Gemini

[30West]

One thing to ask yourself why the company is shrinking, yet at the same time running new hire classes.
The company is one aircraft smaller as of my flight there back in June. (We parked it).

 

[Rook]

Oh and Rook...is the grass really greener on the other side?

What is this 'grass' of which you speak? I've been in the freakin' desert for so long all I know is sand 360 degrees.

But seriously,
I miss my buds at 9E. Miss the money but I do enjoy the flying. No doubt about it.

 

[Fedora]

Please guys, read the posts on this subject on page 3 of this cargo thread. It has the email address, the mailing address, and a lot of other information that is not "dated", but mostly August posts, so is just found a few pages back.
It lists the requirements right out of our manuals, and some interesting views on QOL issues listed by a couple of different crewmembers. Just check it out.
Good luck to all in whatever you decide.

 

[tjsatter]

What is this 'grass' of which you speak? I've been in the freakin' desert for so long all I know is sand 360 degrees.

But seriously,
I miss my buds at 9E. Miss the money but I do enjoy the flying. No doubt about it.

Hey Bro! What's this remark about the great state of AK in your tagline?! Who you calling a freak? You folks livin "oustside" don't know what heaven really looks like. Detroit?! Now, there's a freak state for ya'all!


And speakin of grass, yes, saw lots of it in Amsterdam on a 6 day layover (life is so hard) but none of it was green ;-) I am bidding another sandbox trip next month with the long Shanghai layovers. The Riyadh Soukh has some good Xmas shopping goodies for m'lady in AK. This job beats the shiite out of 7 leg days with 3 ORD turns. Presently suffering thru a J-Burg layover.

tj

 

[Fedora]

Hey guys and gals! We better start posting on this thread. If not, we'll soon
be on page three, and all this information will become "dated".
So let's all get out and post something and work our way back to the first page where we can be current info again.
Let's see.... Oh yes! Gemini is hiring new pilots. Experience is nice but not required. Ability to live on 35K per year a must.
MD-11 type rating included, but must be able to answer new employer's question about why you left Gemini after six months.

 

[Z_Pilot]

Still in Hiring Mode? (I am in IAD on a 4 hour break...considering walking over & handing in a resume)

Hey guys and gals! We better start posting on this thread. If not, we'll soon
be on page three, and all this information will become "dated".
So let's all get out and post something and work our way back to the first page where we can be current info again.
Let's see.... Oh yes! Gemini is hiring new pilots. Experience is nice but not required. Ability to live on 35K per year a must.
MD-11 type rating included, but must be able to answer new employer's question about why you left Gemini after six months.

 

[Rook]

Still in Hiring Mode? (I am in IAD on a 4 hour break...considering walking over & handing in a resume)

Like Maury Finkel said in Starsky and Hutch...

DO IT. DO IT.

 

[dojetdriver]

MD-11 type rating included, but must be able to answer new employer's question about why you left Gemini after six months.

Considering the attrition you guys talk about, as well as the places my friends that USED to work there went too, I don't think being asked that question presents much of a problem for guys moving on.

 

[Fedora]

Thanks for posting, guys! We are front page news again!. I hate being "dated". Although at my age, it's tough to avoid!

 

[2LT]

No problem...

Considering the attrition you guys talk about, as well as the places my friends that USED to work there went too, I don't think being asked that question presents much of a problem for guys moving on.

And besides, considering your new employer will most likely be UPS, I don't think it'll present much of a problem in the near term.

 

[dojetdriver]

And besides, considering your new employer will most likely be UPS, I don't think it'll present much of a problem in the near term.

Well, I wish that I had a your crystal ball that could predict my future. But it's no secret that the job is competitive, and I'm barely a pimple on the butt of the turbine PIC world, let alone the heavy int'l time that, although not a requirement anymore, seems to help. At least, according to a friend of mine in one of the recent classes at brown, he was also at the G-spot.

Curious, do I know you?

 

[fogrunner]

Still in Hiring Mode? (I am in IAD on a 4 hour break...considering walking over & handing in a resume)

Yes probably through the first quarter of 08. Everything is flying flat out. Hiring for the 10 and the 11.
Training more instructors for the 11.

 

[noperf]

Fogrunner,

Is there any chance of an upgrade in a reasonable amount of time?

 

[fogrunner]

Fogrunner,

Is there any chance of an upgrade in a reasonable amount of time?

Depends on how you define reasonable. All I can point to is the past. The most jr Capt has been here 6.5 years

 

[Fedora]

Is there any chance of an upgrade in a reasonable amount of time?

LOLOLOL!
Sorry mate, but this is not the place to look for an upgrade. The PIC time you have in your logbook when you get here will probably be the PIC time you have in your logbook when you leave.
You will probably average about 500-600 hours per year, most F/O's are leaving before year three, some in as little as 2-6 months.
There is no growth here, just attrition.
The latest MD-11 Captain class consists of FO's from years 1999 and 2000.
There's about 60-70 pilots behind them waiting their turn. If we bought ten airplanes, the junior guys might have a chance. Right now the company is parking airplanes with no announced purchases on the horizon. I hate to paint it so bleak, but it is what it is.
If you come here, you will get some great international widebody experience and fly with some of the best crews in the industry (that's why UPS likes us so much).