Airnet pay and advice

[$$$4nothin]

I recently interviewed with Airnet Express, and was told that I was put into the hireing pool. I am going to be starting class late Jan, early Feb. I was just wondering what bases had the highest paying runs, and which had the lowest. Also anyone that works for the company and could give me some good advice it would be appreciatted.

 

[starcheck1]

The pay above salary changes where you are going to be...it just depends on what your run consists of....long day and lots of flying equals good cash. If you dont mind working the extra day you can try to bid a run with a 5th night....which equals some good extra cash to spend. But where you end up and which run you end up in depends on your seniority in your class and whats open....i think they do things a little different now then when I went through.

 

[$$$4nothin]

airnet bases

Thank you. I do know how that works, but what i am wondering is what bases have the longer runs, or if they are pretty similar.

 

[scubabri]

how much multi did you have?? Would you mind posting the details of the interview on aviationinterviews.com??

thanks

Brian

 

[$$$4nothin]

Multi time

Ya I had 135 total and 250 multi. I had a lot of help from aviation interviews.com as well. I would not be able to add anything that isnt already there. It is exactly what every body says it is on the site already.

 

[$$$4nothin]

multi time

sorry i ment 1235 total

 

[IP076]

It's pretty difficult to say which bases have the longer runs. Some bases have a mix of short and long runs. I'd say Birmingham is one that has quite a bit of long runs.

Working the 5th day is nice if you don't mind it. In some cases it can add nearly 9000 to you annual pay before taxes.

 

[starchkr]

As i posted for another guy here asking the same questions. Pay depends on your run, not your base. Your seniority in training gives you the choice of bases, and your choice of bases is limited by what is available. If there are only short day runs with min pay at the time you bid then you will be stuck with that for awhile. We have made some changes lately that really screw the new pilots (and the old ones). As a newhire you will be locked into your seat for your first year.

 

[StarChecker]

We have made some changes lately that really screw the new pilots (and the old ones). As a newhire you will be locked into your seat for your first year.

I heard floater pay went buh-bye. That $ucks arse. And a quick word of caution....5-night runs can be a killer schedule...I did it for a year and a half and that was enough.

 

[starchkr]

yeah, floater pay is gone. It was misrepresented to the upper management by one of our own...well kinda one of our own, someone that is at least supposed to watch out for us. So they decided it was not a good idea to compensate those on the road all of the time because other airlines don't do it. Actually they all do it by paying higher salaries, and higher per diem. Oh well, it really does not affect me right now so i can't gripe too much, but for those that it does affect will be hit hard in the pocket.

I still believe one of the reasons they have done this is that our new business plan involves a lot of over night trips starting when the checks start to go away slowly. This means they will not have to pay all of that floater pay when everyone is sitting away from home 2 nights a week. Just rumor for now, but it has been mentioned by quite a few reputable sources here.

 

[uscpilot]

Get ready to float

Due to the lack of floater pay (starting this spring) the floater positions will be the least desirable. Thus this is likely what new hires will face upon completion of training. All of the current floaters will likely jump ship or switch to an assigned run. So worry about completing training (I am not sure what the wash out rate is now (1 in 6 for my class 2 1/2 years ago)) then worry about flying a different run every week.
usc

 

[starcheck1]

what a way to start out...

That should be a good time for the new kids to be thrown right into the floater mix...it used to be somewhat crappy position with good pay....now its just a crappy position. Hats off to the current floaters.....

 

[uscpilot]

Re: what a way to start out...

That should be a good time for the new kids to be thrown right into the floater mix...it used to be somewhat crappy position with good pay....now its just a crappy position. Hats off to the current floaters.....

Let alone on time performance this is an accident waiting to happen. Alot of runs have alot of flight time with very quick turnarounds. I can just see someone running out of gas because they didnt buy fuel to stay on time. Talk about a trial by fire.
usc

 

[$$$4nothin]

Floater Pay

Could you guys please explain this floater pay thing to me.
Thanks

 

[IP076]

Pilots are (currently) paid an additional sum of money for each rest period spent away from their home base. The ammount is different for the different seat positions, Prop PIC, Jet SIC, Jet PIC.

This ammount is on top of the Per Diem that is awarded for being out of base.

This will be a substantial hit in the pay check for floaters, especially those who do a lot of floating (time away from base).

Any word on what they're going to do with the columbus runs yet?

I've heard the same about the runs changing and hence their being more overnights... Any thoughts on what this might do to the bases? Think we could possibly see fewer bases with them being larger and more of an airline bidding process or just what we have now?

 

[jaybird]

I hope you guys do realize the FAC means nothing to management. Unless there is a union they will keep changing policies whenever they feel they need to.

 

[CrewDawg]

I know it’s a little off the subject but is there a lot of movement down at AirNet? I was just wondering how the hiring situation was going right now.

 

[starchkr]

jaybird...

The FAC has never meant anything to management. It never will. It was only set up so that management could hear the gripes of the pilots and then decide whether they wanted to allow any changes suggested by those pilots. So far,since i have been here, the FAC has been helpful in a few situations, but mostly their ideas were denied or put on the back burner. Anymore, the FAC is just a medium for the management to screw the pilots and then blame it on those same FAC members. Management no longer cares about the FAC, and things are now being put into place without any discussion with the FAC.


Sorry to help hijack the original thread....

It is still a good place to work.

 

[$$$4nothin]

Training

Two things,
1. Any advice on aceing training.
2. I dont care what mang. does about anything because it will be a whole lot better than sitting in the right seat of a C-152 saying show me a steep turn. Or even in the right seat of a seneca saying demonstrate trying to kill me by VMCing this thing

 

[Magneto]

Re: Training

I dont care what mang. does about anything because it will be a whole lot better than sitting in the right seat of a C-152 saying show me a steep turn. Or even in the right seat of a seneca saying demonstrate trying to kill me by VMCing this thing

That's a great attitude. It's guys like this that continue to allow mgmt. to have their way with us. Hey buddy, drop me a line later and tell me what it's like being someone's bitch.