Flight Express question

[tathepilot]

mtsu_av8er? who dat?

 

[mtsu_av8er]

mtsu_av8er? who dat?

Watch out for him - he's funny looking, and doesn't play well with others!

 

[tathepilot]

Watch out for him - he's funny looking, and doesn't play well with others!

hmmm, i can take a guess... you missing a pair of rayban's?

 

[mtsu_av8er]

hmmm, i can take a guess... you missing a pair of rayban's?

Yayya!

 

[tathepilot]

Yayya!

cool!! they are on the way, you should get them by monday...

 

[Boris Badenov]

"Vacation" is a dirty word, unless. Wait, is this Jerome?

 

[Dassault747]

500tt

I noticed on climbto350.com Gary is advertising for 500tt pilots. Any of those low timers make it successfully through ground school and actually pass the vfr 135 ride yet? Sure hope Gary can attract some new recruits for all you Baron upgrade wannabes

 

[tathepilot]

Any of those low timers make it successfully through ground school and actually pass the vfr 135 ride yet?

yes, a few have made it through

 

[wildfreightess]

"Vacation" is a dirty word, unless. Wait, is this Jerome?

Aaah yes, but if you leave the proper way, all that unused vacation can buy a lot of ramen noodles once you "move up" to the regionals!

Lloyd, say hi to Pythons Hillyer for me while you're down in FL.

 

[I Hate Freight]

500 hrs? Flx must be seriously hurting for pilots.

 

[Flt 525]

Hurting for pilots?

Everyone is hurting for pilots. I think from what I know about FE only the best 500 tt pilots will be accepted to join the line.

 

[jim718181]

For those interested June 26 class starts Baron training on Saturday.

 

[tathepilot]

For those interested June 26 class starts Baron training on Saturday.

?????

 

[Inconceivable]

i think that means that people hired 6/26/2006 are upgrading to the Baron this weekend.

 

[tathepilot]

i see..

 

[ualdriver]

Wow! A Flight Express thread!

I didn't even know anyone talked about Flight Express on Flight Info, never mind anyone even having heard of them.........

Man, times have changed. Up to 43K a year now? Wow! I used to fly for Flight Express many, many moons ago back in '94. I used to fly out of OPF on run 407 (does it still exist?) OPF-FLL Executive-Lantana-ORL-MCO-ORL-TPA-OPF every night starting around 7:30pm until 7am the next day. About a 12 hr. day, 5 1/2 days on, and I think I made a total of $19,000/year on that route. I thought I was rolling in the dough And all the Cessna 210 guys would be absolutely cursing the Baron driver "lifers" to get their multi-time and get the hell out so we could get our multi-time and leave for a commuter. I remember the Baron "lifers" back then had about 2 years of seniority and we used to beg them to leave.

How is it to work there now? I remember it was a tough job, but the planes were in good shape and the maintenance was good.

 

[look4traffic]

Are they hiring with just 500tt and Ifr135 night and instrument mins....or do they require you to have at least 1100tt like their website says?

 

[tathepilot]

Are they hiring with just 500tt and Ifr135 night and instrument mins....or do they require you to have at least 1100tt like their website says?

both... they are looking for vfr135 and ifr135...

send them your resume, now!

 

[Boris Badenov]

How is it to work there now? I remember it was a tough job, but the planes were in good shape and the maintenance was good.

Much the same, except the pay is better, I think, even adjusted for inflation. I'm a day into "airline" training, and I already miss it.

 

[ualdriver]

Much the same, except the pay is better, I think, even adjusted for inflation. I'm a day into "airline" training, and I already miss it.

I've been out of that Part 135 stuff for a while now, but I look back and miss some aspects of that flying as well. It was probably the most "fun" I had flying professionally so far. Flight Express was pretty good to me, except for the low pay, of course