American Check Transport info.?

[FL420]

Anyone have any input on this company?

Bases?
Schedules?
Pay?
Benefits?
Quality of Life?
Quality of Maintenance?
Quality of Management?
Problems with the FAA?

Don't need any advice re: the MU-2. I've flown it, I like it and I'm pretty sure I can handle it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[icefr8dawg]

I was just in SLC and couldn't find the pilot because it was the weekend but I'll ask if I get there this week.

 

[FL420]

dba Flight Line. Inc.

anything?

 

[icefr8dawg]

I keep seeing nondescript MU-2's around the airports this trip and I've asked who owns/operates the runs and besides ACT I found that EPPS operates an aircraft out of BWI, it may be the same plane that departs PHL around 2-3am. But anyway, I've seen cargo mu2's in HOU, PHL, BKL, SLC, BWI, MKE, STP and BJC this week so there've got to be a whole bunch of operators out there that we just don't know about.
I'll post when I figure out who owns them.

 

[Flybet3]

Anyone have any input on this company?

Bases?
Schedules?
Pay?
Benefits?
Quality of Life?
Quality of Maintenance?
Quality of Management?
Problems with the FAA?

Don't need any advice re: the MU-2. I've flown it, I like it and I'm pretty sure I can handle it.

Thanks in advance.

Well my friend, I dont know muuuch about them but I know a bit. I was offered a job with them last year but turned it down for something a bit better. At the time they offered me starting pay of 38K-42K depending on flight time and experience. I was offered 42K b/c I had a bit more turbine time. Also at the time I was offered a cleveland base, I believe it was like a 2 leg route. It seemed very easy, depart cleveland sometime in the evening, and make to stops somewhere in Illinois if I remember correctly and then fly back to cleveland. Be back home sometime early in the morning. They did have insurance benefits after 30 days or 3 months I think. They seemed to be fairly good bennies. MX also seemed to be in order, but like every 135 job if you can MEL it then you can still go. The CP seemed like a nice guy, once again I want to say "seemed" I've been fooled before. As far as I am concerened they havent had any really problems with the FAA from what I hear. QOL seemed great, but it all depends on what you like. Me? I'm a night owl anyways, and I did fly freight before and just loved it. Single pilot ops with a set schedule, doesnt get any better than that to me I think. The Cleveland route was a 4 day route, began monday night and finished thursday morning. So like I said, the pay was pretty good to me, bennies where ok, MX was good, and management "seemed" nice. If I could get a 4 day route on a MU2 out of texas, boy you would see me packing in a heart beat. Scheduled single pilot ops, good money and Multi- Turbine PIC....sounds good to me.

 

[mu2cptn]

I keep seeing nondescript MU-2's around the airports this trip and I've asked who owns/operates the runs and besides ACT I found that EPPS operates an aircraft out of BWI, it may be the same plane that departs PHL around 2-3am. But anyway, I've seen cargo mu2's in HOU, PHL, BKL, SLC, BWI, MKE, STP and BJC this week so there've got to be a whole bunch of operators out there that we just don't know about.
I'll post when I figure out who owns them.

Airfirst has the HOU a/c

www.airfirstaviation.com

 

[Flybet3]

Airfirst has the HOU a/c

www.airfirstaviation.com

Do you know much about the HOU run mu2cptn???

 

[RichardRambone]

What kind of times are they looking for? 135 mins?

 

[Flybet3]

What kind of times are they looking for? 135 mins?

Yeah I think so, but last I spoke with the CP they really wanted someone with some decent multi time and some turbine. The CP really liked my resume b/c I had been flying a lear. Well that's what he said.....MU2 seems like a great airplane, you better be on top of things if you get an engine failure though.

 

[barnyard]

2 of their MU2 s crashed last winter in APA.