Flight Express Info

[flagshipper]

I can proudly say I am a FLX alumni and was there six months to the day. It was a great experience. There are basically two runs in our system. You have the day runs that start anywhere between 4am to 8am and end between 2-6 pm which usually involve flying somewhere and sitting all day. Not the best way to build time but pay is 30k+ a year. Then most the other runs fall in the range of 4-6pm til 12- 3am These runs which are more prevalent in the southern bases FL ATL and such usually involve more flying but lower pay maybe 6-10 hours of duty which i prefer to fly and not sit around. Cincy runs are all minimum pay runs and stl runs are probably the longest easiest runs. The best piece of advice i can give you is get a run in a base not an outstation. I made the mistake of picking an outstation where there is no rotation pilot which makes it next to impossible to get days off. Pick ORL TAMPA STL CINCY MKC or some other place where are several runs if you ever want off for that dream interview. The best 210s are up north as far as avionics are concerned and the north birds are all TKS known icing equipped which works great on the 210s at least. I had about 6 people between me and a baron when i left which probably just speculating would had made my upgrade around 9 to 10 months but that number will change if regional hiring slows down. All in all it was a great experience and the skills you learn will be well respected whereever you find yourself after FLX.

 

[Freightpilot27]

Great experience!

Good People!

Bad Equipment!

(BYO) GPS You'll need it to navigate!

 

[Capt.PoopyPants]

Baron ugrade in 6 months

For People that are interested the upgrade time to the Baron is down to 6 months. Flight Express is still hiring like crazy.

 

[millhouse21]

It's amazing how things change. I left there in Jan 04 and had been there almost 7 months. I was no where even close to a baron upgrade and had in fact only seen a couple come available the whole time. Having said that, I found the company to be fair and I had very little trouble getting time off (even for job interviews!). The fact that I was in LIT made it a little harder to get time off but they did send the STL guy out twice to cover my run. I have no complaints about FLX

 

[Capt. JD]

Good to Know...

I am in training at Flight Express... Just passed the final ground school exam with a 90%. About to start the flight training for the initial FAR part 135 IFR-PIC checkride. I get TPA as a base, flying the night run to FXE... upon passing!

 

[Nolife]

Flx

Ha... I beat you! I got a 94% on the test... I guess I'm senior to you. Sounds like you're going to do 803. I enjoyed my time at FLX but I'd never go back and do it again. Like eveyone said it's a great instrument skills builder and people will never question you're piloting abilities. Don't let dispatch push you around. Good luck and listen to Austin, he knows his shiite.

 

[I Hate Freight]

I am in training at Flight Express... Just passed the final ground school exam with a 90%. About to start the flight training for the initial FAR part 135 IFR-PIC checkride. I get TPA as a base, flying the night run to FXE... upon passing!

FXE is a nice FBO and they'll let you use a van to go get dinner. Sonny's is in the neighborhood, Sweet Tomatoes, Boston Market and a few other places.

803 is an easy run but remember, the company HATES you, the dispatchers HATE you and Doug should have electrodes attached to his nuts then have them put in a vice. He is the most miserable human being I have ever met and he will do everything he can to screw you. He is not directly your boss so avoid him at all costs.

Hey, let me know if "Gloria" still picks up your stuff. Good luck.

IHF

 

[Wrenchnfly]

Just thought I would thank everyone for there comments. I did get hired and now work for Flight Express. They are hiring and people are going like crazy. Most are moving up to airlines or corporate. If you read the comments from this thread it should give you some ideas. For those who sent me comments-THANKS. For those looking into Flight Express read them all. There is Good and Bad, just like any palce you go.

 

[I Hate Freight]

Just thought I would thank everyone for there comments. I did get hired and now work for Flight Express. They are hiring and people are going like crazy.

This company is in very deep trouble so you may want to have a backup plan incase they close their doors. They are losing a lot of runs due to a severe, and I mean severe lack of pilots. Last December they were almost fiully staffed with 80+ pilots. Today they are down to less than 50 pilots and are losing customers because they simply cannot cover the runs. Good luck.

IHF

 

[Capt.PoopyPants]

ridiculous

Flight express is not in serious trouble because of a lack of pilots. In the last six months I have seen some new runs open and some old runs close. In either case it had nothing to do with a lack of pilots. The worst thing that happens is they outsource the work to another company until they train someone to cover the run. The only reason this place would go out of business is Check 21 regulations. And yes, a certain person in Dispatch hates the pilots. That is the worst thing about this place.