Ameriflight-What's it like to work there

[Freight Dog]

I have spent close to 9 months flying at Ameriflight, and I have to say, I have had nothing but an awesome experience.

I flew out of BUR, PHX, OAK and outbased out of MYF.
The training was awesome. If you survive AMF training and go online, I just about guarantee you that you'll skate through any regional's training. I haven't had any problems going through sim at my regional. On the other hand my sim partner has never shot an approach to mins before. He struggled through the whole thing. So while he was sweating, believe it or not, I was having fun, and pretty much made the instructor work his butt off trying to crash me.

Ameriflight is a good place to work, and if I had to do it all over again, I'd go back in a heartbeat.
About Lance, when I was there, we had a couple of runs that did not have a layover. When I was in OAK, I did OAK-VIS-FAT-OAK-SBP-SNS-OAK nonstop. I'd start at noon, and I'd get off around 9 PM. Straight shot flying with max break of about 30 minutes at any location. It was great.

When I transitioned to Chieftain, I was outbased in San Diego which was where I lived, so it was awesome. The only complaint I had was pay. I wish they paid more, but then again, I know some slave runners that try to compete with Ameriflight. But at least at Ameriflight, I had benefits that only large 135 companies offer.

I was given all sorts of opportunities at Amflight. I had a chance to move up to Brasilia, or Beech 99 if I had stayed. If you are "stuck" at Ameriflight, be glad. You'll work with a great bunch of pilots and dispatchers - graveyard crews anyway. I haven't dealt with day people or management in BUR much except for training and still did not have any problems with anyone.

If I was furloughed and was given a chance to go back to Ameriflight, I would definitely go back with a smile on my face.

 

[Varig]

Two-9-9-TwoSet,

I totally agree with you. It's very good experience but when I start thinking about the pay and all of the bad things about AMF I get a little carried away.

 

[starchkr]

As checks stated above, i have also heard many stories about AMF, while some were good, the good ones were the minority. I would look into AirNet, i believe we offer much better pay and benefits while working only a four day week, which is Mon-Thur. Work a fifth day and make more than 30 grand your first year flying nothing but twins. Flying singles was something for learning and flight instructing, not for planning on moving on in your life. Also, as someone said above, any turbine time is faster to achieve at both AMF and AN, however, all of our turbine time is in Lears, not props. Many of our guys go straight to the majors after 3 or 4 years of flying the line.

No matter where you go, i do believe the kind of flying both AMF and AN do is something that should not be passed up. Nothing beats flying approaches to mins all night long and then battling those deep south spring thunderstorms where you just pray the plane will hold together with all of the turbulence. It definately makes you a better pilot. There is one thing i have noticed also, you can always tell when there is an ex 135 freight dog in the cockpit of an airliner... they are the only planes to actually try an approach that nobody else will touch because of the weather.

Anyway, do what you need to do, just NEVER pay to get your time, there are too many companies out there that will pay you to do it.

Good luck

 

[Phrogs4ever]

-Since training contracts are only required for the turbine aircraft, does Ameriflight ever hire directly into a turbine or do you have to start in the Lance?

-How many/what type of aircraft fly out of Ontario?

 

[jsoceanlord]

they used to call it AMERIFRIGHT

i had an interview and check ride with their lady chief pilot in OAK. i failed the interview and we scrubbed the check ride (lance) .

i got hired in albuquerque and crashed a ce 210, so maybe she was right

 

[Anaconda]

BJJ, what's with this talk about ameriflight? i thought you wanted to be a warrant officer...

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

AMflight

Anaconda, I do want to be a WO, this post is from Dec, a lot has changed since then.

 

[Wowjack]

I had an interview with them back in Apr, whatever you do don't tell them you want to go to Skywest! I mentioned that I would like to go there and believe that was why I'm not there today.

 

[VFR on Top]

What's up with that? SKW haters???

 

[Wowjack]

Honesty

I suppose being too honest can sometimes hurt you too. I won't make that mistake again!

 

[Chairman]

There are very few places where you can build lots of PIC turbine time with only 1500hrs. I worked at AMF for 2 years. Not a lot of money but lots of fun great experience. SkyWest loves AMF pilots since they usually have no problem learning the EMB 120 and the IFR skills a better than most. For that type of operation they are leaps and bounds above most operators when it comes to safety and not flying broken airplanes.

 

[TankerPuke]

How quick to SLC? What A/C are based in SLC?

PUKE