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[Front Office]

They called me 3 weeks ago, did the first phone interview, said they would be calling me back. It went real well, I thought. But havnt heard a thing from them in 3 weeks...

 

[SE-30]

Front Office, you need to call back! They like to see it when you take the ball and run with it. Call back ASAP and let them know you're just touching base.

 

[cfrey79]

SE-30,

Did you fly the BE1900 in a warm place way down south? PM me if so.

 

[goahead]

Can you change domiciles if you want later on. Do you think that you could go into Cessna's flight department to test fly their jet's later on or would you have to start out in Independence like everyone else that's a test pilot.

Blueridge71 congrats on getting out of here and glad to hear you like it, I'm about to get displaced back to FO and have been seriously considering CS for some time. Glad to hear all these happy people.

 

[Guitar rocker]

Can you change domiciles if you want later on. Do you think that you could go into Cessna's flight department to test fly their jet's later on or would you have to start out in Independence like everyone else that's a test pilot.

Blueridge71 congrats on getting out of here and glad to hear you like it, I'm about to get displaced back to FO and have been seriously considering CS for some time. Glad to hear all these happy people.

Cessna is hiring right now. I dont think that you had to start in Independence. They are hiring for production flight test and demo.......

 

[goahead]

Cessna is hiring right now. I dont think that you had to start in Independence. They are hiring for production flight test and demo.......

Thank ya very much...

 

[Humphreybogart]

Cessna is hiring right now. I dont think that you had to start in Independence. They are hiring for production flight test and demo.......

Just out of curiousity, Rocker, what does Cessna pay their test/production pilots?

 

[haulingthemail]

Hows the over all statis of CS? Stability? Longterm is it a good place to be?
How long is the upgrades?

 

[DO-82 driver]

When do they expect to turn a profit or are they going to be on Cessna's life support for a while?

 

[Humphreybogart]

When do they expect to turn a profit or are they going to be on Cessna's life support for a while?

Let's put it this way...we're meeting our budget this year. I don't think Cessna really wants to turn a profit with us. They are making more money with us and our situation as it is.

 

[DO-82 driver]

OH....I get it....Cessna doesn't want to make money off of something they have invested millions in. Makes sense.

I guess it allows them to unload all those new, unsold airplanes that are roling off the assembly line instead of having them sit idle someplace.

 

[FRACTRASH]

DO-82 Driver, It just amazes me how smart you are. You managed to figure out exactly how CS runs there business. Stick to flying airplanes and leave running the business to the executives.

 

[DO-82 driver]

TRASH.....You missed theboat on that one. It was Bogey who gave us CS business model.

I'm just waiting for CS to post a profit.

 

[Fozzy]

Do-82,
I do HATE to admit it but Bogart has a point. Do you want the owners of a fractional contract seeing the company they are with showing a profit??? I would not if it was me. I would like to make a few million each year. Just over breaking even. If I started to see HUGE profits, I would think that I was getting hosed.

Anyways, I never believed any of the garbage numbers given out. We make money, I get it. Now just pay me.

 

[DO-82 driver]

Fozzy...I agree...I remember this topic coming up during the contract negotiations.

NetJets has turned a profit for 2 quarters now and I don;t see or hear of owners demanding their money back. They know they are getting the best survice in the industry and they like it alot!!!

I'm not saying a HUGE profit, but even a modest one means that monies can be used for expansion such as improvements to the overall operaitons for the sake of safety. (I am in no way saying CS has any type ofsafety problems)

As an owner I might be equally alarmed if I found out that the company flying me around is operating in the RED!!!! That brings on a whole different set of questions.

 

[blueridge71]

OH....I get it....Cessna doesn't want to make money off of something they have invested millions in. Makes sense.

I guess it allows them to unload all those new, unsold airplanes that are roling off the assembly line instead of having them sit idle someplace.

I was told that CS will be profitable by 2007, if not this year.

 

[DO-82 driver]

I hope they are...good for them.

Competition is a good thing for everyone involved.

 

[rickair7777]

Another question...

On this requirement that you live within 2 hours of one of their designated airports: Does that mean two hours per mapquest, or do they actually expect you to be at the gate in two hours? LAX is why I'm asking...thanks.

 

[ALSF 2]

mapquest your house to LAX, it must show under 2 hours.

That is all.

Cheers!

 

[Sparse]

Another question...

On this requirement that you live within 2 hours of one of their designated airports: Does that mean two hours per mapquest, or do they actually expect you to be at the gate in two hours? LAX is why I'm asking...thanks.

They will accept any map program. There are many and they don't all agree. I know of one guy that lives in SAN for the LAX base. I bet there are times of the day that drive takes 3 or more hours.