FO's for life

[Straightwing69]

AMEN dickburns, all those guys do is break their arms patting themselves on the back for busting mins on an approach that was on a dead leg home and not get paid any extra for it. Atleast when we over night we can pick up hotel chicks, which a freight dawg wouldnt even consider, he would be at the FBO all night bragging how he dodged a level 5 down final and broke out at 10 feet up...

 

[Aviator007]

Some of you guys are too gullible.

exactly....I guess no one has noticed he just joined F.I. 4 days ago.

 

[dickburns]

btw straightwing, I noticed you mentioned J Brake, you ever fly your RJ into KDAB? Bill J Brake works down there, he is far and away the BEST fueler in the business. I've seen him marshall planes while holding a Dr Pepper in one hand and a cig butt in the other. He can fuel a lear, BALANCED, faster than any freight hole I've been too. Above that, the guy knows aviation. He can quote you regs, ops specs, he even knows some of the rules of the FLOPS manuals of the top regional carriers.

A legend, really. Next time you get a KDAB turn, make sure to ask for Bill J Brake to fuel your shiny RJ.

 

[dickburns]

The one time we got a trip down there he flipped on me for parking my falcon near the fuel truck, even though customs was next to the jet center and we had to clear inbound jbrake just never understood. Then he wanted to sit inside the bird because he said it reminded him of driving a truck, started poking around at all the freight on board trying to open the boxes and what not. I don't think we'd even let him in the freight world he's that bad.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

135 is dangerous and risky and most of the time you don't wear the prestigious pilot uniform, epaulets and all. That's enough reason not to apply for a 135 job. No freakin uniform! Now how the heck am I supposed to convince a hot babe at the bar or at Walmart that I'm a hot shot pilot. It's bad enough I can't claim to fly a jet like a professional pilot does. Instead I tool around in some beatup twin with EGT's ready to blow.

Okay, so how's my counter flamebait?

Nice one bro!

 

[Texanflyboy]

More power to you if you can get a job flying jets w/ low time and bring the industry payscales down w/ you. However, for those of us that decided to go the freight route (slum cargo reprobates as you may call it), it not only pays MORE the first year than the regionals, it makes you an outstanding pilot if you don't kill yourself.

Flying cargo is a great way to bypass the regionals Cargobasher a.k.a. STRAIGHTWING! It's also an incredible way to help get yourself hired at a really good corporate outfit where your first year pay in a jet is 35K low end and up! Most of us corporate charter guys will hire ex-freight Captains before we'll touch regional FO's without that particular experience. It goes hand in hand.

And Straightwing, get a clue or get out of this business. An attitude like your will get you nowhere in any part of aviation.

Tex