Avantair

[Texasskicker]

Avantice

How does this ferrari of the skies handle icing? How are the leading edges anti/de iced?

Anyone had a load on it and how does it fly?

Tx.

 

[RideTheWind]

Hot wings

 

[T-REX]

mmmmmm...hot wings

 

[cfrey79]

Anyone know where the pilot bases are located for Avantair? Is commuting allowed?

 

[cfrey79]

Never mind. Found the answer on a different thread.

 

[Texasskicker]

Hot wings?

How about the canard, is that bleed air heated or electric. The wings dont have that there shiny metal cuff on the leading edges, so how exactly are they heated? How does it handle with ice on it?

Come on boys, give me the technical info. And if you dont know, just say so.

Tx.

 

[justacfii]

Canard is electric, leading edges of the main wing are bleed air, and the engine inlets are little boots. The vert and horiz tail have no de-/ anti ice.


Don't know how it carries it

 

[RideTheWind]

How about the canard, is that bleed air heated or electric. The wings dont have that there shiny metal cuff on the leading edges, so how exactly are they heated? How does it handle with ice on it?

Come on boys, give me the technical info. And if you dont know, just say so.

Tx.

Dude thought you were a real pilot, you really don't know how a wing gets heated? It does not require any shiny metal to be a hot wing. **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** you're are a bright one.

If ya don't know anything say so.

 

[Iam3rd]

I can say that my dealings with Avantair thusfar have been fair. Last August I had two phone interviews with their Chief Pilot, DO and one or two other people were on there also. The next week I was offered the job and was going to start ground school the first of Sept.

I am also a Black Hawk Crew Chief in the North Carolina Army National Guard. Two days after I was offered the job, I found out that I was being deployed to Iraq that November. Instead of waiting till after I started ground school and became an employee of the company (which would have given me the protection under the law with regards to employers and deploying soldiers) I decided to be upfront and honest with them and tell them before I started ground school. I felt like this was the right thing to do. My hopes were that they would at a min. give me a hire date so that I would not lose a whole year of seniority.

I was told that they appreciated what I was going to do over in Iraq and how much respect they had for the military, but that I was no longer going to be able to start ground school. They said it would not make since for me to start in Sept. and only be there for 2 months before I left. I was also told that when I got back, I still had a job with them if I wanted it. They said that they would even put it in writing for me, which I agreed would be good to have. You never know who will still be around after a year.

That was the last conversation I had with Avantair. I never received the letter and after repeated messages that were left inquiring on the status of the letter, my phone calls were never returned.

I am currently in Balad, Iraq and hope to be home in January. The jury is still out on how much integrity the company has. I guess I will find out when I get back. I'm hoping they live up to their word. But so far it isn't looking too good.

 

[Kingairrick]

CP quit last week. A few more on the way out, so I hear...