Airnet/Ameristar vs. the Regionals...

[MNR]

I was under the impression that the guys on the Airnet side still are scheduled. I mean I understand that occationally George will have you doing something completely different than your normal route, or something in the middle, but most of the time its the same cities, same times every night right? Plus, and this is a big one I think, your home every morning.

I mean I am sure there are the odd runs that end in different places every other night or that do different routes on different nights but its still fairly structured. Nothing like Jetride where you are on-call and have no idea what you might be doing during your 2 week rotation.

 

[JJET44]

One female went directly to UPS from Ameristar. There are a few that went to Continental or Southwest. But not many.

I know that I'm going to catch flack for this but we're talking about pilots, not quotas!

 

[VSI9k+]

I know that I'm going to catch flack for this but we're talking about pilots, not quotas!

I thought you had to be a homosexual native american to help with quotas.

 

[kamikaize]

Ahhh Stupidpilot!!! when will you learn that nobody cares about your opinion!!! If your opinion mattered you wouldnt of gotten fired and have to beg an old friend for your job at Omni, Just because you couldnt keep your mouth shut...

Anyways to answer the original question. Ameristar/Airnet will both get you to heavy a/c. In the last yr we have had 2 pilots go to continental, 3 Omni, 1 evergreen, 2 polar/atlas, 2 Swa and 2 Jet blue. Ameristar might get you the turbine Pic time faster. Airnet has much nicer equipment and quality of life. Im not sure how the pay scales compare but they are both alot more that the regional guys make.

 

[mikecweb]

I chose Airnet because I met their minimums first. After a few weeks of thinking "Be careful of what you wish for because you might actually get it" I started getting excited about it. Just wrapped up training and now flying "SIC" building time till 1200 hours. Should be about a month and a half.
There are some questions as to how strong Airnet will be business wise in the upcoming years. The CEO talked to us and that was depressing. Some of the others in the company had a little more of a favorable view on things. But then again what flying job is stable these days? At least Airnet has never fourloughed anyone. KNOCK ON WOOD!

 

[pilotyip]

mikecweb, the future of Airnet should not be a big concern for you right now. You will building time at a quality company, with plenty of options. With the coming hiring pool and pilot shortage next year you will be in a good position to look around and look for your next move. I feel you will have plenty of options in the next few years. At Airnet you will get PIC and not learn to program an airplane at a regional.

 

[mikecweb]

I hear ya. And that is a belief that I hold also. Just wish Biggerstaff was as optimistic.

 

[trybysky]

Longer hours?

with all the talk about "working longer hours"...90% of the comments on this thread are from freight pilots. So...who's working all the hours? It might be a long day for a freighter, but most of us have all day off. Out in morning, home at night is my schedule. I love it, wouldn't trade it for a regional schedule.

Although, with the whole day to myself, my net pay has decreased due to the amount of golf i'm getting in. :beer:

 

[stupidpilot]

Ahhh Stupidpilot!!! when will you learn that nobody cares about your opinion!!! If your opinion mattered you wouldnt of gotten fired and have to beg an old friend for your job at Omni, Just because you couldnt keep your mouth shut...


I couldn't keep my mouth shut because I was sick of getting lied to about upgrading and flying dangerous aircraft. All because TW is a greedy a-hole who cares more about his wallet than the safety of his pilots. He should be shut down. By the way, moving to this company was the best thing that ever happened to me. Heavy international time on well maintained aircraft! Looks like your the dummy who keeps putting his life on the line for a company that doesn't care one whit about you! And your career is stagnant. Smarten up and leave before your luck runs out.

 

[Princedietrich]

I hear ya. And that is a belief that I hold also. Just wish Biggerstaff was as optimistic.

99.5% of all Airnet's problems would go away if Bigglesworth would go away.