MAXjet Hiring

[N92553]

MAXjet Airways will be interviewing and hiring this fall. It recently interviewed in July for a class of 10 starting class in August which will bring its pilots total to 54. It just aquired its third aircraft in June which will enter service in September. MAXjet is currently in the process of aquiring a 4th and 5th aircarft to begin new service from a US city to STN this winter. MAXjet currently flies 6 times weekly JFK to STN and 5 times weekly IAD to STN. Starting First Officer pay is $50,000 salaried and an average of 15 days off a month. Standard Medical and Dental benifits as well as company provided short and long term disability. Pilots average over 10,000 hours with lowest around 6500 hours and all have over 1000 PIC Turbine.

Resumes can be sent to:

MAXjet Airways
C/O Flight Operations
44965 Aviation DR Suite 260
Dulles, VA 20166

 

[flyboyike]

Question for everyone: is 50K a fair price for a 10,000hr pilot?

 

[SpeedBird]

That all depends on what the going rate is for a full-time tool salesperson is at Home Depot.

 

[fxbat]

“”Question for everyone: is 50K a fair price for a 10,000hr pilot?””

Starting over sucks... I am sure the pay increases with longevity.
No thanks, I am sure it is a grate company. But I would go nuts going to same place over and over.

 

[flyboyike]

“”Question for everyone: is 50K a fair price for a 10,000hr pilot?””

Starting over sucks... I am sure the pay increases with longevity.
No thanks, I am sure it is a grate company. But I would go nuts going to same place over and over.

Well, it's just that 50K seems low to fly a widebody on Trans-Atlantic routes.

 

[McNugget]

I don't work there, but 50k sounds better than the starting pay at the majors. A newhire at CAL can get the 757/767 and go international for $30/hr. first year.

 

[fxbat]

http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/major-national-lcc/maxjet.html

http://maxjet.blogspot.com/

My bad, 50k for fo and 90k capt. They also do charters. Yes your right the pay does suck.

 

[b757driver]

I make FAR more than that and I have FAR less than 10,000 hours and NO PIC Turbine!

Does that answer the question

 

[askdanny]

B757Driver - How long has your company been in business? MAXjet's first revenue flight was less than a year ago. Second-year pay scales will come out soon.

You don't go to a startup for the pay. You go for the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something that could be huge. Yes, it is a high-risk, high-reward type of a situation, and for some a startup is too much of a headache.

But if you believe in the business plan, the difference of pay in the first few years might be the best investment you've ever made...

 

[imacdog]

Well, it's just that 50K seems low to fly a widebody on Trans-Atlantic routes.

Well the UPS guys are doing it for half that, so keep that in mind. Remember we are talking about first year pay.

 

[b757driver]

B757Driver - How long has your company been in business? MAXjet's first revenue flight was less than a year ago. Second-year pay scales will come out soon.

You don't go to a startup for the pay. You go for the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something that could be huge. Yes, it is a high-risk, high-reward type of a situation, and for some a startup is too much of a headache.

But if you believe in the business plan, the difference of pay in the first few years might be the best investment you've ever made...

Longer than yours but then it is a foreign ACMI carrier.

And.....I know ALL about start-ups! I used to fly for a US one for 3 years before they went belly up. They too, were not the greatest payers but I went there for QOL, not the pay. However, my perspectve is much different now that I'm forced to work overseas to make a living. I would need a comparable job (in financial terms) for me to come back and as we all know, US airlines pay the LOWEST when compared to most of the rest of the world. There's a strange irony in that.......

My point was that to even be considered by MAXjet, you needed 10,000 hrs and turbine PIC to even be considered. Why is that? I've been flyng international for a number of years, have 6500 SIC on 4 Boeings - including the 767 - and currently fly the 747 on international routes world-wide but, according to previous posts, I wouldn't even be considered. That's just plain crazy but what I've come to expect when dealing with some US carriers.

Far too many petty and arbitrary restrictions like they're something special, which they ain't!!

 

[askdanny]

You don't need to have 10,000 hours to apply with MAXjet. I was actually hired with 6000 hours. I heard that 5000 is an absolute minimum. They do require some PIC turbine time due to fast upgrades.

Cheers.

 

[b757driver]

You don't need to have 10,000 hours to apply with MAXjet. I was actually hired with 6000 hours. I heard that 5000 is an absolute minimum. They do require some PIC turbine time due to fast upgrades.

Cheers.

OK then, would my 6000+ international jet time (SIC) count. Have PIC but not turbine PIC as I've been laid off so many times by so-called good carriers. Would my 39 hrs as PIC u/s count? Did not have chance to finish Capt IOE as the company ceased operations!!
I don't see what PIC turbine has to do with upgrades anyway. They are hiring you into the RHS first, for at least a year, then they are going to train you according to their SOPs, so what's the big deal here. I could understand better if they were hiring DECs - but they are not!

 

[filejw]

B757, Its a lousy reason, but cause they can. It least for now.

 

[FN FAL]

No thanks, I am sure it is a grate company.

There's nothing wrong with foundry work, sooner or later you can transition into man hole covers and new hire hydrants.