AIN on Avantair

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Dude......pull your panties back up. No one is attacking your company. You are counting your Per Diem as income. I don't know anyone else who does that. However...if you want to count your Per Diem and your extra duties as an IOE pilot towards your income...so be it. I hope you make a lot of money. You can add your "very little overtime" on top of your food money...LOL.

 

[mainiac]

Dude......pull your panties back up. No one is attacking your company. You are counting your Per Diem as income. I don't know anyone else who does that. However...if you want to count your Per Diem and your extra duties as an IOE pilot towards your income...so be it. I hope you make a lot of money. You can add your "very little overtime" on top of your food money...LOL.

Technically, PerDiem is not "income", I guess, but if it ends up in my bank account, and I'm spending it, it doesn't really matter to me whether it's spent at home or on the road, it's my money. $2/hr beats my old regional PerDiem rate.
And, I will count the IOE raise I get as income. What would you call it?

Sure is nice to see a positive thread in this difficult time, wish it could be allowed to stay positive...

As to the hiring, in recurrent last week, we were told initially 12 newhires, and the 2000 resume number is pretty accurate.

Good luck to all

 

[AftCG182]

As to the hiring, in recurrent last week, we were told initially 12 newhires, and the 2000 resume number is pretty accurate.

Looking forward to resuming your IOE duties? Nice to see you posting here again. How's the Maine winter been treating you?

 

[mainiac]

Looking forward to resuming your IOE duties? Nice to see you posting here again. How's the Maine winter been treating you?

New-hire IOE will be great, as long as they're as challenging as you were!:laugh:

Skiing's been great, snowmobiling..OK at best last month, would you believe it, never snowed at all thru my vacation in Feb!

Good thing I have another vacation right after recurrent! 65" at Sugarloaf since last Wed!

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Maniac...I would certainly count IOE duties as pay, but I also would have been more honest about it when I claimed that I was going to make over $100,000 as a Captain. I would have stated up front that I am having to work extra duties (IOE) and overtime to achieve that income, as well as adding my Per Diem to the fiqure to make it top $100,000.

I hope you guys are indeed hiring. They told me the same line last April, that they were hoping to have a class in June/July. That was almost a year ago and it never happened, much like the "Profit-Sharing" they told me about in the interview (which didn't exist either).

Either way.....good luck to you guys.

 

[mainiac]

BTDI, one thing I'll say for you, you sure don't give up!

I'm not sure why it matters to you so much, but, hey, whatever floats your boat...
:erm:

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Maniac....just the truth man....just the truth.

 

[HazMat]

The base is 82k I just fail to see where I would make "considerably" more. In other posts per diem was mentioned as part of pay so I was just trying to be consistent. Further our per diem is higher than the other fractionals so that is a positive. Once again I don't believe anyone was lying about profit sharing you just have to make a profit first to share it and it looks like that will happen this year. People can take it for what's it's worth 12 new hires is good news there are a lot of pilots who need work and this is a really good place to be right now

 

[Dilligaff]

I see that BeenThereStillCryingAboutNotUpgrading is at it again.

Actually, we do have a profit sharing plan and no one lied to anyone about it. The truth about the plan is that our profits must reach a certain level for the plan to be implemented. Last fiscal year, our profit was 38K. It's modest profit, but a profit nonetheless, yet not enough to kick in the profit sharing. So, sorry to disappoint you, but we do have the plan we just haven't reached the trigger point to implement it yet.

 

[fob727]

I see that BeenThereStillCryingAboutNotUpgrading is at it again.

Actually, we do have a profit sharing plan and no one lied to anyone about it. The truth about the plan is that our profits must reach a certain level for the plan to be implemented. Last fiscal year, our profit was 38K. It's modest profit, but a profit nonetheless, yet not enough to kick in the profit sharing. So, sorry to disappoint you, but we do have the plan we just haven't reached the trigger point to implement it yet.

That's like saying my girlfriend has nice t$t$, but I never get to touch them.

 

[Dilligaff]

That's like saying my girlfriend has nice t$t$, but I never get to touch them.

Now that's funny!

Thanks for the laugh and good luck with your girlfriend!

 

[PRFDLT]

Two dollar per diem is good but in the middle. Another frac does pay more.

 

[AftCG182]

New-hire IOE will be great, as long as they're as challenging as you were!:laugh:

Challenging?!?! Don't you mean rewarding!

Hahahaha:laugh:

FWIW, I spend my extra per diem right along with the rest of my paycheck, so I guess that I'd consider it income. I don't pinch pennies on the road and I still have extra $ to spend when I get home.

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

Haz......if your base is 82K and you are claiming to make over 100K....that is an increase of 25%. Most of us would call 25% "considerably more"....but that is certainly subjective. Another poster disputes your claim that you have the highest Per Diem. Is he wrong too? Most people appear to be wrong in your eyes.

Dill....give the DO a call as ask him to give you the details of the Pilot's Profit-Sharing Plan at Avant.....and then post those details here. Dude....have you got a SUPRISE waiting for you! LOLOL We won't hold our breath waiting....

 

[BeenThereDoneIt]

OK Dilligaff......I couldn't stand it so I researched your "claim of profit" of $38K. (Heck, that was about my annual salary, so when I quit you guys made a profit? LOLOL)

The number sounded retarded so I had to go see where you came up with such a notion. It only ook a few minutes to see what you are posting. You work for a publically traded company so this stuff is there for everyone to see. Here it is:

You posted a 2009 "Income From Operations" value, which is actually $38,215. Dude....that doesn't mean you made a profit. Income From Operations is a value that is derived BEFORE deducting other expenses, such as Interest Expense. Avantair paid over $4,000,000 in that alone. Your company posted a NET LOSS of $4,460,921 in 2009.

Not to mention that stock prices fell for 2008 and 2009. Or that you sold over $8,000,000 in Private Stock to boost the cash flow. C'mon dude.........Just the Truth.