Empire 121 PICs

[rod farva]

Anybody know how senior the Casper to Jackson run goes?

 

[dillfer]

Not very. Both captains were hired within the last 3 years, maybe the last two years.

 

[Juan Trippe]

F&B, Thunder, ATRCapt.......how's it hangin'?
I've been under a rock for a while here.
How's life treating you folks in the bigger world?
I've been pondering what to do next. Qual-o-life has been pretty good for me, but it's just feeling kinda stagnant around here now.
Must be time to re-evaluate my goals in life. I sure wouldn't mind being one of those "taste-testers" up at the brewery.
P.S. I'm gonna be Rockin' On at the White River Amphitheatre on Friday the 20th!!!! Oh, yeah!!
P.S. Remember The Fokkers

 

[blingair]

Anybody know how senior the Casper to Jackson run goes?

Its not really like that. The term "Airline" is a little misleading. We are more of a "Pilot Services" kind of company. They hire into a base that has a open position. You can higher into a base and wait for an opening to where you want to go. The problem is there is a long list of people for the good bases and the employees are not notified of base openings unless it is a new base so you might not ever know it was open and miss your chance.
Because of the way the company operates and because of the contracts, Empire is a 3-5 year commitment so be sure its the place you and your family want to spend that much time in.
The ATR contract is 18K, pro rated 1K for every month you work after your checkride. If you upgrade you full-fill whats left of your 18 months and then start working off the 1 year upgrade contract. So thats almost 3 years but since the routes are 14 hour duty days but only 1.5 hours flown per that duty day you will need almost 2 full years just to get your 1000 TPIC.

Empire is a good fit for some and not so good for others. It is a very management heavy company in so much that you must do as told and be willing to give in and flawlessly serve many masters. The pay is sub-par ( 56K is the American average income and you wont make that until year 8).

Personally, with the record breaking hiring boom going on right now, I'm not quite sure why we have so many resumes coming in. I guess its because we have lowered our mins and many of the new hires have very little experiance other than Comair Academy low time CFI's and such. But thats just my opionion. I'm just joking, please dont put me on the OAK spare for the next year, please no. Craap!

 

[blingair]

Nope, I just made my last trip with them. I'm sorry things have gone so bad there.
Being able to fly in SE does make some things better however. I miss that place.

"Hey man, cant you see theres a beverage involved here." Sorry, I couldn't resist. The Dude or White Russian is my new favorite drink BTW .
So where did you get hired at? Where ever it is, congrats! I'll have to drink two bottles of Makers Mark and then go shooting in honor of your new job.

The Donger.