounded something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNf3ehFk4l8