PacificWings

[wiggsfly]

well, I'm not going to get into my complaints here, but I will say that compared to other 135 operators I've worked for PW is almost anal about the rules. I've never been encouraged to break any FAR and I have in fact been questioned a few times about perceived violations.

 

[airplane.tape]

advice, stay away!!!!!!!1 unless you want to be happy ever after this job. because it can't get worse

 

[MauiHopper]

if you like to work all day every day and not know your schedule until the night before (at the earliest) than you might like it there. Beware. they tell you you're a scheduled pilot, but your nothing more than an on call bitch to them. even when they do give you your schedule the night before it is often changed and you are unofficially required to be oncall up to your duty limit every day as they will call you in for schedule changes regullarly.

except for the operations manager the management is not too bad. the owners are fair if nothing else, and will pay you at least something for any extra work they ask for you outside of flying. the bennefits are good and now they do give vacation first year, also the jumpseat bennies are a necessity when you live in the middle of nowhere.

the real problem here is the operations manager who redefines the word pathetic. to him the schedule is a weapon against the captains (see paragraph one) and if you're an fo watch out. he takes "do as i say and not as i do" to a whole new level going as far as throwing out mail sent through us for other companies where using a van as his personal motorcycle carrier. also, although you get some commission on what you sell as an fo the big item, charters, he forbids anyone from processing so he can get the commission himself. as for customer service, my cat could do a better job. he lies to every one from the customers to the police and will forbid you from doing anything to help a customer he's screwed over to refusing to talk to the customer in question when he forbids you from helping him. when he does make big mistakes he will just sacrafice someone else to cover his own pathetic ass. he's got the rest of our mechanics leaving in the next few weeks and probably most of the captains as well. heck they've lost a third of the mechanics in the last 3 months and rather than hire new guys they just take it out on those who are left. it will be a miracle if this company is even still standing in 6 months with the pos running the day to day ops.

 

[airplane.tape]

add on

he thinks, if you are perhaps not white or native, you are definitely lucky to be working in the united states

 

[RJP]

On the positive side, you'll probably have your own caravan since there are never enough pilots to man all of them. On a negative note, you'll probably have your career ruined and hate everything about the place.

Enjoy.

 

[wiggsfly]

When it comes down to it no company is perfect. This place is no exception, but it does fill a niche. If you are a 250 hour pilot the pay is much better most instructing jobs. Likewise if you're a 1200 hour pilot the pay beats what you could make at most regionals in the first year. It is also descent if your goal is time building. I should easily cross 1000hrs this year and the FOs seem to be about 600/yr. Not bad compared to a lot of alternatives.

 

[RJP]

When it comes down to it no company is perfect. This place is no exception, but it does fill a niche. If you are a 250 hour pilot the pay is much better most instructing jobs. Likewise if you're a 1200 hour pilot the pay beats what you could make at most regionals in the first year. It is also descent if your goal is time building. I should easily cross 1000hrs this year and the FOs seem to be about 600/yr. Not bad compared to a lot of alternatives.

OK, so you sell your soul to work at a company that is bottom of the barrel and somehow come out unscathed in a few years. Where are you going to take your 3000+ hours of SEL PIC at that point? Maybe airbus will make an A310 with only one motor so MEL won't matter.

 

[wiggsfly]

I didn't come here for flight time or glamour. I came here to reclaim my soul by flying in a location and a plane I still consider fun. Did the jet thing, hated every minute of it. There are a few of us in the same boat here and it fills it pretty well for now.

 

[Almerick07]

RJP, no reason for the constant negativity...atleast dont take it out on people who are enjoying themselves regardless of where they work.

 

[RJP]

RJP, no reason for the constant negativity...atleast dont take it out on people who are enjoying themselves regardless of where they work.

You want me to say something good about PW? OK, here goes. It's in Hawaii. That's it.

Wiggs, I told you there were a lot of spare souls floating around that place. At least you found one. Give it a good home.

 

[mdanno808]

When it comes down to it no company is perfect. This place is no exception, but it does fill a niche. If you are a 250 hour pilot the pay is much better most instructing jobs. Likewise if you're a 1200 hour pilot the pay beats what you could make at most regionals in the first year. It is also descent if your goal is time building. I should easily cross 1000hrs this year and the FOs seem to be about 600/yr. Not bad compared to a lot of alternatives.

Are you guys multipilot all the time or only when it's IFR? If only when IFR, how are FO's logging 600 hours a year?
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[wiggsfly]

We're single pilot IFR and VFR. The FOs are scheduled on what amounts to a completely random basis. The 600/yr is coming from what a few of them have told me.

 

[mdanno808]

We're single pilot IFR and VFR. The FOs are scheduled on what amounts to a completely random basis. The 600/yr is coming from what a few of them have told me.

So they log the empty legs?

 

[airplane.tape]

last month infact he made 7000$ in commission answering the phone and taking all the charter calls even on his day off... and the rampers are left with there little 400$ pay check, of course it is fare he have do to some extra side work, he urned it.

 

[airplane.tape]

i heard a captain got canned... what's the ramp talk about that......?