Pilots leaving Avantair for Twin Otter 135 Job

[fckncrzy]

Has anyone else heard a rumor about pilots leaving Avantair to go fly in the Grand Canyon? What is the deal with Avantair?

 

[glasspilot]

Yeah, turns out we live in the USA and people can go work where they like.

You're referring to 2 pilots who left at the same time to go to the same place. Not exactly an exodus is it?

 

[On Your Six]

Wow, talk about a performance difference. Going from the fastest turboprop to the slow Twotter must be a let down.

Is life so bad at Avantair that flying a Twotter would be so appealing? I wonder what their beef was with Avantair to do that?

 

[mainiac]

Just to try and head off all the flame..
Married couple, job is 'home every night', and they used to work there.

 

[flyipilot]

Who wouldn't want to live in the excitement of Vegas! Maybe start up a second more lucrative gambling career.

 

[SharkBait]

Wow, talk about a performance difference. Going from the fastest turboprop to the slow Twotter must be a let down.

Is life so bad at Avantair that flying a Twotter would be so appealing? I wonder what their beef was with Avantair to do that?

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

 

[flyzimex]

To each its own..

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

As a Twotter captain flying overseas making more money and having more time off than most pilots probably ever will, I can only agree..

However, as some of you might know, I am still trying to make the opposite step to what this couple did and get into a frac operator. All my time off and a good pay check comes with a price, which is being away for five weeks at a time..

We all have different opinions of what is the best job depending on personal preferences.

FZ

 

[On Your Six]

Rule #1: There are more important things in life than how shiny or big your airplane is.

Rule #2: Until you understand rule #1, you will never learn the joy of being content.

Gee, thanks Dad. I am glad you speak in generalizations for everyone. I wanted to understand their motivations - hence the original question.

 

[corpflunkie]

The couple in question already live in Vegas and used to work for the company they went back to. For some people, being on the road for 7 days gets really old. They probably just wanted to be home together every night.

 

[On Your Six]

The couple in question already live in Vegas and used to work for the company they went back to. For some people, being on the road for 7 days gets really old. They probably just wanted to be home together every night.

Makes sense. Thanks for the non-philosophical answer.