Gulfstream Academy Closed???

[Timebuilder]

And if your such a mentor tell me why the majority of CAPTAIN FROMS BIG AIRLINES send there kids to the FO program?!

I don't know who you know at major airlines who do this, and I question their "majority" status.

I, for one, am very glad that I do not know them.

 

[Dean]

What to Do?

If there is a strike, will you walk the picket line, or will you cross? "Every man for himself?" Think it over.

Look, The first thing you should ask yourself is Why did I take this job. When a person agrees to do a job for someone, he should be aware of the in and out of what he is going to be doing. I assume when a pilot gets employed by an airline he knows what he will be paid and should have an understanding of what Promotions are based on. YOU TAKE THE JOB KNOWING this.

And if for some reason Management screwed me, I would Just leave. No use in working for someone you hate.

As for your question, I would ask Does Unions pay all the bills while on strike? If so, then I could maybe see the point in striking, but I was raised where your word is your bond. If you agreed to something, then you do it. No breaking your word. I'll be darn if I would gamble every thing I have work for in life for maybe a reason i agree or disagree with. I owe it to myself and my family to provide finacial security. I dont want my job to move south.

 

[Timebuilder]

And if for some reason Management screwed me, I would Just leave. No use in working for someone you hate.

It isn't always that easy. You invest several years with a company, and have others depending on you...well let's hope you don't have to go through that.

I would ask Does Unions pay all the bills while on strike?

Sometimes there is a strike fund. Theoretically, since you were making a better wage before the strike than you would have otherwise, you put money away for this rainy day.

I had a little trouble following that last paragraph. If you are indeed familiar with your word being your bond, then understanding that PFT is a dishonorable undertaking should be well within your grasp.

There are good unions and there are bad unions, just like the people in them. Aviation is dominated by unions. Like the Philadelphia TV station that has avoided becoming a union shop, some carriers will have employees that enjoy their jobs and the corporate culture so much that they will not become unionized.

Good luck with your choice, because we have to live with the choices we make. Choose wisely.

 

[1.3XVso]

I don't know who you know at major airlines who do this, and I question their "majority" status.

I, for one, am very glad that I do not know them.

Um the students that I go to school with at the flightschool (3) their dads are Continental Captains or Checkairmen for Continental. And let me guess your soooo glad you don't know them because???? They told their kids to go to GIA? Dude your pathetic taking this deal out of hand man.Whatever dude.

 

[Timebuilder]

Dude your pathetic taking this deal out of hand man.Whatever dude.

My friend:

One of the guys I know has spent a great deal of time running the hiring interviews at Continental, and quite possibly hired your friends' dads.

Maybe I should tell him he let some klunkers slip through, eh? I know he would be VERY unhappy if some of his captains are endorsing PFT.

"Dude".

 

[1.3XVso]

Ok Cap!

 

[PCL_128]

My friend:

One of the guys I know has spent a great deal of time running the hiring interviews at Continental, and quite possible hired your friends' dads.

Maybe I should tell him he let some klunkers slip through, eh? I know he would be VERY unhappy if some of his captains are endorsing PFT.

"Dude".

Actually, your friend probably already isn't too happy with these dads. Let's just say that their names appear on a certain list for what they did in '83. You can find two of their endorsement letters on the GIA Academy website.

 

[1.3XVso]

Yeah I read that thread you posted a while ago about that. I don't know those boys. The only one i know are the one i started with in feb of 03

 

[wil]

Sorry 1.3 I read your profile and I realize that your young, dumb and full of... bad ideas on how to pursue a career. It is a shame to see someone kill their career at the start. Get your hours the honest way, seriously. At 22, 3 or 4 years seems like a long time but it is a drop in the bucket to what could be a 37 year long career. You may think you found a short cut but if your resume passes in front of me at my airline, I'm sorry, but I will have to pass. Good luck. I hope you will alter course- Wil

 

[1.3XVso]

Wil,

With all do respect i'm just acting like that because many of experienced pilots act DUMB and basickly like kids so to get all you guys worked up I act stupid too. And indeed I got most of you guys worked up. Anyhow see here my master plan. I use to attend CON-U-AIR and earned my PPL there. No way in hell i'm going to continue my training there. So I decided to go to Gulfstream (Flightschool) finish up there and get my CFI -I then go to the PFT ( as you call it) but I did'nt know the beef you guys have with the PFT until I started reading it about it on FLIGHTINFO. Therefore dude I'm sorry if i'm " cutting" but I got the money that I borrowed and move on man. Again like i said before I'd rather fly the b1900 then renting a seminole or a AZTEC and build time like that. Dude 250 hr, Turbine and 121 for about 96 bucks an hours?! Then CFI until i get about 1500 and apply for jobs! GIVE A DOG A BONE! I mean all you guys take it to the heart and honestly sounds like a bunch of old grown up kids crying. I thought this was a family , well i guess not.