AvantAir entire fleet grounded for mx Inspections?

[C425Driver]

Here's hoping all goes well! Don't know anything else, but wishing you the best!

Thanks Doh!

I just missed you in PBI last week - saw your name on the crew car sign out sheet. Hope all is well.

 

[sshrae]

Sometimes when a company goes under or a furlough happens its a blessing in disguise.When we were furloughed from NJA it seemed like a pretty bad deal. It turned out for me and many I know to be the best thing to happen to us. I got the best job of my life making twice as much, two other friends got hired at fedex,and many others found jobs much better than nja. The point is, don't feel that losing a job is the end all, there are quite a few good gigs out there that you might be surprised to find are much better ( and more lucrative).

 

[fugazi]

Sometimes when a company goes under or a furlough happens its a blessing in disguise.When we were furloughed from NJA it seemed like a pretty bad deal. It turned out for me and many I know to be the best thing to happen to us. I got the best job of my life making twice as much, two other friends got hired at fedex,and many others found jobs much better than nja. The point is, don't feel that losing a job is the end all, there are quite a few good gigs out there that you might be surprised to find are much better ( and more lucrative).

first off, no one said anything about avantair going under or, anything about layoffs. Second, stop kidding yourself with "it was a blessing in disguise". just because you're making more doesn't mean it's a better job. The job at Net is the best in the business. Get your head out of your keyster! furthermore,Those boys at Fedup look like their lives have been cut by 25% from all of the flying abuse!

 

[hammer2]

first off, no one said anything about avantair going under or, anything about layoffs. Second, stop kidding yourself with "it was a blessing in disguise". just because you're making more doesn't mean it's a better job. The job at Net is the best in the business. Get your head out of your keyster! furthermore,Those boys at Fedup look like their lives have been cut by 25% from all of the flying abuse!

You can't see the forest for the trees, can you? He's trying to give you some good advise, especially considering what industry we're in.

 

[sshrae]

Ask the guys at Netjets if they think theirs is the best job in the industry still. Also, it's not just the money that makes it a better job, I'm not gone 7 days in a row, that now seems rough as far as schedules go. Avantair very well may not go under, but if it does you might be surprised to find out that there are better gigs out there for you that you might not have otherwise found.
My friends at FedEx, senior or not, love the job. Is it perfect? No, but i have a friend based la in the md11 that flies an asia trip a month and does pretty well financially. I would not call that abuse.
Good luck

 

[fugazi]

You can't see the forest for the trees, can you? He's trying to give you some good advise, especially considering what industry we're in.

can you decode the advice? It's not like he was saying "run from aviation" or, "be thankful for what you have".

 

[fugazi]

Ask the guys at Netjets if they think theirs is the best job in the industry still. Also, it's not just the money that makes it a better job, I'm not gone 7 days in a row, that now seems rough as far as schedules go. Avantair very well may not go under, but if it does you might be surprised to find out that there are better gigs out there for you that you might not have otherwise found.
My friends at FedEx, senior or not, love the job. Is it perfect? No, but i have a friend based la in the md11 that flies an asia trip a month and does pretty well financially. I would not call that abuse.
Good luck

I will concede, it's all subjective. Personally. I would hate commuting to Mem or panc. All of the inital night flying and the international BS. I'd rather work at costco.

 

[hammer2]

can you decode the advice? It's not like he was saying "run from aviation" or, "be thankful for what you have".

Im not going to explain or argue about what an example of "when a door closes sometimes a door to a better job opens", is. I hope everything works out well with you at Avantair.

 

[gunfyter]

I wonder how much sense a merger or acquisition by XO Jet of Avantair would make? Lotta pax to feed into the need for the X and 300 trips.

 

[AftCG182]

I wonder how much sense a merger or acquisition by XO Jet of Avantair would make? Lotta pax to feed into the need for the X and 300 trips.

Agreed. Makes lots of sense. But, that rumor ran it's course a little while back.

 

[rajflyboy]

Hope all goes well for you guys working for avantair! Don't want to see anyone get furloughed.

That being said ........ the king airs would not have had these types of issues

 

[AftCG182]

That being said ........ the king airs would not have had these types of issues

ZZZiiiinnnngggg!!! Another well placed King Air dig... :uzi:

 

[NJAowner]

Don't put your head in the sand, but also don't be unrealistic either. The sales crews at the other fracs have been having a field day with this. To a prospective buyer, it does not matter whether this issue with the elevators is real, imagined, trivial or extremely minor. Fractional companies sell the perception of being safer (we do not need to argue facts here -- facts are irrelevant for this argument). If one company is perceived as having maintenance issues or pilot issues, that can be a huge issue in gaining new business and retaining owners. The facts are irrelevant - there will not be a judge and jury sitting to weigh the facts and the relative credibility of all witnesses. It is the perception in the minds of prospective owners which will rule. I wish you all the best -- but this is beyond the control of the pilots.

 

[say again]

Don't put your head in the sand, but also don't be unrealistic either. The sales crews at the other fracs have been having a field day with this. To a prospective buyer, it does not matter whether this issue with the elevators is real, imagined, trivial or extremely minor. Fractional companies sell the perception of being safer (we do not need to argue facts here -- facts are irrelevant for this argument). If one company is perceived as having maintenance issues or pilot issues, that can be a huge issue in gaining new business and retaining owners. The facts are irrelevant - there will not be a judge and jury sitting to weigh the facts and the relative credibility of all witnesses. It is the perception in the minds of prospective owners which will rule. I wish you all the best -- but this is beyond the control of the pilots.

Exactly!! :beer:

 

[imacdog]

Don't worry, without a pesky union their company will easily be able to navigate this rough patch.