dickburns
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- May 23, 2006
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Yeah I agree, our maintenance is great and that is a big plus too but again listen to mr.redballs! I had some very good friends that started on the convair at this time last year, it took them 7 months to get to their checkrides, not because of their ability, that is weeded out in the first training flight, but because business is so slow there was no approval for them to get checked out and get on line, they realized that the sic time is worth just the same at a regional as it is flying on demand freight. Eventually my friends on the convair all left for regionals and 135 pic jobs mainly because they were sitting around on a 20 minute call out flying less than once a week. The only thing I can say is if the upgrade is a little quicker, i.e. Kalitta, Ameristar, Cherry, or even some type of scheduled of freight, Airnet or Ameriflight and the likes, and you have a personal reason for flying boxes over passengers then yeah youre cut out for freight, the lifestyle is tough, 20 minute call outs and the ultimate, get there and wait! I don't mind the on demand right now because I am so busy in the plane I fly that I overlook the callout time, in the future I really hope to get something scheduled so I can have a little more of a life other than sitting around my 20 minute chain. Again its all personal choices, people will argue about upgrade time, they argue about sic vs pic vs jet vs turboprop, DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, don't let people convince you to go somewhere because of a bad a$$ plane. I remember an old pilot told me, a plane is a plane is a plane is plane, if the job paid right I would be comfortable flying a skyhawk the rest of my life. I would say go to a job where you want, to me a good lifestyle is important. Unless you have nothing holding you down, then do your cost benefit anaylsis and see if a crappy lifestyle will help you get to what your goals are. In the case of working here I feel the crappy lifestyle isn't worth getting on a Convair because you will only fly 2-300 hours a year. Hope this helps you all, again its nothing against the company, the people are great to work with, lots of fun, but is this time going to be beneificial to you?
