Avantair

[Everett Howe]

Is the starting pay still around 18K?

 

[RideTheWind]

I don't think they're hiring copilots now, I hear you start at 25K until done with training than 40K.
The mins are 3000TT with 1000 multi turbine PIC and an ATP.

 

[Texasskicker]

Since yall are so eager to answer my questions

Questions for your Ferrari fliers:

Where does all the baggage go?

How do y'all like flyin outta Caldeywell?

Do y'all serve lasagna on yer flights?

Thats all the ?''s I can think of right now. Most important question was the one about the baggage. Couldn't help my self.

Tx.

Since yall are so eager to answer my questions, gotta couple more.

How is the Avanti in icing conditions, how is the aircraft anti ice / de ice protected in the air?

I heard most of the baggage finds a home in the nice aft lav area and in the aisle is there any truth to that?

Does it have the same avionics the Starship used to have before they sent it to the scrapyard.

What kinda takeoff performance numbers do you get at max gross?

I wanna fly with yall but I wanna fly a jet..a real mans airplane. Gotta get off the runway and climb over the weather like a homesick angel...raped ape isnt fast enough.

Yall have a nice holiday.

Tx.

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

The mins are 3000TT with 1000 multi turbine PIC and an ATP.

Seems very hard to believe. And then get paid 40k in a high cost of living area??

Mr. I.

 

[anon]

Jet or not - that is a nice looking airplane.

An airliner was behind one the other day at FL330, complaining about being held back on the speed. The Piaggio pilot was very cool about it. He apologized for the slow speed (350+ knots), but no problem, he'd be glad to climb to FL410 to let the airliner go by --- underneath him.

I wouldn't mind flying one --- "Old" instrumentation or not ---

 

[psysicx]

Do you have to live in base or can you commute?

 

[Everett Howe]

I don't think they're hiring copilots now, I hear you start at 25K until done with training than 40K

So the 25K are starting pay for Cpts? Wow. Not.

How are the right seat guys logging their time, the Piaggio is single pilot, no?

So no SIC required. Just for Insurance I guess.

 

[C425Driver]

The CP is not thrilled about hiring airline guys although we do have a few.

Why does he not like hiring airline pilots? Is it the furloughed guys who will leave when they get the recall or is there something about airline guys in general?

C425Driver

 

[slowto250]

One of the Avantair owners and his wife regularly read this board. They are pretty good at finding out who's posting (although in my case it was obvious and no I did not get fired for posting here).

Enough said.

BTW - don't PM me with Avaintair questions now that is obvious I used to work there. I won't answer them for a couple of reasons. Also it's been 9 months since I left and things change.

Jeezuz, don't they have anything better to do with their time ? Oh.... say for instance, figure out a way to pay someone a living wage ?

 

[Nightowl]

The airline guys we have are generally very good but we have had a few cases where career airline guys have had trouble adjusting to the lifestyle of the fractional pilot. Things like doing there own flight planning and things just in general being a lot less structured than the airlines.