Gulfstream Airlines to Major?

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There doesn't seem to be any management blacklisting of GIA pilots when they attempt to move on. Pilots (other than their major airline pilot daddys) don't like em, but who cares what other pilots think when you end up making more than they do? (Rhetoric and sarcasm could be detected in the previous sentence by seasoned readers)

edit: Does anyone know what Publisher and/or pilotYIP think about hiring GIA street captains?

 

[citabriapilot]

I agree with you on the number of trailer trash migrating to the area these days... Nothing I can do about that. Never lived in South Florida so I can't speak for that area. I'm from the Northeast part of the state, lived in a small beach town and loved it. Wasn't too expensive either. In the mountains of the western U.S. now and while its nice, I'm freezing my butt off... Can't wait to get back to a warmer climate.

How's the big T treating you?

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Now who is smoking that rock? Do you actually think that when a bunch of pilots are sitting around talking about who is going to get hired PFT doesn't enter into the equation? You guys are either fools, or are lying to yourselves in the hopes of feeling better. Trust me I won't be giviing ANY specifics but I've heard it does come up. So what if a few of you losers made it through. The rest of us know that what you've done hurts us all.

Enough said.

Not a fan of PFT, but having said that, I only know one guy that flew for GIA...or paid to fly for them......anyhow after working up the ladder and furlough and all the other normal airline stuff, he is on his fourth boeing job and second Major airline job, GIA hasn't slowed him down one bit. Didn't help him much eaither though, his career progressed at about thesame speed as everybody else.

5 or so years from now may be a different story though, big difference in the industry than when he did it.

 

[dabandermac]

I agree with you on the number of trailer trash migrating to the area these days... Nothing I can do about that. Never lived in South Florida so I can't speak for that area. I'm from the Northeast part of the state, lived in a small beach town and loved it. Wasn't too expensive either. In the mountains of the western U.S. now and while its nice, I'm freezing my butt off... Can't wait to get back to a warmer climate.

How's the big T treating you?

ahh northeast Florida is a different story. Figured you were from south Florida because of the GIA bases. It's going to be sad to leave the big T.....i graduate this semester..

Anyhow, good luck in getting that PIC time. I still have the flying bug, but all the negativity on this board has pushed me in a different direction--to dental school I go. good luck nontheless. :beer:

 

[AAflyer]

ahh northeast Florida is a different story. Figured you were from south Florida because of the GIA bases. It's going to be sad to leave the big T.....i graduate this semester..

Anyhow, good luck in getting that PIC time. I still have the flying bug, but all the negativity on this board has pushed me in a different direction--to dental school I go. good luck nontheless. :beer:

Boy I hope that wasn't the sole reason you went in another direction. If so I hope many on hear realize the power of the website and try to do a little better. I think Mark (rest his soul) had hoped this site would bring people together in aviation.

Anyway,

Good Luck,

AAflyer

 

[dabandermac]

Boy I hope that wasn't the sole reason you went in another direction. If so I hope many on hear realize the power of the website and try to do a little better. I think Mark (rest his soul) had hoped this site would bring people together in aviation.

Anyway,

Good Luck,

AAflyer

With over 800 posts I know you are aware of the things posted on these boards, as they are down right depressing.

Luckily I have worked my ass off in college in a non-aviation field (biochem), and I have options. I believe most here would agree that $30k is better invested into a dental career than into ratings--at least this is what I believe after perusing the regional board.

I will always be able to fly on a dentists salary. Maybe one day I will own my own saratoga or something. Plus the chance of suffering from "AIDS" is significantly lower.

If these guys on the regional board are intentionally scaring people away, well, they are doing a great job. It just does not seem worth it to me. I will always love to fly, just not for a paycheck.

 

[Quiet Flight]

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[B190Captain]

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[canyonblue]

Met one in STL at Chilli's 2. AA

Awful service there, don't ask to sit near the windows.

 

[canyonblue]

It's the closest thing to comraderie in an airline you'll ever see.

Brokeback Airline?

 

[atafan]

H Y P O C R I T E S !!!!!

This board sure has them.

I didn't do the PFT when I grew up in this business because it wasn't available but I would've. I've known plenty who paid for training back when it was more fashionable and they weren't rich kids either. Most of the PFT guys I've known maxed out a multitude of credit cards and lived on spam, isn't that part of "paying your dues"?

The problem with this board is that it is full of pilots whose airline experience only travels back 10 or less years and don't have memories of how hard flying jobs have been to get.

And anyway....Pilots have been paying for their training since day one. What do you call that first year pay being $20K-$30K less than second year. I call it paying for your initial training. What do you call the booming 737 type schools business, I call it paying for a job - with no guarantee - (That's PFT lotto style) What do call paying for any type just to get a corporate interview, PFT.

Please, get over your highly bloated ego and be thankful you didn't have to do the PFT - BUT YOU REALLY DID!

 

[The_Russian]

Just saw this thread.......

PCL_128,

I am tired of your bantering about how you regret attenting GAA. You are the worst "wanna-be cool guy" sucking up asking for forgiveness from what you think you did wrong so people will respect you again. To throw your past away and forget where you came from is disrespectful to yourself. Please, take yourself elsewhere and never post about GIA or GAA on this board again. Your self-loathing and uneducated comments about my airline are not welcome. We don't even want you to claim you are one of us. You wouldn't be where you are now if it wasn't for that interview phone call from the Academy.

Moving on....

Yes we are currently hiring street Captains. The best thing is to get your resume in to the Chief pilot and sit in the pool until called for an interview. QOL is very good here. 15-11 days off a month. Lots of money to be made on reserve. We are expecting our TA contract soon. Great place to work overall. Everyone becomes really close and friends are easily made. We would love to have you here.

mach zero,

You are an a$$. People all over the world are doing everything they can to stay away from you.

 

[mbw]

Don't do it....and this why ...

I know several people who had gone that route, and they were all worthless. Nobody liked flying w/them, they never got any respect from anybody. It might look like a good idea now, but you'll have a black scar w/you for the rest of your career. If you want to be respected and accepted by the people that you will work with then don't do it. The industry is opened up, you should be able to find a better gig than GS.

good luck

 

[The_Russian]

Don't do it....and this why ...

I know several people who had gone that route, and they were all worthless. Nobody liked flying w/them, they never got any respect from anybody. It might look like a good idea now, but you'll have a black scar w/you for the rest of your career. If you want to be respected and accepted by the people that you will work with then don't do it. The industry is opened up, you should be able to find a better gig than GS.

good luck

So your only reason is "don't do it because people won't like you"? Thats the most idiodic thing I have ever heard when talking about career moves. Yes, there are people here who are worthless. However, there are worthless people within every organization in every industry. You can say that people are worthless because they went to GAA. What black scar? When has any pilot not been hired because they were in any way affiliated with GIA or GAA? Ok, maybe some loser Chief pilot that hates GIA guys because they have better pay and QOL than him wont hire a GIA guy. But that's it. I have spent almost four years involved with GIA and GAA and I have never heard of anyone not being hired because of some stigma.

So, you have no respect for me just because I am at GIA? On what grounds do you base this lack of respect? I respect other pilots no matter what. Even though I don't like it that people take 18k a year jobs to fly 50 seat jets, it does not mean that I have no respect for them. It is the industry as a whole that is the problem.

Have you found a better "gig" than Gulfstream? Do you have 15 days off a month? Airline bennies? Union protection? Have you seen our pay scale? Wait until the new TA is voted on. No matter what our pay is going up. Do you get 100 hours of flying a month? Have you ever been to GIA or GAA? I don't think so. We have the industry leading contract. You don't. Fill me in!

 

[islandhoper]

Thought this thread was dead already...

Once again, After 5 years at GIA i got a great job and have NEVER been put down or made feel bad. I am asked about my last airline EVERYtime I fly with a new captain. So, that PFT black mark is only in the imagination of those who did not make it and want to blame others for the ^bad luck^or the inability to get a better gig...

My friends from GIA have gone to ALL major airlines I know in the US and of course to many international airlines.
Also, because the true nature of Gulfstream Training academy is education, most of the pilots come out with great skills and aviation knowledge. Training at Airtran is not half as hard as it is at Gulfstream...

Let it go dudes... You can`t fight reality...