Cargo out of Salt Lake City

[buckdanny]

Hey Slomo,

Were you based in OAK? I'm bases in OAK and I'm training in the PA-31 now, after flying the Lance for a month and a half. I'm also 3rd or 4th on the list for the 99! Things are moving fast. But I'm outta here in a month anyway. Who are you flying for now?

As for Jerry Clark, well he is in charge of recruiting now. Jay Bernstein left the company a couple of months ago.

Buck

 

[ebaybob]

More questions....

So...here are a few more questions....

What does anyone know about Salmon Air...I know they have passenger runs to Moab...any SLC based pilots? How do you contact them to apply? Minimums???

Western Air Express minimums?

Which carriers would hire pilots only able to fly night runs? I would love to do some freight flying at night and keep my part-time day job...

Thanks for all of your help!!

Bob

 

[slomo]

Buck,

I was at OAK.

I'm at ExpressJet now.

 

[Dorsal Fin]

135 jobs in slc

I Don't know if your flight experience on you profile is accurate... but if it is you need a lot more time... refer to FAR 135.243(c). everything that I know about is IFR. your only shot at getting a night only gig right now would be with western air express..

Good Luck
Mike

So...here are a few more questions....

What does anyone know about Salmon Air...I know they have passenger runs to Moab...any SLC based pilots? How do you contact them to apply? Minimums???

Western Air Express minimums?

Which carriers would hire pilots only able to fly night runs? I would love to do some freight flying at night and keep my part-time day job...

Thanks for all of your help!!

Bob

 

[MarineGrunt]

btt...

I would really like to know more about Western Air Express (mins, pay, schedule, etc).

Thanks!

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Looks like you'd meet the hiring mins for SkyWest. Obviously not a freight job but better QOL. First year at any regional is a vow of poverty but once you get past that you'll probably make more money in a 3-5 year period than you will if you take the freight route. Obviously AMF or similar gets you turbine PIC more quickly but realistically where are you going to get hired with 1000 hours of single pilot Be-99 time in this job market.

 

[tsky]

American Check Transport

I know a guy who flies MU-2s between SLC and DEN for ACT. He leaves at around 4 in the morning and is done for the day around 10 am and makes around 40K. Doesn't sound too bad. I think that they fly PA31s too.

 

[tsky]

Empire

If you want to get out of the bay area, you should check out Empire. They are hiring F/Os right now for the F-27/ATR. Great company.

 

[DirtyBeech]

bernstein's replacement is jerry clark, the former chief pilot. good guy, and easy to talk to

 

[MarineGrunt]

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[psysicx]

Does american check transport have a website?

 

[freight dork]

Salmon Air is based out of Salmon Idaho, they have a lot of operations flying the back country in Idaho. They have a Navajo flying a UPS contract and I believe they only have 1 pilot based in SLC (besides the SLC Dir of OPs.). Salmon also has a couple of Navajo's that are on EAS contracts with crews based in Vernal and Moab Utah, that fly into SLC on a regular schedule. The EAS Navajos are flown with 2 pilot crews. The UPS is single pilot. Salmon seems like it would be a pretty good place to work, if you want to fly a Navajo.

 

[freight dork]

I have no idea where you got the idea that salmon air is a "pretty good place to work". Lets see here, they have had one UPS run out of SLC for five years and have already crashed two planes and killed two pilots on just that run. They might be a good place to work if you like risking your life by scud running down the bottom of the salmon river drainage in the middle of the winter in a chieftain so the Jim Bob can get his bull semen on time. I wouldn't recommend Salmon Air to my worst enemy.

 

[flyinlow67]

Does american check transport have a website?

Not that I have ever found. They have runs all over from what I have seen. They used to be based at CMI and IND, but the Fed reserve closed and the runs were cancelled. Don't know where they are now.

 

[MarineGrunt]

Finally found out, Western Air Express looks for about 1500tt and 250 multi.

Still looking for work in the SLC area if anyone can help out............

 

[psysicx]

Is there no chance of bumming? And what about ASA?

 

[check6]

At Amflight, is the time in the Lance varying now? I seem to remember a post a while back about Amflight getting rid of the Lance.