Airnet update?

[Guillotine007]

yes floating sucks...and mr 328, 311 wasn't that bad. free hot chocolate in stp helps.

 

[paulsalem]

Do daylight runs pretty much go to the senior guys?

 

[jaybird]

Do daylight runs pretty much go to the senior guys?

Not necessaraly.

 

[starcheckdriver]

Floating is not that bad and you do get extra pay. Ask guys with set runs how much per diem and travel pay they get every week.

 

[flydog56]

Floating

Yeah Floating is Great! I get to spend my days off flying on the incredibly organized airlines. And If I'm lucky I'll end up on the west coast friday morning. and it takes the entire day to get home! And if I am Really lucky I get the smelly Arab guy/ screaming baby flight. floating sucks

 

[wings421]

I like the variety of floating. Flying with different people, going to different places, etc... It has certainly kept me sharper than doing the same thing every night.

Floating would be bearable if you live where you are based. I don't and have about a 6 1/2 hour commute. Nothing like flying on the backside of the clock (10-14 hour duty) taking two airline legs to CMH (usually at the tune of about 4 hours) then driving 6 1/2 hours home to have about 48 hours there, turn around and do it all over again. I'm praying for the 8/6 schedule, but not counting on it happening.

Even without floater pay - I'd say that floaters make more $$$ than the average guy. If you hit the road each week you'll generally get $150 in travel pay at the least and per diem of $35 each night of required rest. Additionally, you might fly a five day run or one with a high flight/duty rig. That being said, I think that there should be an incentive to float (extra pay) but there is not. Eat for cheap and save your per diem, thats about the best you can hope for.

 

[starcheck1]

Being a floater used to be a crappy postion with good pay...now its just a crappy postion thanks to the elimination of floater pay....big thanks to management!!!

 

[Guillotine007]

If you hit the road each week you'll generally get $150 in travel pay at the least

what are you talking about...half the time they try to get you into town and out of town quickly enough so you only get 80 (40 each way for us lowly prop floaters).

 

[wings421]

Leave more than 6 hours before my required rest period ($100), home within 6 hours after completion ($50). 100+50=150. Thats how it generally works out for me.

 

[outtolunch]

So what is the average seniority of the pilot group? How tough is it to get to a particular base (ATL to be exact)? Do they hire directly into the lear on the cargo side or does everyone start out in the props and then move up when seniority allows? Does anyone commute to their base or is that even a possibility given the schedules?

Sorry to ask so many questions, just trying to get as much info. as possible.

 

[208starcheck]

"So what is the average seniority of the pilot group?"

It's somewhere in the middle.

 

[starchkr]

Average seniority huh...well lets see, approx. 250 pilots, so i would venture to say average is 125.

However i think you wanted to ask a different question besides what you typed, but i cannot help or answer unless you write it as to get that answer, so try again and i will be glad to help.

Directly to Cargo lear....NO, pay your dues first in the props, upgrade is very short right now, so it really isn't bad.

Commuting....Yes, you can do it. I used to do it, and i know others that do it now. Just don't get stuck and then call in and say you can't get to work because you were bumped off a flight...they will happily send you a pretty pink note in your next days comat.

 

[Jimbodawg]

208

So if you had Caravan experience, are you more likely to be put in the 'van? Can you upgrade to the Lear with van time, or do they have a min ME requirement? Is anyone familiar with 208 bases and runs?

 

[HAZ-MAT]

Whatever is open when you show up for training is what you get. It could be a Baron, 310, Navajo or Van. So your chances of getting a Van are 1 in 4. I flew nothing but the Van and was still able to upgrade to the jet, so it can be done. Some bases with the Van are; TEB, RIC, BHM, FWA,STP, MEM, CPS, MKE, AVP and CMH. If i missed any someone fill the rest in...

 

[wings421]

I think that the IND and DET pilots are van qualified for their middles.

 

[Mason]

NEW is a Caravan base also

 

[bertengineer]

Just got the call

Interviewed tuesday and found out yesterday that I will have a class date sometime in Dec, tenitively.What to expect? Any info is appreciated.

 

[starchkr]

Dude, did you really fly Fat Albert?????

You think you might be able to "borrow" a few of those JATO rockets for me? I promise i will give them back...

 

[bertengineer]

JATO Bottles

I was the flight engineer for Fat Albert for three years. Did all of the maintenance and flew center seat just about every show. JATO bottles are getting to be a thing of the past, I think they have enough bottles for the next year and that will be the end for the JATO BLAST during the air shows. Current day costs for new botles are 4500 per bottle. Imagine the public reaction to seeing an aircraft blow 36,000 dollars per takeoff!

There is a story on the internet about some ya'hoo that put a JATO bottle on the top of his car and lit it off. Nothing left of either the car of the dude except for a smoking hole in the side of a mountain.

I have two bottles ready for the Baron so that I can keep the packages and checks "On Time"

 

[wings421]

I was the flight engineer for Fat Albert for three years. Did all of the maintenance and flew center seat just about every show. JATO bottles are getting to be a thing of the past, I think they have enough bottles for the next year and that will be the end for the JATO BLAST during the air shows. Current day costs for new botles are 4500 per bottle. Imagine the public reaction to seeing an aircraft blow 36,000 dollars per takeoff!

There is a story on the internet about some ya'hoo that put a JATO bottle on the top of his car and lit it off. Nothing left of either the car of the dude except for a smoking hole in the side of a mountain.

I have two bottles ready for the Baron so that I can keep the packages and checks "On Time"[/QUOTE]

Glad we hired this guy, a great company man! Someone who believes that Every Second Does Count!