Avantair Bases and Medical

[celloman]

I am going to have to give hangarrat some props for getting that information for Floridaflyer!! Way to go!

Take Care,
celloman

 

[FloridaFlyer]

I can tell that this is a great pilot group. Reminds me of my prior 135 gig where we had a great group of guys/gals and it was still the most FUN job I've had in aviation. I want to thank everyone for helping provide the requested info and their own insights.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

How long would it be to get DEN?

 

[celloman]

My guess is that you could get hired into Denver..... It is a good location and we still need more guys and gals out west.

-celloman

 

[CherryBomb]

What's your flying background? Primarily 121 or 91? If you prefer 121, then Avantair is not for you. If you like 91, then it's probably not so bad.


The Good: Varied flying, generally nice hotels.

The Bad: Safety is not a priority in the operation; insurance for a family is very expensive; the mechanical reliability of the Piaggio is not very good; no spare parts; no support from the management; the pilots do everything, including clean the lav; the CP and DO shouldn't be in charge of a circle jerk, let alone a pilot group; you are expected to fly no matter the weather or condition of the aircraft; I could go on and on, but you get the picture.

PM me any specific questions, and I'll fill you in.

Just as a follow up. Things might have changed slightly in the last year. I have been with Avantair a year and I have never cleaned the lav. All I have done is simply remove the cartridge and give it to the linemen to change. I also simply wipe down the seat and bowl with disinfectant wipes. There has been no fluid changing or any direct contact with bodily fluids for me. Thats for the lineguys with the Lav cart.

I have also been involved in several situations where we opted not to fly due to maint or WX, and we have not had a problem. Of course we got a call from management, but as long as we had good reason, then there was no problem.

We also seem to have a much better handle on our spare parts situation. I guess Piaggio in Italy is finally pumping out spares.

Thats just a couple of improvements that I have noticed in my year here. Many more improvements to go. Like someone else stated, it wont take much to make this a really cool place to work.

 

[bizjet800]

How can anyone afford to live in any of those cities, or any city for that matter, for $30,000 per year? Could that be why they are so short staffed?

I am surprised Avantair can find anyone since they are being scooped by the regional airlines which hire pilots with minimums as low as 600 total time.

 

[Dilligaff]

I am surprised Avantair can find anyone since they are being scooped by the regional airlines which hire pilots with minimums as low as 600 total time.

We get a lot of pilots from the regionals.

 

[AftCG182]

Just booked travel for my interview. What a great resource for info this thread has been. Thanks. One additional question, if you guys don't mind. With the 7-on/7-off schedule (and no crash pads allowed, as I understand it) what does everyone do for a place to live if their gateway is more than 2 hours from home? Get a small 2nd apartment and change your permenant address, keeping "home" as "home", but having something more substantial than a crashpad closer to work? Hope that's not too confusing...

 

[CAP E TON]

if you dont live at one of our bases and your not willing to fully move you won't be hired.

 

[glasspilot]

Have to agree with Cap E Ton here.

You must live within 2 hours of your gateway. There are tons of gateways but you have to be willing to live within a 2 hour drive as determined by mapquest.

Avantair is a great place to work but if the gateway thing is an issue then you'd be better off looking somewhere else.

 

[AftCG182]

I'm making a bigger deal out of this than I need to. I'm only 45 minutes farther than two hours, per Mapquest. I'll move an hour south of here then I'll be good. I have a couple of friends that work there now, and they love it. I'll keep the interview, I think.

 

[stuckinGFK]

Have you heard of anyone getting interviews with under 2500tt?

I have 1700 with 650 jet and will be looking in a few months. I don't want to go to a regional to build time.

Thanks

 

[celloman]

I got hired with 2300 ish...

I think they are trying to find people who will have about 3000tt at upgrade.

Submit an aplication, they are looking and I think quality not quantity wins most of the time.

Best of Luck!

-celloman

 

[Captain Morgan]

If I live 3 hrs from a gateway, but my rents live 1 hour away and I just commute the night before to my rents and spend the night before the next day which is the first day of the trip and use that address, is that ok? Thanks.

CM

 

[johnsonrod]

It's not a huge deal, but what's the probability of getting the Avanti II with the Pro Line 21 set-up off the bat as a newbie vs. the regular Avanti? How many of each does Avantair have and how many Avanti IIs are expected through the end of the year?