Airnet questions

[Mason]

I've got a few questions regarding Airnet.

Assuming one gets the nod and is put into the pool, how long is the wait until you get the call to start, based on their current needs?

What can one realistically expect to make the first year? I've looked at the website and was wondering if those pay figures were just based on flying a certain minimum or if you could make more floating or picking up other routes.

How do they compare with Ameriflight on the west coast, I know AMF has quite a bit more turbine equipment but was curious as to what others thought about that company.

I haven't applied to either yet, I'm currently instructing but have the 135 mins. The only concern is that my CFI gig pays way more than an entry level 135 job (Hard to believe, I know). I do have several other questions but I'll save them for later.

 

[KJ1988]

1) Not sure how big the pool is, but hiring seems steady so it shouldn't be too long

2) Every pilot is guaranteed base pay, which is probably on the web site. (based on a 4 day work week) However, many of the runs have a fifth night, which is all overtime, and some 4 night runs have overtime as well. If your looking to make as much as possible, and not worried about quality of life, floating is the way to go. Those guys make quite a bit more money than the rest of us.

3) I don't know much about AMF, but Airnet is tough to beat as far as 135 operators go.

4) The paycut will definitely be worth the experience you would get working at Airnet.

Good Luck

 

[buckdanny]

I have a question too. I filled the online app. last June, and would like to update it. It's not available on the website anymore (get the page not found error message for it and other pilots info pages). How can I do that?

Buck

 

[Mason]

I had the same problem as well, I got the app to come up when I hit refresh with the mouse.

 

[Torey15]

As mentioned earlier in this thread-the pay cut is worth it. Would you rather be teaching your fifth student of the day turns around a point, or hauling crud around in a more complex piece of equipment??

At Ameriflight you are gonna start in the Lance and could get stuck flying over the Sierra Nevadas with no deice equipment in all kinds of weather, watching ice build at such a rate your gas caps disappear (true story). Airnet will start you in a twin, and as I understand it, you will get a little more flying per duty day than Ameriflight.

Turbine time (twin that is) might come a little quicker at AmFlight- however, you might have to chase the equipment to Elko, Nevada or some other metropolis. At any rate, both companies beat CFIing and will help your career.

 

[Mason]

Thanks for the info--True my CFI job is a good living now but there is only so much that flight instruction can do for you. Does anyone know what bases most new hires at Airnet are going to?

 

[Mason]

A question that I forgot----Does anyone know how much of Airnet's business comes from flying checks--just curious due to the changes occuring in the future.

 

[CMH Floater]

A question that I forgot----Does anyone know how much of Airnet's business comes from flying checks--just curious due to the changes occurring in the future.

~70/30 bank, but very VERY rapidly moving in the opposite direction with radio-pharmaceuticals and with Jetride performing very well