Flight Express Hiring

[Dassault747]

FTY run

More details on new FTY Run..
Cessna 210 run with route being FTY-HXD-SAV-FTY. No word yet on start and end times for the duty day. Starts June 19th.

 

[Citrus531]

Sounds cool...wish I had the time/ratings...I'd love to get that run....how exactly does it work? Are there other runs out of FTY? How many pilots,etc?

 

[Boris Badenov]

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 pilots on the list. I *think* there is one other FTY run, but I'm pretty sure that it is held by a pretty senior guy who isn't going anywhere. Dassault can probably give you the facts. Bidding is done by seniority. We're really hurting for pilots right now, though, so they may work with someone who wants to be in a particular location, I don't know. Doesn't hurt to ask Gary (pilot recruiter). 1800OPSKORL ext 613

 

[Piper877]

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 pilots on the list. I *think* there is one other FTY run, but I'm pretty sure that it is held by a pretty senior guy who isn't going anywhere. Dassault can probably give you the facts. Bidding is done by seniority. We're really hurting for pilots right now, though, so they may work with someone who wants to be in a particular location, I don't know. Doesn't hurt to ask Gary (pilot recruiter). 1800OPSKORL ext 613

Still hurting? I'm getting so close it's almost excruciating.

How senior is LUK? It's about the closest to my family that I could get but still far enough away to maintain sanity.

 

[Lownslo]

Anyone know roughly what the baron transition time is with FLX? Their website says 6-8 months from Spring 2005. More or less if you're flexible with where you're based?
thx

 

[Dassault747]

Seniority and upgrade times

As mentioned in previous posts, you never know how long you may have to wait to get into a particular base. It may be right out of training, or it could be a couple of months. Lunken has been downsized recently with only 2 C210 and 2 BE-55 runs left.
As far as upgrade time into the Baron, it is a solid 10-12 months before a twin position opens, even if you are wiling to go to the first open available run. I myself am not being picky, and I still can't hold a baron run, even after being with the company for 11 months.

 

[Boris Badenov]

A guy I know with maybe six months seniority at the time got displaced from LUK when some of the runs went away, so I suspect it might be kind of hard to get right now. I've been here nine months and not even the whiff of a baron run. I'm told that this is largely because we can't get bodies in to 210s to cover the runs that upgrades will leave behind. In short, come work for FLX, so I can upgrade.

 

[masedogg19]

As mentioned in previous posts, you never know how long you may have to wait to get into a particular base. It may be right out of training, or it could be a couple of months. Lunken has been downsized recently with only 2 C210 and 2 BE-55 runs left.
As far as upgrade time into the Baron, it is a solid 10-12 months before a twin position opens, even if you are wiling to go to the first open available run. I myself am not being picky, and I still can't hold a baron run, even after being with the company for 11 months.

Hey Dassault...just out of curiosity, when was your class last year?....may have been in with you.

 

[yzf6]

Hey Dassault...just out of curiosity, when was your class last year?....may have been in with you.

if you're at AWAC you were probably in my class! did you ever see T MAC at dennys??

 

[masedogg19]

if you're at AWAC you were probably in my class! did you ever see T MAC at dennys??

Indeed I did....that you Connell?

 

[yzf6]

check your PMs

 

[Dassault747]

Update on Domicile Vacancies

Bases openings come and go at the whim of the company, but here is an idea of what is open as of yesterday-

C210
ORL 2 slots
TPA 1 slot
BFM 1 slot
FTY 1 slot

BE 55
BNA 2 slots

 

[citabriapilot]

If any of you are tired of waiting for a multi slot, why not give Ameriflight a try? You will start in a twin (PA31) and the upgrade is into turboprop aircraft, not a Baron. In 12 months I went from Chieftain to the Metro.

Just a suggestion.

 

[jtharth]

Heres a shout out to my old kick ass company.. best flying i have ever done. freight dogin will put one out in front when it comes interview time at an airline...

is 826 still opperating out of TPA?

HARH

whats up by buddies:
KAPL
SLAT
FARM
TWIL
MOSL
VANS
HOYT
COLI
HARP
MONT

and everyone else i forgot from 4/03 to 4/04

 

[Dassault747]

Next C210 Class Date June 26th

Next class date is June 26th, Call Gary Hillyer at 800-677-5675 ext 610 if interested. Last class was extremely small due to Tropical Storm Alberto coming through at the beginning of the class. Still need at least 10-15 pilot applicants.

 

[Stranger]

Tpa?

Hey guys,
Great info here keep up the good work!!

How senior is TPA and How many runs out of there?

 

[yzf6]

TPA has around 6-7 210 runs and 1 baron run
not senior at all right now, i think there's atleast 2-3 open runs

 

[PRO AV8R]

HARH, whats up punk.....

VANS here...still living the freight dog life and loving it.

 

[justgetinby]

Worked at FLX from late 2004 into 2005 and loved every minute of it. I would recommend it to anyone. Heck, sometimes I wish I still had my get home every night ORL run!

 

[Eagleguy]

Ex FLX FR8T DOG

I worked at FLX 96' to 97'. It was a first class operation then as well. Some of the best flying I ever did. You can gain some great experience there.