Flight Express Hiring

[psysicx]

Here is someones report on training.


http://www.jetcareers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25926&highlight=flight+express

 

[wheelsup]

I think Gary's (pilot recruiter) extension is now x610.

New pay during training policy - you only get paid if you finish training. They were getting burned from guys who, halfway through, decided they didn't want to continue and were asking for their check...

 

[727RedTails]

Wow a whole $10 an hour, and all you have to do is move where they want you to. Great!

 

[Boris Badenov]

What's particularly sobering is that FLX is one of the best, if not the best paying 135 piston cargo companies. Even more sobering? At $10/hour with no overtime, I make more money than I could possibly hope to first and second year at a regional.

 

[timeoff]

FLX is a good operation. They are on the same field I fly out of and I hear nothing but good things about their operation. The job might not be glamorous, but it will put food on your table and a roof over your head. What options would a 1200 hr guy have in terms of income anyway?

 

[bogey383]

Flight Express is an awesome company to get your foot in the door with. With all of the potential furloughing going on out there it is nice to have some shape of security. The pay varies just as spoken about above, as a new hire I got the longest run in the system that pays a good bit. If anyone wants to trade in BNA for BFM let me know. Other than no complaints accept for no time to really do anything but rest for the next days work. Oh well.. Cheers

 

[masedogg19]

I had the easiest run in the company last summer...was still able to instruct during the day as well.....company couldn't have treated me any better...when I needed some time off for weddings they did everything they could to accomodate (sp?) me.....only spent about 3.5 months there but I'd do it again...I've recommended it to all of my friends as they hit the 1200 hour mark

 

[jim718181]

jax/crg

I was wondering about the runs based out of jax/crg. How long are they, how much flight time, how hard are they to get? Thanks

 

[Boris Badenov]

I think there's only one run out of craig. It goes to ORL, sits around, and heads back. Something around 7 to 7 1/2 hours duty time, so a minimum pay run, I think. One of my classmates got it out of training. I imagine it's not too hard to get due to low duty time and the fact that for a minimum time run, it's kind of long. Of course, you never can tell, and you should be ready to relocate anywhere the company sends you etc etc etc.

Regards,
Boris

 

[Dassault747]

Runs in CRG

There are four C210 runs and one Baron run. As Boris mentioned, Run 223 is a min duty run with only 2 hours of scheduled flight time. Run 275 is nearly 14 hours long with a little over 4 hours of flying. 221 is roughly 12 hours on the clock and 5 hours of flying. 205 is probaly close to 12 hours with at least six hours of flight. The single baron run, run 215 is a min duty with around four hours of flying.
Getting into CRG quickly varies. If you are desperate for CRG, you can probably get 223 within a month. But the other runs are currently operated by relatively senior guys, 221 in particular is owned by a guy with six years seniority. Again, movement within the company can change on a dime. When I was hired 10 months ago, I could have held 275 permanently three weeks out of ground school if I had wanted to.

 

[jim718181]

Thanks

I appreciate the info guys. Keep the needles in the holes

 

[Dassault747]

New Atlanta run in Fulton County

For anyone considering Flight Express and wanting to be based in the Atlanta area, a new run is being started June 19th. No word on whether it will be a Baron or 210. Regardless, it will open up a FTY slot if someone is interested.

 

[mcjohn]

hmmm.. I've always liked Atlanta (I used to live there.) Underqualified for now with a just a little over 500tt. However, I'm takin off to tow banners till labor day and I'll have around 1000tt when I'm done in September. Then all I'll lack for the 135 mins in the night hours plus 200 more tt. My plan is to figure out how to get on with either Ram Air (Charlotte's Concord domicile idealy) or Flight Express ASAP after returning with around 1000tt. Sounds like FLX is the way to go for better pay but maybe Ram is the way to go for a quicker upgrade. Anyone care to elaborate on the differences and the pro/cons of the companies? Thanks in advance.

 

[yzf6]

Sounds like FLX is the way to go for better pay but maybe Ram is the way to go for a quicker upgrade. Anyone care to elaborate on the differences and the pro/cons of the companies? Thanks in advance.

those are about the only differences. my last run paid $140/day at flx, at ram air it would have paid $85?/day.
the twin upgrade is longer at flx, partly because there are less multi airplanes, and partly due to a lack of new incoming pilots.

i don't know much about ram, but if i had to do it again now, knowing about the longer upgrade, i'd probably still goto flx. i've enjoyed it and there's a good group of people here.

 

[Boris Badenov]

yzf just likes us because we don't compete with him for the Bartenders Of Size at the local honky tonks.

Incidently, as far as I can tell that is the biggest difference. Maybe someone from Ram could chime in. My thinking in choosing FLX was the rest all have training contracts anyway (Airnet, CASW, Ameriflight...RAM may not, I don't know), so if I'm going to be stuck somewhere for a while, I'd rather be paid (relatively) well and have the option to leave whenever I want without breaking a contract. FLX was also willing to hire me without a multi rating, which was yet another financial hardship I could put off for a while. I certainly have no regrets, but you should consider that everyone's circumstances are different. I've never heard anything negative about RAM except for the pay and you should already know how important that is to you.

Incidently, if I didn't make it clear, I'm about as happy at FLX as one could reasonably expect to be flying 135 cargo for a lot of hours a day. Good company, great people, even the Australians.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

Whats with the Aussies?

C'mon mate you know Australians are the best!


Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

 

[coltsfn8888]

Ram Air is a great place to work...

...just ask the two pilots who were fired last month for complete bull$hit reasons. I'm sure they would agree.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

and what would they say?

 

[RichardRambone]

C'mon mate you know Australians are the best!


Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Ouy, Ouy, Ouy!!

 

[yzf6]

bartenders of size, that's good

the bigger one (tattoos, 3 teeth, covered in moles) was asking about you. she said ya'll could come on back home with her and sister deewayne anytime.