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.