Air Cargo Carriers
Air Cargo Carriers WAS a good company at one time, but now its gone to $hits.
The company went to PFT about 9 months ago, they are charging some guys anywhere between $15,000 to $18,500 for right seat training. The contract will give the PFT'r 250 hrs in the right seat and after that they'll boot you out and another sucker is waiting his turn with his $$$CHECK$$$. The company will keep you if they really need you, otherwise your outa there with your 250hrs of F/O time and thousands of dollars lighter.
Upgrade right now is stagnant. It's taking roughly 18-24 months for upgrade right now. Upgrade time requirements are 1200TT and a lot of chief pilot a$$ kissing. The seniority list is crap, they don't follow it at all. If they upgrade, they upgrade who ever kisses the most a$$ and so on. If they are really hurting for people they follow the seniority list.
Junior base is where ever they need you.
Bases are :
RDU
FSD
BTV
GRR
RNO
OPF
AVP
BKW
CRW
CWA
FAT
MLI
IMT
CHO
MWA
HSV
MKE
AND Fayetteville, AR
Moral is pretty low; management treats the pilots like dirt and they did away with pay raises. Same low pay until things get better they say. They know there's no where to go so it's going to stay the way it is until things start moving once again.
Maintenance is pretty good, at least where I was based, but those Mechanics hate pilots. All they do is complain about, "the Pilots."
The operation is run under FAR part 135.
Single engine climb performance, of course depends on your weight; but if you're full you better pick a spot to park it cause she ain't going up!!
A/C equipment look up at the previous post. They take out all the cool stuff and leave in what's necessary. They have both HSI and RMI.
Web site:
www.aircar.com
Interview's are all different. Everyone in my class was interview by different people. Some got the sim and other didn't.
Training is excellent. Edsel Burks the Director of training is awesome. He will get you through even if he has to stay late and work with you on the sim. **Note** he is the only person that will be honest with you. Don't believe anything the rest of management has to say. Edsel is the only honest person in the office.
Future?? don't know the answer to that.
If I could answer any more questions let me know.
It may sound like I'm trashing the company, but I'm just being honest. Overall, it's probably better than most 135 operations, but it's gotten worse and keeps going in that direction. If you want to shell out a bunch of cash go ahead, but I personall don't respect any of those suckers that pay for their training.
72Longhorn
