Flight Express

[TS6M]

Can anyone give me some info on Flight Express, got a call for a class and wanted to know how they are as of 12/19/2004. any advice would be great!

 

[labbats]

Good pay, long hours, no autopilot, no GPS (mostly), MX is good.

If you are comfortable in IMC with that in mind, then it's a good place to work.

 

[GAcfi]

TS, there is abundant info on flight express on this site. Just do a search and you will come up with several posts with lots of info. Congratulations on your class date.

 

[TS6M]

Night flights

Good pay, long hours, no autopilot, no GPS (mostly), MX is good.

If you are comfortable in IMC with that in mind, then it's a good place to work.

How much night time flights are there and good place for alot of IFR...???

 

[Dr Pokenhiemer]

If you are worried about night IMC, don't do it. Otherwise, go for it and you will get a lot of experience in a short amount of time! Be sharp on IFR stuff. A job like this will make you or break you. You will fly single-pilot IFR and will increase your IMC skills dramatically. Pay sucks but the experience is very good and well recognized in the industry.

 

[TS6M]

Just have not done very much night IMC, but neeeeeeeed to do it. Any tips would help. Thanks...

 

[Dr Pokenhiemer]

SCAN!!!

And don't let the lightning distract you!

Watch your needles on the ILS--not the 757 next to you on the parallel ILS going into ATL.

When you complete ground school and are in your flight training, get Austin to let you do an ILS while maintaining 160 kts until inside the marker. You'll need that if you ever fly into ATL. It's a lot different than 90kts in a C172! And a lot more fun too!!!

Most of all--know the aircraft limitations as well as your own personal limitations. DO NOT EXCEED EITHER ONE!!

Good luck. PM me if I can help.

 

[labbats]

And don't let the lightning distract you!

Too funny and too true!

 

[chperplt]

Out of curiosity... Did you apply to them without knowing anything about them? It would seem the questions you've asked are pre interview questions and not pre class questions.

Night IMC is just like day IMC... Scan and you'll be just fine.

 

[braidkid]

Out of curiosity... Did you apply to them without knowing anything about them? It would seem the questions you've asked are pre interview questions and not pre class questions.

From my experience with them if you have a pulse, you're hired. They're needing pilots badly right now.