Flight Express Hiring

[Dassault747]

Flight Express Needs another 10 pilots immediately!

Alright guys, if you haven't seriously considered Flight Express yet, let me mention the pay structure once again.
Pilots are paid per duty hour, NOT by flight hour. $10 per hour regardless of equipment, domicile, or longevity with the company. Some initial hires are holding maximum duty runs that pay nearly $140 per day. You do the math, and you can easily gross over $35,000 per year with a maximum duty day run of 14 hours.
On the flip side, if you have a very short run, specifically less than 7.5 hours, then you are paid a minimum of $75 per day, even if you work for the company for as short as 30 minutes!
Additionally, per diem is added at the 6 month, 1 year, 2 year, and 3 year marks. They pay $2, $5, $10, $15 per day respectively.
Furthermore, upon successful completion of your initial checkride, you are given a $1,000 bonus check. This check must be returned only if you leave the company within six months. Many pilots that don't intend to stay for six months, simply don't cash the check, and hand it back to management when they leave. Recruiting bonuses are also offered. If an applicant lists a current line pilot on their resume and successfully gets hired and stays with the company for at least 3 months, the name on the resume is awarded a $1,000 for recruiting the pilot.
Current domiciles: ORL, CRG, BNA, OPF, FXE, BHM, HKS, LIT, FTY, TPA, LUK, TRI, and maybe one or two others in the gulf coast area.
Flight Time requirements: Part 135 Single Pilot IFR, all mins must be met except for total time requirement. Mangement is willing to hire with only 1100 in this category.
Gary Hillyer is the recruiter, can be reached at 800-677-5675 ext 613.
And by the way, no interview or sim eval!! Yes you heard me, if you can fly a plane, and are willing to go through one of the most thorough, stressful, and tough ground schools around, then give us a call!!

Dassault747

 

[labbats]

Ground school isn't tough, it's just busy. If you can fog a mirror, you can pass the sim ride. I'd suggest not trying to show that it's really impressive to make it into Flight Express, but rather that their maintenence is top notch and it's at the top of the pile of 135 cargo operators.

If you're going to fly 135 as soon as you hit 1200 hours, I think you should go to Airnet, Flight Express, MAC, Ram Air, etc. rather than some mom and pop outfit with some run-down Aztecs. You did hit on an important point for those of us looking to get into the regionals, and that is the fact that there is no contract to sign (unlike the year at Airnet) so you can leave as soon as you get the call from whomever.

The C210 is an easy plane to fly, and should get almost anyone up to speed quickly on their runs. I enjoyed the people and my short time at Flight Express and you'll never be as good a pilot as you are while you're there.

 

[Pattern-Master]

I was wondering if ORL is usually available out of training class, unfortanately I can't move from the Orlando area due to my wifey's job and the fact that we have a house here.

 

[Way2Broke]

They are always hiring.

 

[Boris Badenov]

ORL wasn't available for my class. Your mileage may vary. Generally, the company is pretty hard line on the idea that you must be willing to move anywhere. That said, if you can tough it out somewhere for a month or two, you can almost certainly hold any base in a relatively short amount of time. It's also possible that you'd get ORL right out of training...just depends on who quits, upgrades, or moves. It can't hurt to ask, anyway. See the number above.

Regards,
Boris

 

[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.