RAM AIR called today..

[flightmahtman4n]

Got a call today from Ram Air Frieght to fly the seneca II. Does anyone have any expierances there? I live in the West coast, and that would be a big move to go across the country for a operation I know nothing about!

 

[GLSoar]

Seneca2

No idea on the company, but the Seneca2 is turbo charged and is a good airplane can carry alot of ice and is great in xwinds. It saved my ass once! The only drawback is it is hard to land.

 

[sdflyer2]

Before you go on the interview, W.D. make sure your spelling is as good as your flying.....good luck. Any students you want to pass along?

 

[flightmahtman4n]

Guess your right, I do suck at spelling, that is why I am a pilot, not a english teacher! Do I know you?

 

[CitationLover]

how come you skipped the lance?

i fly a seneca ii and it is an easy airplane to fly. the hardest thing is taking off (you have to make sure to not overboost the engines).

ram air is a competitor, but they are a good company. where are you going to be based?

 

[flightmahtman4n]

Do you fly for the company, they said that I would be based in richmond VA, been there? The Chief pilot said they do not work off of senority and nobody wanted to move, so they hired into it, heard anything about that? I hear that their is a high crime rate in Richmond? Any thoughts about the area.

 

[WrightAvia]

The airport isn't IN RICHMOND. It's in Highland Springs. I went to HSHS. My family lives(d) there. You have quite a few good areas to rent apartments in the RIC, highland springs, Henrico County area.

 

[WrightAvia]

And fairly close to the airport too! I wish I could live in RIC, it'd sure beat the hell out of MKE. That's why I commute by car one hour each way to work.

 

[upndsky]

Actually, we do work off seniority, based on DOH. Normally, all new-hires start in Raleigh in the Lance. In this case, we've had a couple of RIC pilots move on, which happens to be an all-Seneca base. For a variety of reasons, none of which have anything to do with the Richmond area, no one in the company wanted to bid into those open slots. So a lucky new-hire is going to RIC and directly into the Seneca.

Another policy is that a senior pilot cannot displace a junior pilot from a base. So if I decide to go to RIC after this person is hired and is already there, I wouldn't be able to go unless another slot opens up. However, once I'm there, I'd be senior to him which matters when picking runs.

Overall, it's a good company. The only reason I'm in RDU is because I'm settled here with a wife and mortgage. If I was single and flexible, I'd be in RIC right now where you don't have to deal with all the office stuff.

 

[USC***]

I live in Richmond and I think its a great area. Of course I don't recomend living in downtown, though there are nice places there. The area around the airport is the cheapest to live, but older. The West End (west of the city) is more expensive. Chesterfield county south of the city is newer and growing and much cheaper than the west end.

The Ram Air pilots do fly out of RIC. Last year they were based at Hanover County Airport, but there is only a localizer approach with mins about 500 AGL so at times they had trouble getting in, which is my best guess why the company moved them to RIC.

There is plenty to do around Richmond and your close to many other attractions. 2 hours from beach. 2 hours from mountains. A couple nice lakes around state within 2 hours drive. And of course if you like big cities, your about 2.5 hours from DC. You won't get board in VA.