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[frmrBUFFdrvr]

Mustang, if you are interested in the trainer thing, PM me and I'll get you in touch with the right folks.

 

[DeathPencil]

Mustang, if you are interested in the trainer thing, PM me and I'll get you in touch with the right folks.

Most of the guys that have done it have had it work out pretty well for em.

 

[DirtyBeech]

Agreed.

 

[Linetech]

Mustang, if you are interested in the trainer thing, PM me and I'll get you in touch with the right folks.

Don't we have enough Training capts out here? Who think they know the line but have never flown it! Honestly I think theres 5-6 training capts who I havent seen once on the line.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

Don't we have enough Training capts out here? Who think they know the line but have never flown it! Honestly I think theres 5-6 training capts who I havent seen once on the line.

I don't know about that since I'm in Dallas and not Burbank. But we ran an ad on ClimbTo350 on Wednesday for trainers.

 

[RefugePilot]

Don't we have enough Training capts out here? Who think they know the line but have never flown it! Honestly I think theres 5-6 training capts who I havent seen once on the line.

Thats the nature of it. If someone is a line pilot they would rather be flying not teaching. The downside of the training captains is they have to spend a bunch of time 'flying' the sim, not something I imagine many line pilots want to do, unless they've lost their medical. When I applied to AMF I expected to be trained by a seasoned old line pilot not a fresh faced ERAU grad a decade younger than me. The other dissadvantage is, long brutal hours, but since when is flight instructing any different.

The advantages.

1. Great experience early on in your career, must look good on a resume.
2. Building Seniority in a good company, with possibility of Turbine PIC very early on.
3. Better money than any other 1000 hour pilot will ever see, with time and half for instructing time. They will take a pay cut when they go online.
4. Lots of quality time spent with Bob.

The training program just gives you the license to learn. Everyone, including training captain will have some learning to do once online by themselves.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

1. Lots of quality time spent with Bob.

This has to be the clincher. Heck, I may give up my spot just for that. :laugh:

 

[DirtyBeech]

This has to be the clincher. Heck, I may give up my spot just for that. :laugh:

Would you please? I want to upgrade.

Btw, I was under the impression that the reason the BUR training captains don't fly the line is that they don't have enough time to fly 135. Thus, they train until they get their time and then do what they came to AMF to do in the first place. Also, there are a number of training captain on this thread who do more than a fair share of line flying. Some even downgraded in equipment due to pilot shortage and are taking peak directly in the backside.

 

[Trader J]

Oh yeah, that one guy, "the dot, not the feather"... LOL!

Yeah, SLC isn't the same with PanEx

citabriapilot, If "that one guy" is who I think it is I flew with him last week. He told me he was on the 99 out of SLC. He is a captain here and I had to put him on my do not fly list. God help us all when a company is that desperate for captains that he can make it.

P.S. I may not be thinking of the same guy, but I hear he has a reputation at AMF!

 

[citabriapilot]

citabriapilot, If "that one guy" is who I think it is I flew with him last week. He told me he was on the 99 out of SLC. He is a captain here and I had to put him on my do not fly list. God help us all when a company is that desperate for captains that he can make it.

P.S. I may not be thinking of the same guy, but I hear he has a reputation at AMF!

We had two who left to go be Captains... I think I know you are talking about. The one I was referring to is high time and has a good head on his shoulders. Great guy all around.

 

[Trader J]

Ya then it was definitely the other guy. He's a real piece of work.

 

[PA31Driver]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Trader J
citabriapilot, If "that one guy" is who I think it is I flew with him last week. He told me he was on the 99 out of SLC. He is a captain here and I had to put him on my do not fly list. God help us all when a company is that desperate for captains that he can make it.

P.S. I may not be thinking of the same guy, but I hear he has a reputation at AMF!



No,no, no that "one guy" isn't me!!

We had two who left to go be Captains... I think I know you are talking about. The one I was referring to is high time and has a good head on his shoulders. Great guy all around.

Phew! Thanks for clearing that up Citabria. What did I tell you....Capt. E.G. made a name for himself already.

 

[Trader J]

PA31 Driver,

I have heard good things about you! I look forward to flying with you!

Yes E.G. has made a name for himself...it's not a good one.

 

[RefugePilot]

Also, there are a number of training captain on this thread who do more than a fair share of line flying. Some even downgraded in equipment due to pilot shortage and are taking peak directly in the backside.

Just because I think the part 91 training captain is one of the greatest opportunities, not so with the training captain position once you are online.

Being dual qualified gives you the opportunity to step down in planes, with the according pay cut, and take one for the team during times of need.

Also once you are online the training pay bonus goes away. You get paid time and a half for an 8 hour training day in which you will work 12 or more hours.

 

[DirtyBeech]

There's no downgrade in pay. Just in equipment, speed, altitude, and sense.

 

[Sevenout]

There's no downgrade in pay. Just in equipment, speed, altitude, and sense.

Or you could still be triple qualified like me and find yourself in a pa31 this morning wondering where the prop sync was, and wanting to feather the props on shutdown. The only thing that kept me goin was the metro pay, and yes, I did lose some of the little sense I still have left. Gotta love peak!

 

[RefugePilot]

Or you could still be triple qualified like me and find yourself in a pa31 this morning

So you were getting metro pay to fly a Jo'? Not too bad. I am willing to move to get into a Turbine but if they want to qualify me in a Metro, pay me Metro pay, I would fly the Cheiftain a little while longer. It would be nice to get paid the big bucks to fly a Jo'.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

So you were getting metro pay to fly a Jo'? Not too bad. I am willing to move to get into a Turbine but if they want to qualify me in a Metro, pay me Metro pay, I would fly the Cheiftain a little while longer. It would be nice to get paid the big bucks to fly a Jo'.

You have to hold a metro line and fill in with a lower plane that you are also qualified in.

An example is the guy flying SJT/AUS. When he was first checked out in a metro, his scheduled run was still a 99. So if he flew the 99, he got 99 pay. If he flew the 227, he got metro pay. Then the run changed to a metro. So now he gets metro pay, even if we needed him to fly the 99.

 

[DZ BUM & EFS]

Hey any of you AMF in SLE or PDX remember "Will" and what ever happened to him.

 

[citabriapilot]

Will L.? There was a Will there when I flew the Jo' back in the summer/fall of 2005. He left for Skywest.