Berry Aviation, San Marcos, TX

[bptham]

Just saw the posting on climbto350.com about the Metroliner and Citation II job for Berry Aviation in San Marcos, TX. Does anybody know anything about this company? Thanks guys...

 

[labbats]

Required First Officer duties for military commitments. They fly some charter and pay is around $18000 a year to start. Bases in San Diego, Omaha, San Marcos and some East Coast.

 

[Ravendriver]

It looks like a PFT gig. The ad says you have to pay for training on one of the aircraft and they pay for the other.

PFT is PFT no matter how you slice it.

 

[bptham]

Yeah, I saw that. If it smells like PFT it probably is PFT. Just checking, you never know. Thanks guys...

 

[labbats]

Some other guys know much more than I, but when I applied in 2003 it wasn't PFT. Time changes all I guess.

 

[Piper877]

Some other guys know much more than I, but when I applied in 2003 it wasn't PFT. Time changes all I guess.

Yes I was reading the ad and if you just want to do the Metro it's $6500 out of pocket up front for initial and $21,000 salary to start. Guaranteed type rating after 24 months and all recurrent and upgrade training paid for by company. Sounds like a pretty crappy deal to me.
If you want to be an F/O on both it's $12,000 up front with starting salary of $24,000. Same deal as the other as far as upgrade/recurrent etc.
I'm not an expert by any stretch but it seems like a very poor paying position that requires you to lay out thousands in order to work there for almost nothing.

 

[PropsR4Boats]

Yep if you only stay a year you made $12000. I can think of a lot easier ways to make $12000yr. Starbucks...they have health and a 401k, and pay about $18,000 ($9 hr) for full time hours! I know that some little kid will do this and has in the past.

 

[bptham]

Oh gosh, yeah, sounds like a hoot. Well, back to the drawing board. Maybe I can scrounge up 30k instead and just go to an rj academy! Thanks again for the info...

 

[AZaviator]

Yes I was reading the ad and if you just want to do the Metro it's $6500 out of pocket up front for initial and $21,000 salary to start. Guaranteed type rating after 24 months and all recurrent and upgrade training paid for by company. Sounds like a pretty crappy deal to me.

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On the other hand, if you were to get hired directly into the Metro for a company like Ameriflight, you would get paid during training, typed in the aircraft, and would start out making somewhere in the low $40k range.

 

[bocefus]

Don't know much about the jobs that were posted, but I do know that Berry is a subcontractor for Airscan on the Kwajalein contract.

 

[bptham]

Yeah, I've looked at Ameriflight before. I'm still a little short on time. I'll keep plugging away and be there shortly. Thanks again...

 

[Diver Driver]

Anybody here works or have worked for them???
Do they only hire PFT??

 

[PC12Cowboy]

NO PFT at Berry

 

[Skycam]

berry's not PFT anymore and they pay during training now, times a changing.

 

[Tar Heel]

Most pilots who come to Berry are looking to build their time and move on. I really can't compain about my time there. It wasn't the best nor was it the worst. I got a lot out of the experience and truly enjoyed flying the Metro. I was based out of NZY and about the only gripe would be the cost of living. I flew with some really great guys out there. I know that if you are in the San Marcos side expect to be traveling more as you are more likely to cover vacation and sick calls on the DCS and NASNI runs. While living in Texas isn't that bad, most of us (at least when I was there) preferred to be away from the "Blue Pagoda." But like I said, you'll get from it what you take from it. And all the PFT rumors are crap. It isn't Ameriflight.