Flight express newhire bases

[WrightAvia]

Flight express is growing. Freight Runners isn't. Flight Express has nearly 100 aircraft including 30+ Barons. Freight Runners has 11 aircraft total with no movement in the system whatsoever, frieght runners is too much of a mom and pop operation for me to invest my time into, besides the hiring info you have is outdated theyre accepting resumes but no class dates in the future.

Mom and Pop? What the hell does that mean?

 

[Freightdog75]

My .02, stay as far away as you can from Freight Runners. Had a bad experience there. Best of luck to you though whatever works out.

FD75

 

[wingnutt]

Mom and Pop? What the hell does that mean?

lol...please tell me your kidding, right

 

[labbats]

There's no need to question my skills as a pilot because I don't want to wait a year or two of single engine frieght to get an opportunity to move up to a twin.

I've ridden 40+ hours with frieght dogs. I've flown the dead legs. That's minimal compared to a full time pilot, but enough that I get the point. It's a tough business, and tough enough with full de-ice and two reliable engines. I have a lot to learn yet, but I already know what I will and won't accept in my pilot career. I see no reason for anyone to dedicate 2-3 years of their life as a freight dog, when 1 is sufficient.

I won't PFT, and I'm paying my dues eating Ramen Noodles and crying over student loans. I'll continue to pay my dues, but not any more than I have to.

 

[YODA]

I have been with Flight Express for 2 years now and I am still in a 210 because I like where I am based and I enjoy the run. For those of you who think that is wrong, get with the program! This industry is not doing well and having any flying job is something to be thankful for. The Baron run open up every now and then, they are easier to get if you are flexible and want to move to a base like Cincinatti. If you get on, take what you get and make the best out of it, bigger and better things will come. It is a great company to work for, nice people and you will gain some great experience that you just can't get from instructing. The last I knew, whoever scored the highest on the 135 written test got seniority in the class an got to pick which base they wanted out of the ones available of course. Good luck...

 

[wingnutt]

There's no need to question my skills as a pilot because I don't want to wait a year or two of single engine frieght to get an opportunity to move up to a twin.

well, then the opposite should be true for you as well. theres no need to question his wanting to "wait a year or two of single engine frieght to get an opportunity to move up to a twin". you are after all, the one who questioned him first... "For that matter, who would bother flying a Lance for a year, all night, just to get a chance to fly a baron (all night)?"

I already know what I will and won't accept in my pilot career. I see no reason for anyone to dedicate 2-3 years of their life as a freight dog, when 1 is sufficient.

some of us would rather do exactly that than sit in the left side of a 172 for ~1,000 hours flying nice square patterns, fighting for position with 18 other student pilots, sweating your butt off because you are below 3,000 feet the entire time you are in the freaking plane...need i go on?

I won't PFT, and I'm paying my dues eating Ramen Noodles and crying over student loans. I'll continue to pay my dues, but not any more than I have to.

again...some of cant fathom why you would do anything else. sure, it may take a year or two, but with not much going on in the way of significant hiring right now, might as well enjoy the climb, eh?

 

[WrightAvia]

How do these threads turn into a plssing match. Nobody was picking on freight dogs that fly single engine planes for a living. I fly a single engine plane in freight and have no plans to move on. We get paid well and the planes are nice, they get good maintenance and the schedule I have is awsome.

I just suggested freight runners cause they have twins and turboprops. And small is sometimes better. The more domiciles you have...the more chance you have to move.

As far as the commment about mom and pop...We have less pilots and planes than Flight Express and we are not mom and pop. We are a holding company that is owned by a publicly traded company on the stock market. With share holders and the whole nine yards. Flight Express is owned by a private owner. Private ownership of a business is MOM and POP. So whatever. Colgan Airlines is a MOM and POP operation.

 

[labbats]

I started typing a big response, but after posting, just visualized someone using the quote feature to butcher my points.

We can go around and around. No one wins.

Best of luck on the job to the original poster, my first post was indeed questioning his choice, as I wouldn't make the same one. But without different pilots making different decisions, the aviation world would all be astronauts.

 

[JP13]

Interview is tuesday, if everything goes well ground school starts the same day. Thanks to 210FR8dog, Wingnutt, YODA, and FD75 for the positive feedback, wish me luck.

 

[Freightdog75]

Good luck brother!!