Avantair?

[celloman]

We recieved an email from the pilot hiring dept that stated.

1. All classes had been filled for the year
2. Most if not all interview slots were filled and the people offered a job would be put in a pool.
3. Depending on needs they might add another class.
4. Hiring mins have not changed but I dont know what competative is.
5. You almost have to know someone to get hired.

As for bases. This is the million dollar question. Most of them are open except for a slot or two. The company is evaluating the cost of each base and adding to the basses that cost the least. It looks like most of the hiring is going to come from the middle of the country. I think IAH had 10 openings most of the east and west coast had 1 or 2 in each base.

Hope this helps!

-celloman

 

[PARAMOUNT]

You guys got to look at the big picture.....
1. you are all driving turbo props....
2. you really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. in your company.
3. and the starting salary really sucks.....
plain and simple,
why would anyone want to work at this company?

 

[glasspilot]

Here's the "bigger" picture,

1. we fly a plane that is very economical,
2. I fly many former "other fractional" owners,
3. I have all of the precious type ratings I need to stoke my ego,
4. I make more money for less work than any other job I've ever had, and I've been a captain WITH a typed plane too!
5. you are a tool.

 

[avbug]

You guys got to look at the big picture.....
1. you are all driving turbo props....
2. you really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. in your company.
3. and the starting salary really sucks.....
plain and simple,
why would anyone want to work at this company?

"You are all driving turboprops." Really? You don't think, perhaps that anybody noticed this? Is that anything like telling a man on a bicycle "you're on a bicycle" or informing a black man that yes indeed, he is black?

Your grasp of the obvious is indeed staggering, leaving one truly underwhelmed. You must be a college graduate.

"You really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. for your company." Again, with the obvious. Here's something you might not know: one doesn't need a type rating to be a first officer there, either. Or a secretary. Or a mechanic. Or a bottle washer, chief hair dresser, or the guy who changes the lightbulbs in the records room. Isn't that an amazing coincidence? It does, however, beg the question: so what??

"And the starting salary really sucks." How would you phrase that if you didn't talk like a 14 year old? Sucks? Really? Do you preface your statements in general with "dude," too, or is "sucks" the technical way of analyzing the elementary compensation rate at this operator? Clearly you are an economics major, with a deep, technical vocabulary such as that. "Sucks?"

Of course, whereas you don't work there, of what possible concern is the starting salary, to you?

You're familiar with the salary at an airline, are you not? You're familiar with the starting salaries there, too? You're familiar with the fact that many pilots flying turbojet airplanes are making less, are you not? And yet you still say such stupid things, as what you just said? Are you finished embarassing yourself publicly yet?

"Plain and simple, why would anyone want to work at this company?"

You're not done embarassing yourself yet, we see.

First of all, to answer a question with a question...why is that any of your business? Why should you care? Does gainful employment by others offend you or hurt your sense of order in the universe, or are you simply in the habit of sticking your nose so far into other people's business that your pores are brown?

In a time when work is becoming difficult to find, in a time when furloughs are common, when companies are folding, when the industry at large is in peril, and when the economy on a global scale is collapsing and falling in many markets and on all sides, you have the temerity and stupidity to ask why a pilot would take a profitable, paying job in good equipment, with a regular schedule, good time off, considerable variety, descent clientelle, in new airplanes, flying domestically? Why don't you ask some of the pilots who have been there a few years now, and who like it there? But then again, why should you care, and what business is it of yours?

If it's not for you, then try not to trip over your knuckles, and move on.

 

[Snakum]

Paramount(ed) ... I'm afraid, my good man, your ass has been completely "owned", as my son would say. And that was some serious ownage, too.

I've peeked inside the 180 a few times when it was in for maintenance where I fly occasionally. Nice ride. Crews have always been friendly and professional. I'd jump on a job with Avantair in a heartbeat.

 

[fischman]

You guys got to look at the big picture.....
1. you are all driving turbo props.... Looks like someone has BIG-SHINEY jet syndrome...
2. you really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. in your company. Who cares?
3. and the starting salary really sucks.....
plain and simple,
why would anyone want to work at this company?

From what I understand, the people who do work there like it. To each his own. Your post implies a big ego.

 

[ILFLY2]

You guys got to look at the big picture.....
1. you are all driving turbo props....
2. you really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. in your company.
3. and the starting salary really sucks.....
plain and simple,
why would anyone want to work at this company?

after 10 years serving 121 regional to major, furlough...
(my buddy's case.)

who give dxxx about turbo prop, or type rating..
collect all hotel point and airline miles...
NO JUMPSEAT... SPACE POSITIVE ALL THE TIME
I can still put food on my family table... and making 6 figure. (with OT).
yes with P180...

 

[Helmsalee]

Got a look at one on a sit recently. A very nice crew proudly showed off their ride. I was impressed. Very nice cockpit and I was suprised how that the cabin was larger than it looked from the outside. Saw Goldie Hawn get out of one up in Canada a while back. Before someone gets all worked up, I don't work for them so I am just a witness.

 

[AftCG182]

You guys got to look at the big picture.....
1. you are all driving turbo props....
2. you really don't need a type rating to be a CAPT. in your company.
3. and the starting salary really sucks.....
plain and simple,
why would anyone want to work at this company?

Let me highlight a couple of things that don't suck:

-I just upgraded at 11 months.

-In my 11 months as F/O, I made (including per diem and a little O.T.) about $45K. I'll get back to you in a year and let you know how I made out as a Captain.

-I'm employed at a time when some of my good friends are getting furloughed. (Actually that does suck)

As I've already stated... the airplane is a blast and I don't give a crap about whether I need a type rating to be PIC. My co-workers are top-notch and great to fly with. The company that keeps me employed and allows me to provide for my daughter is absolutely fantastic.

I can't speak to why anyone else works for Avantair, but that's why I do.

 

[mainiac]

Let me highlight a couple of things that don't suck:

-I just upgraded at 11 months.

-In my 11 months as F/O, I made (including per diem and a little O.T.) about $45K. I'll get back to you in a year and let you know how I made out as a Captain.

-I'm employed at a time when some of my good friends are getting furloughed. (Actually that does suck)

As I've already stated... the airplane is a blast and I don't give a crap about whether I need a type rating to be PIC. My co-workers are top-notch and great to fly with. The company that keeps me employed and allows me to provide for my daughter is absolutely fantastic.

I can't speak to why anyone else works for Avantair, but that's why I do.

With you, agree with it all, you may speak for me,
and,
I approve this message!

Stay Happy, Cap'n D