Info on Avantair?

[English]

Hey, do you guys have any tail numbers that end in "SL"?

 

[Dilligaff]

Almost all of the tail numbers end in SL. Two planes that have different numbers were recently changed to SL.

Dilligaff

 

[English]

Ah! The infamous "Sugar Lobster" pilot IS an Avantair pilot then!

 

[Dilligaff]

Ah! The infamous "Sugar Lobster" pilot IS an Avantair pilot then!

huh??

 

[rway36]

Numbers

Just curious how many aircraft Avantair are up to now?
Typical schedule?
Do you think with the new ownership you are looking at better wages down the road?

 

[Geronimo4497]

Attrition (pilot) just went up a notch this week.

The chief pilot was fired this past Thursday. He was not offered a line slot to stay.

New ownership of the company this past week also.

Several flight center people left also.

Stay tuned

Wow, is this a shakeup for the better or...................

Good Luck Folks!

 

[RoughAir]

Don't think wages will go up with the new ownership change.

Wage structure was just modified on 1 AUG. 40K PIC, after 6months 44K. $300 day for overtime. Deferred profit sharing bonus.

Perhaps the FO salary could go up from 25K which is pathetic.

I believe 20 Avantis on the property. One or two of them are training birds. No more Premiers, they were turned in because the previous owner took them away: they were his leased to Avantair.

Just got the 401K, revised med plan.

Usually new owners mean new changes. But the president of the compnay is still the same, I don't know if he still has the majority interest in the company.

 

[English]

huh??

I overheard an Avantair pilot a few weeks ago use the callsign "XXX Sugar Lobster"

I intend to add the conversation to the Dorky Pilot Series thread.

 

[RedEye1]

Must be a million SLs out there, are you sure you heard Avantair SL, or whatever there call sign is?

 

[English]

Yep. It was a Piaggio Avanti, crew in uniform...who else could it have been?