Aero Charter and Transport

[mogley68]

Anybody have any new info on Aero Charter and Transport.

Alreay know the pay and runs. Just looking for any new info on MX, Typical hours flown, and any other info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Wrenchnfly]

Make that two of us looking for information. Found some older stuff on here, but nothing new.

 

[cl_robster2481]

Anybody have any new info on Aero Charter and Transport.

Alreay know the pay and runs. Just looking for any new info on MX, Typical hours flown, and any other info would be greatly appreciated.

What is the old info that you have concerning MX.

 

[cl_robster2481]

All the planes there are on a 4 phase inspection program, which are done in Albuquerque. Most of the A&Ps have been there for about three years so the airplanes are well maintained. I would say that on average 50 - 60 hours a month for the 402s, a 310 will only fly about half of that. Its a pretty good place to work for both pilots and mechanics.

 

[sqwkvfr]

I had a former co-worker go to work there. Apparently someone stiffed in a call to the FAA and she landed in ABQ at about 0400 with four feds waiting to go through the plane.

Well, they found a bunch of MX stuff and she ended up with a warning letter out of the deal.

I think was about 1.5 years ago.

Also have a current co-worker who washed out of their training. It was a good call on their part.

 

[cl_robster2481]

I had a former co-worker go to work there. Apparently someone stiffed in a call to the FAA and she landed in ABQ at about 0400 with four feds waiting to go through the plane.

Well, they found a bunch of MX stuff and she ended up with a warning letter out of the deal.

I didn't hear that someone called the FAA, but the stuff that they found wasn't due to poor maintenance. There was a nick in one of the prop blades that needed to be blended and the compass mount had broken. the problem was that she spilled her guts and told them that she knew about these issues before she departed. If she had written up the airplane it would have been grounded and fixed before further flight.

 

[sqwkvfr]

I didn't hear that someone called the FAA, but the stuff that they found wasn't due to poor maintenance. There was a nick in one of the prop blades that needed to be blended and the compass mount had broken. the problem was that she spilled her guts and told them that she knew about these issues before she departed. If she had written up the airplane it would have been grounded and fixed before further flight.

I can see that, she wasn't exactly famous for her judgement. Do you happen to know where she is now?

 

[cl_robster2481]

I think that she went to work for Ameriflight flying a BE-99 out of SLC. But it has been a while since I have heard anything else about her.

 

[flytheblue]

I used to work there....the maintenance isnt too bad (now), it has definately improved from the past. All kinds of things have gone on in the past though...for awhile they were really on FAA's radar because of numerous tip offs from pilots. Not to mention some of the pilots there ended up getting warning letters for their time sheets. Supposedly one of the chief pilots was not putting in a complete form in their files and the FAA came and did an audit, so the story goes.

 

[kamikaize]

I used to work there....the maintenance isnt too bad (now), it has definately improved from the past. All kinds of things have gone on in the past though...for awhile they were really on FAA's radar because of numerous tip offs from pilots. Not to mention some of the pilots there ended up getting warning letters for their time sheets. Supposedly one of the chief pilots was not putting in a complete form in their files and the FAA came and did an audit, so the story goes.

That must of been before 2003. TH is a top notch boss and will do anything he can to help out the guys that work for him. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to build multi pic. There are alot of bad 135 jobs out there but this is one of the better ones I've come across. plus after a year there a bunch of people have gone on to better jet jobs

 

[1flier]

Make it what you want

To clarify the issue with the CP not filling out the duty logs correctly occured in late 2005. TH is a ok DO but the CP they had till recently was a person that did not give a d$#m about anybody there icluding the DO or if the company stayed in business. Maintenance was an issue there at the time which did lead the FAA to look at all the records more closely. There was poor record keeping issues. As far as warning letters, about 7 or so pilots recieved them due to the CP error. The pilot that was flying the unairworthy plane had a ferry permit issued by the DFW FSDO and the Albuquerque FSDO said the permit was not done correctly (2 FSDO's providing conflicting information and not owning up to it, who would figure that could happen). If you want to build multi, then go, understand it is what it is, check hauling solely, they did close their TX operations a year ago with little regard to the pilots and mechanics there (ie. 2 day notice, 1 paycheck severance pay, no assistance in relocating to other bases to continue working for company - you move on your own if you want to keep working for us and not even an apology or sorry guys from the CP, DO or anyone in management.) And oh the CP at the time was cleaning out the office of anything valuable while most of the pilots were flying or off because management felt they would take them and pawn them after finding out they were out of a job. If you live in ABQ, there are other ops like Cutter Aviation and South Aero doing UPS and DHL feeder ops in Cessna 402s. The feeder ops are more stable than check hauling anyway. The new pay is great, 43K a year to start but you dont know how long that will be for. Take it for what its worth.

 

[1flier]

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