Air Cargo Carriers

[Steve]

Any news on hiring at ACC? Last I heard the falcons were going away. How many shorts do they have? Any plans to expand?

 

[mpflies2]

Class in April, they just finished interviewing the other day, not sure when the next time will be

 

[Flyin Tony]

Anyone have any info if the shorts that flys into ILN going to be taken over by a DC9?

 

[JetSpeed219]

Falcons are gone, what mpflies said, and no info on a DC9.

 

[Steve]

Are upgrades still about 1 year? Is attrition mostly Capt's leaving for bigger and better or FO's chasing after RJ's?

 

[texarkana]

Upgrades are still usually within a year or so. They are more related to how much time you have, when you get to 1200 they start to make plans.

Most attrition here seems to be FOs heading to regionals, not that many captains are quitting here. The captains are a variety of "lifers" and also guys who are holding out for FedEx, etc. There are also guys who leave line flying to participate in our government contract flying.

I upgraded here and I like this company and this flying. There are some cool pilots here, the climate here is pretty laid back and easygoing. But to be honest I started here because it was the first opportunity I had. I've seen you post alot about us in the past, if I were you I would get on the regional bandwagon, there are some good companies out there hiring EVERYONE who applies so it seems. Our charter operation is kind of in transition right now, and lately most new FO's are on some sort of reserve/company b!tch status for up to 6 months or more in some cases. We are even allowing INTERNS to act as dispatchers and bid trips... so add doing their job for them to the list of responsibilities we have.

Bottom line is that there is opportunity here, but this is the hard way to make it happen. If you want to get time to launch into the 135/corporate/fractional world you are in the right place, if you want to work for Delta, etc then you may want to consider the RJ world.

 

[texarkana]

A bit of news for interested parties.... our charter schedule has changed, instead of a 19 on and 9 off rotation, we now work 14 on and 7 off. This is good news for us and makes the charter lifestyle alot easier!

 

[Wankel7]

A bit of news for interested parties.... our charter schedule has changed, instead of a 19 on and 9 off rotation, we now work 14 on and 7 off. This is good news for us and makes the charter lifestyle alot easier!

WOW, about time...glad to hear it!

 

[JetSpeed219]

Very nice!!!!! Is it 14 and 7 every time or is it going to rotate with a 12 and 9 like they were talking about?

 

[texarkana]

I *think* it is straight 14/7, I haven't seen the sked yet but my buddy who saw a copy has the understanding that it is only 14/7.... according to the office we get realeased on Sat or Sun, then have the following week and weekend off, with a monday report time. We should have a copy for ourselves in a few days via email.

 

[JetSpeed219]

That will be so nice, I was on charter for a year hoping for that schedule. Now that I'm not on charter anymore of course it changes!!!