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From the flying magazine message board, apparently Gulfstream is owned by Continental and has a preferential hiring program. Is that straight to mainline or XJet?
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I have some advice. I'm currently a student at University of North Dakota School of Aviation and I am going to graduate next year. It's hard to give advice without knowing what level you are at. Are you graduating a college soon or did you just rack up time on your own? If you have a SEL and MEL Commercial certificates, you could look at Gulfstream Flight Academy. I plan on applying there after I graduate. They give you 250 PAID hours in a Beech 1900, but the initial cost is $30,000. They are owned by Continental so chances of getting preferencial(? not sure how to spell) hiring is good. If you are just starting and looking for a program, my advice is to go get a 4 year degree at a college. Wether it's Embry Riddle (boo) or UND (yeah!) or some other school, a degree is a good idea. Hope I can at least help a little.
-Go Sioux!
 
Its is an advertising ploy--- you are paying 30000 bucks for 250 hours in a 1900 there after you are on your own... I don't know of anyone who moved to XJT after just the 250 hours, GIA may (thats a big MAY) hire you but thats about it...


If you are at UND you will grad with a CFI/CFII leave GFK and start instructing--- network in the real world (grand forks isnt the real world for flying) and you will be fine.

Trust me (I graduated UND with a psych degree) sitting around in GFK isnt the way to get on with a regional, you are waiting for everyone else... Look for the road less traveled, do something interesting.
 
No Gulfstream is not owned by Continental. They are nothing more than a codeshare, which is a marketing agreement. There is no flow through or preferential interview agreement with either Continental or ExpressJet at this time. Continental has a TA that includes some preferential interview language regarding their express carriers, but only the carriers that agree to hire CAL pilots if they are furoughed.. However, the TA has not been voted in at this time, and from the looks of the TA, I have doubts that it will pass. (at least hope not, it's pretty bad)
 
No Gulfstream is not owned by Continental. They are nothing more than a codeshare, which is a marketing agreement. There is no flow through or preferential interview agreement with either Continental or ExpressJet at this time. Continental has a TA that includes some preferential interview language regarding their express carriers, but only the carriers that agree to hire CAL pilots if they are furoughed.. However, the TA has not been voted in at this time, and from the looks of the TA, I have doubts that it will pass. (at least hope not, it's pretty bad)
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Thats true.

Rhoid, where you got that information from should be mentioned. I have never heard GAA use Continental owning them as a marketing scheme. CO owned 51% of the airline a few years ago, but we have bought that back from them.
 
CAL will be offering Gulfstream, and other "express" -type pilots who fly under the CAL "umbrella" (Skywest, Colgan, Commutair, Gulfstream, etc...) preferential interviews when the concessionary TA passes on 3/30. The exact terms of when and how the interviews will take place are TBA.

Good luck.


Sincerely,

B. Franklin
 
Rhoid said:
They are owned by Continental so chances of getting preferencial(? not sure how to spell) hiring is good.
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So the lesson that should be learned here, Rhoid, is not to take advice from someone on a message board who can't even spell the word "preferential".
 
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Captain Overs said:
Or from someone who can only point that out and not offer any better information.
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Right back to ya pal. Where's your useful insight?
 
CAL will be offering Gulfstream, and other "express" -type pilots who fly under the CAL "umbrella" (Skywest, Colgan, Commutair, Gulfstream, etc...) preferential interviews when the concessionary TA passes on 3/30. The exact terms of when and how the interviews will take place are TBA.

Good luck.


Sincerely,

B. Franklin
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Ben,

I hope this is true, but from what I have been able to gather from this board and from other sources, is that it only applies to ExpressJet. Do you have information from somewhere that indicates that it covers all of the codeshares?
 
Gulfsteam airlines=money from unsuspecting new I wanna be a airline pilots
 
NEDude said:
Do you have information from somewhere that indicates that it covers all of the codeshares?
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I don't, sorry.

I would expect to see more information about a pref interview after the TA passes and those pilots at Expressjet who were hired at CAL over two years ago transition over.

hey 1981, this thread could have been useful. Thanks for stepping up and being a d!ck.
 
flatspin7 said:
Its is an advertising ploy--- you are paying 30000 bucks for 250 hours in a 1900 there after you are on your own... I don't know of anyone who moved to XJT after just the 250 hours, GIA may (thats a big MAY) hire you but thats about it...
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I know someone that did. While I don't agree with paying for time it worked for them.
 
Rhoid said:
From the flying magazine message board, apparently Gulfstream is owned by Continental and has a preferential hiring program. Is that straight to mainline or XJet?
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I have some advice. I'm currently a student at University of North Dakota School of Aviation and I am going to graduate next year. It's hard to give advice without knowing what level you are at. Are you graduating a college soon or did you just rack up time on your own? If you have a SEL and MEL Commercial certificates, you could look at Gulfstream Flight Academy. I plan on applying there after I graduate. They give you 250 PAID hours in a Beech 1900, but the initial cost is $30,000. They are owned by Continental so chances of getting preferencial(? not sure how to spell) hiring is good. If you are just starting and looking for a program, my advice is to go get a 4 year degree at a college. Wether it's Embry Riddle (boo) or UND (yeah!) or some other school, a degree is a good idea. Hope I can at least help a little.
-Go Sioux!
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Do yourself a favor and instruct first. As a graduate and current instructor, I know that you don't know ANYTHING about IFR. It's a sad but true fact. You have to instruct and learn or else you're going to embarrass yourself when you go elsewhere. Pay your dues or it will come back to bite you in the...
 
Hey Ben, why don't you check some of Rhoid's previous posts and you'll see who the real dick is. He's been hammered in the cargo and majors board numerous times for posing like he's a UPS pilot, and is known for dogging regional pilots because "he's going to be at the majors faster than any of us". If it weren't for knowing this about him I wouldn't have made the comment that I did. I couldn't care less if he gets useful information from this thread. As far as anyone else, I apologize if I hampered making this thread useful to you. I wasn't aware that so many would be interested. Please, post away.
 
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Rhoid said:
I guarentee you sky boy that I will be flying for a major airline long before you will!!!
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I guarantee (note the spelling) you Rhoid that if you are it won't be because you actually earned it.
 
Rhoid said:
Who cares of your definition of earned, the fact will remain that i'll be at at major and you will not.
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Earned doesen't mean anything, never has, never will. It's all WHO YOU KNOW.

Case in point:

Years ago, I flew An-32's out of Bangalore. The Mirage 2000 was my first choice, but I was assigned An-32's. I was more qualified than some of the Mirage drivers, but they were there because of who they knew.

Fast forward a few years. One of the gentleman in my flying squadron went to Air India. I knew him well, and thus I ended up there flying 747-200's. There weren't too many Mirage drivers there becuase they didn't know him as well as the transport gentleman did.

I am back in Mumbai (took a short LOA, business venture) and I see some of my old Mirage friends in the Chhatarpati Shivaji Intl airport here in Mumbai flying for Jet Airways. Not bad, but they could have done better here. Again, it's who you know.
 
Or in Rhoid's case, its "who you pay". Reference his original post on this thread regarding GIA. You go there, bud....I'm sure guys go straight from GIA to the majors every day. :rolleyes:
 
Rhoid said:
I guarentee you sky boy that I will be flying for a major airline long before you will!!!
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Give it a rest already! No one really cares that you will fly for a major someday. I certainly don't. I hope you reach your goals but DROP THE ARROGANT ATTITUDE and learn some HUMILITY.

HMM
 
Rhoid said:
Who cares of your definition of earned, the fact will remain that i'll be at at major and you will not.
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Son, for the last time, you CANNOT log time that you fly on microsoft flight simulator in your logbook!
 
Ben Franklin said:
CAL will be offering Gulfstream, and other "express" -type pilots who fly under the CAL "umbrella" (Skywest, Colgan, Commutair, Gulfstream, etc...) preferential interviews when the concessionary TA passes on 3/30. The exact terms of when and how the interviews will take place are TBA.

Good luck.


Sincerely,

B. Franklin
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I think the CAL MEC should have clarified this. Express Jet is an "EXPRESS" carrier. Commode Air, Colon, And Gulpstream are "CONNECTION" carriers. I wish they had clarrified!
 
I think the CAL MEC should have clarified this. Express Jet is an "EXPRESS" carrier. Commode Air, Colon, And Gulpstream are "CONNECTION" carriers. I wish they had clarrified!
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Which of course begs the question - Why did the TA say "Express Carriers"?

Why the plural and general reference if they in fact meant singular and specific (ie. only ExpressJet).
 

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