AirNet Quality Of Life...

[jaybird]

Re: while we are at it........

Since I am asking away, I have a couple of other questions. I know the company website says that they don't recommend commuting. It seems as though with a 4on/3off schedule, commuting a short distance as long as crash pad was readily available would not be a problem. As far as the "floaters" go, the don't officially have any base, so i would presume the company is transporting them where they need to be. Are they asked to live in a certian area, at any Airnet Base, or just whereever they please? What makes the "floaters" pay so much higher, and how much higher is it then a first year prop captian. How many days off a month could a floater expect? Are the floaters checked out in only one type of a/c or more? What is required to bid a floater position and can you get it right out of training? Would you want to get it right out of training? If you don't mind me asking, what are you guys making that are second year prop captians, and are you either picking up any extra flying to do so, and is any extra flying available? What is the upgrade time right now to lear fo (i would presume 2 years...???) and then to lear captian? I believe that if I went with Airnet, then I would one day ATTEMPT to go straight from there to SWA (my ultimate goal), and are the current Lear Captians competitive with the CRJ and ERJ captians and furloughed Major pilots? How many hours per year do most of your pilots fly?

I think the airnet lifestyle would work well for me (22 and single), and I think they would be a great company to work for (especially considering the BS that is happening in the regional world right now) and I would learn alot. I have an opportunity because of some contacts, and that is the reasons I am asking all the questions. Thanks guys for all the help and Keep the Greasy side down

Sorry I was in a rush. No SIC's till at least the end of the year. Not to mention there are no more Barons in OMA. I didn't read HAZ-MAT's reply either.

Khsgt,

Just to elaborate on what HAZMAT said. If your single being a floater is the way to go. We do have set bases. Typically bases with many runs ie CMH, STP, BHM, TEB, and DAL. We get $35 per diem and $40 just to sleep in another bed. So that's $75 a day. If you float every week you'll make twice as much as any other regular prop guy.

Sometimes the company gets us tickets if we know in advance were floating. Other times at the last minute we'll just ride our system. We always get a plane ticket home, or wherever you want to go if it's cheaper than sending to your base.

Out of CMH we have about 4 runs you can bid on plus floating and standby. Obviously the most senior floater gets his/her choice. The lowest seniority floater usually gets what nobody else wants (standby). Where anything goes.

Floating can be exciting. You need to be on your toes at all times. The guys with the set runs know everything they need to know because they do it every day. So it gets boring also. Floaters only know what our route procedures say and don't know any little tips that may help out a lot. So many times were learning as we go.

 

[khsgt]

Keep Em Commin

Thanks guys and keep em comming.

 

[captnmayday]

Any idea what the management plans are with the company as the number of Checks are reducing (Thanks to the e-commerce ). Are they dynamically shifting their direction to meet the demand?

 

[BoilerBacker]

bye bye checks

Yes, AirNet has been well aware of the impending demise of the check for several years and has therefore been very proactive in it's search for new revenue sources.

While my current run is entirely checks, my previous run had legs that varied from 0% checks to 80% checks.

 

[uscpilot]

Boilerbacker,
Dude, did you copy that bit about the check going bye bye from a company memo? I swear I read that verbatum with one of my paychecks.
I hope that we do make a smooth transition. All that I fly is bank right now. Althought if I am still flying this same run six months from now, let alone in a year or two when the checks go away, somebody please shoot me.
Also, what ever we go to, be it lab, nukes, or Fedex/UPS contracts, it will not be as nice as many of the check runs. I am sure some will disagree, but what I am doing now vurses the nukes I was flying in back in DAL is much more stable. The pi$$ and $hit runs might not be too bad as they will not go away like many of the nuke runs do. And from what I have heard the fedex and ups contract stuff isnt all that great, as they go to the lowest bidder. With our relativly high saleries and good benifits, I dont think we can compete with some of the other companies who dont pay as well and fly $hit. Also the only a/c that we fly that would work for that are the caravans and maybe the chieftans. The barons, and lears would be useless.
However we are a large, and fairly well run company, I am sure we will get by. It will get interesting.
Also for those who dont know and are interested we have some more classes starting soon.
Fly Safe

 

[HAZ-MAT]

Another Class of 4 starting this week.
Heres a question... Would you hire back some of our past Starcheckers that are getting furloughed from CHQ? If their 135 letter is still current, you wouldnt have to spend the extra money to retrain them...