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[aeronautic1]

Hey

...I am just as guilty as you for check out the bikini patrol in Ft. Lauderdale.

Enough said... the nature of this string was about a joke... as I recall.

Peace brother

 

[Flying_Corporal]

None of us are ever going to agree on this.

A couple years ago after 9/11 I considered going to Gulfstream Academy. I flew down to Ft.Lauderdale, met with Bobby Pinto who was (or may be still is) the director of marketing. He gave a nice presentation, about prospects of flying to Bahamas, yada, yada, ...

After much deliberation I decided to instruct instead.

What really turned me away was a not so much the low-esteem that other pilots hold GIA at. It was $25000 that you have pay after aquiring all licenses. And that a lot of things sounded phony about the program. For example, they say that after your 250hr internship, if you have good reviews from flying captains, they will consider you for a permanent position. In reality, from waht I was told (not from Bobby Pinto, of course) this never happens. Why would they give a position away if there is a line of wanabees willing to shed $25k for the same spot.

They tell you that you'd be making $8 as a FO. That is again a marketing trick. How can you be making money if you paid for the program?

Later back home I spoke to a US Airways captain, who didn't know about GIA but who said that the concept sucked: If GIA are running revenue flights why do FO have to pay for it as well ???

However, all this criticism aside I believe that if you have the means ($$$) then if wouldn't hurt to gain experience in BE-1900. Honestly, I don't see much difference between buying block 200hrs in Seneca or in BE-1900. I just don't like phony marketing talk and misrepresentation of facts.

Just my 0.02 cents.

 

[lowtimeguy]

seems to be the right thread

I posted this web site link in the training forum, but this looks like a good thread for it too!

Seems like a knowledgeable group for this subject.

Help me make this site a really good guide for those who may be considering doing a pft fast track
type first officer program. Suggestions wanted. Thanks!

Beware the Fast Track to Airlines & First Officers Programs PFT