Anyone heard of Flight Options Interviewing??

[msr]

Has anyone heard of anybody interviewing in th last month or so or have a interview coming up Flight Options? Thanks!!

 

[xrated]

Interviews are probably slowing down because of the the big upcoming merger with another fractional company.

 

[GooseHZ]

sorry.....

i call BS on that one griz.......


i hope you guys fire the MEC and get a fair TA.

 

[pnjohn75]

They are still hiring 10 or so a month, spoke with HR today. All BE-400/CJ/ and still a few BE-200. You have to have a LOR, and they also need to stop by the office probably more than once to speak to HR about your quals. They also seem to move quickly on candidates with types on any of the new hire equipment. This has been my experience and seems to be the norm.


Good Luck

 

[waveoff]

don't expect too much...

If you do get hired here at Options don't expect to ever upgrade to the left seat. You'll be stuck in the right seat forever. When you become a 5th year F/O you'll be making equivalent to light jet Captain's pay ($4333/month). No one has upgraded from F/O to Captain in months here...except for one kiss@$$ in the pre-owned beechjet fleet. His seniority number was 760ish and the closest Captain to him was 640ish. Not only did he upgrade but he became the Assistant Program Manager in the pre-owned beechjet fleet where he makes more money than everyone else in the program. So basically, the only way to get ahead in this company right now is to kiss alot of butt and be a buddyf***er.

 

[fogrunner]

From what I have heard FLOPS is having about 10 pilots a month leave. They seem very slow to upgrade people. There are quite a few guys who do a lot of overtime. So I suppose they can cover the upgrade slots with extra OT.

I left last month after 5yrs. I left good friends behind. it is a pity that quite a few of the FLT managers don't realize what quailty people they have working for them.
I came out of the 3 program and they didnt replace my PIC slot.

 

[waveoff]

From what I have heard FLOPS is having about 10 pilots a month leave. They seem very slow to upgrade people. There are quite a few guys who do a lot of overtime. So I suppose they can cover the upgrade slots with extra OT.

That's exactly what's going on. Plus they use contract pilots to pick up the slack. These contract pilots are usually guys that have left the company and work for Options on their days off at their new jobs. They're well compensated as well...as in well over $700/day plus per diem and expenses. Good luck at your new job flying the DC-10. I wish I had the flight time to go fly one.

 

[longrangekiller]

fogrunner, the normal loss rate is two per month. If pilots were leaving as fast as you say my seniority number would be much better than it is.

Your PIC slot was not fill?? Why, the program you left is getting smaller fast. Just put one on the market with a couple more going on soon.

Oh, do not worry, those sold will be replaced with a new series of acft: MUCH FASTER!!

Enjoy the new job.

 

[Dep676]

Oh, do not worry, those sold will be replaced with a new series of acft: MUCH FASTER!!

Enjoy the new job.

That's a pretty optimistic statement. I do not think that they will be replaced as fast you think. Why is it we just lost four PIC's in the XP program and no word of any bids for those positions? I know the XP program is not going any where.

 

[beechjetpilot1]

Those 4 XP PIC positions went to the.....drum role please..............................................CONTRACT PILOTS! I ran into 3 of them on the road last week.

 

[pilotprwv]

That is a bunch of BS. There aren't any contract pilots in the XP. I fly the XP and haven't heard anything about that. I can tell you this, if it is true we would of all heard about it by now. The rumors fly fast here.

 

[longrangekiller]

Actually, between the two XP captains that went on to better things and the other five that are moving to the CE-750 or the Legacy, the total is seven XP Captains.

Why contract pilots you ask? We simply can not upgrade them fast enough. You can expect that FO will use some contract guys throgh the holidays.

For you guys that want know, in the not so distant future, all the Challengers will be replaced with Legacy acft. Can not wait to see the seniority jumble on that one.

 

[Dep676]

That is a bunch of BS. There aren't any contract pilots in the XP. I fly the XP and haven't heard anything about that. I can tell you this, if it is true we would of all heard about it by now. The rumors fly fast here.

What makes you say that there are no contract pilots? This is the second or third person on this site that has said they have actually talked to them.

I think you and LRK need to put the kool-aid down and open your eyes.

 

[Dep676]

Why contract pilots you ask? We simply can not upgrade them fast enough. You can expect that FO will use some contract guys throgh the holidays.

Well it is because that are not trying to upgrade anyone. Have not had any captain bids in forever. All they need to do is put out the bids and send the guys to school. Also not take two months to award the bids. Then another few months to send them to school. Then hire more people at the same time.

 

[FracCapt]

For you guys that want know, in the not so distant future, all the Challengers will be replaced with Legacy acft. Can not wait to see the seniority jumble on that one.

Well....IF that does occur, hopefully they will do the right thing, and let those guys bid whatever their seniority allows - but I seriously doubt it. They would likely just slide them all over to the Legacy. I can't see all the Challengers going away, though...too many owners like the Challenger, and I've heard from many Challenger crews that those owners get pretty PO'd when they are placed in a Legacy.

 

[fogrunner]

longrangekiller wrote: fogrunner, the normal loss rate is two per month. If pilots were leaving as fast as you say my seniority number would be much better than it is.

I beg to differ.

Sure if all the pilots were senior to you. If 10 pilots left and 8 were jr to you and 2 were snr to you you would move up 2. When I left the 800 pilots jr to me moved up 1. The 200 snr to me did'nt. So you can't say that if 10 left I should be moving up that many. It is dependent on where in the list they sit in comparison to you.

 

[Dep676]

Dep676, Man, you can not read. LRK did not say there are no contract pilots. He said why contract pilots, meaning, yes there are. And why with older XP's being sold or moved to the used Hawker Line would there be a need for a captains bid??

Yes, I am busting your balls. For you life is hard, especially so since you are stupid.

Well dipsh!t I never said that LRK said that we did not have any contract pilots. He trying to say we can not upgrade people fast enough. Well no sh!t. It is because they are not trying to upgrade anyone.

Well if we have enough captains why do they beg for overtime from people all the time in the XP program?

You sir need to step back and put the kool-aid down also.

So bust away. I have thick skin.

 

[Frac Daddy]

Bingo!

longrangekiller wrote: fogrunner, the normal loss rate is two per month. If pilots were leaving as fast as you say my seniority number would be much better than it is.

I beg to differ.

Sure if all the pilots were senior to you. If 10 pilots left and 8 were jr to you and 2 were snr to you you would move up 2. When I left the 800 pilots jr to me moved up 1. The 200 snr to me did'nt. So you can't say that if 10 left I should be moving up that many. It is dependent on where in the list they sit in comparison to you.

fogrunner is right. Everybody assumes that the normal pattern is FO to captain then out of here. Of the people that I know personally have left, half are FOs.

 

[longrangekiller]

Fogrunner, you are right, I did move up just ONE number and the total number of pilots on the list is the same???