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Ram Air Freight is looking for pilots

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Looking for qualified pilots for February 12 class. Ram Air Freight is a growing Part 135 air courier operator that has been in business since 1982, with several bases scattered throughout the Southeast. Our regular schedule of Monday through Friday, the majority of the routes being day/afternoon runs, allows you to be home every night and have a “normal” life outside of your job while gaining the invaluable experience of single pilot, multi engine, all weather operations.

There is no minimum multi engine time requirement for applying. Thanks to our 65% twin to single engine airplane ratio upgrades typically occur no longer than 4 months after the initial checkride, depending upon the employee’s flexibility to relocate and the current company needs. Training lasts a full week and incorporates in depth ground and flight training, during which Ram Air Freight provides housing.

In order to qualify applicants MUST meet Part 135 IFR minimums, be actively flying and instrument proficient, and more generally be capable of reaching checkride standards within 6 hours of flight training.

Benefits include Blue Cross Blue Shield, dental insurance, Simple IRA retirement plan, jumpseat privileges. More information is available on www.ramairfreight.com and
http://www.ramairfreight.com/employment/faq.html.
Send resumes to [email protected].
No phone calls please.
 
Go fly a Barbie jet! I wish I would have. Freight is great, but not for your career these days. You will be an excellent instrument pilot when you leave RAM, but way behind the career power curve. Fly a jet!
 
Go fly a Barbie jet! I wish I would have. Freight is great, but not for your career these days. You will be an excellent instrument pilot when you leave RAM, but way behind the career power curve. Fly a jet!
I agree, there's too many better jobs available today. And this from a former freight dog.
 
Bored barbie jet pilot.

9 months at Ram Air was the most fun I had in my career. Been flying a barbie jet for four years now and really miss my Baron (but not the pay). Go there and learn some real flying; there's plenty of time to learn autopilot, FMS, etc. As a barbie jet captain I really appreciate FOs who have actually had some experience other than vmc demos and screaming "right rudder" for 1000 hours.
 
Fly freight, apply everywhere you want to go and wait. You'll learn a ton and get a good job in the end!
 
Flying freight does not put you behind the career power curve. I went the freight route at 1300 hours without ever applying to the regionals and I don't regret it for a second.
 
I don't see how freight would put you behind the career power curve if you end up in turbine equipment while doing it. That's why I'm looking very closely at Ameriflight and Airnet: spend enough time there, and you get to play in something that burns kerosene.

My question is though, with the amount of freight companies that hire at 135 mins with upgrades into turbine equipment, why go fly somewhere with only piston aircraft? Absolutely no offense meant to anyone flying for a company like that, but I keep hearing that turbine PIC is what's going to get you ahead.
 
Flying freight will definitely boost your skill level and turn you into a more competent pilot, IMHO. When you're out there on your own in the middle of the night in the worst weather imaginable, and you know there is no one else who will fly it for you, you'll learn a lot really fast. Shiny jets are probably very fun to fly, with all the lights and EFIS stuff up front, but setting the autopilot and having it fly the entire flight and the approach to minimums isn't that hard. It's the decisions you learn to make while on your own, in a plane with no autopilot and no modern avionics, that will make you a better pilot. I know my company prefers to hire former freight pilots due to the nature of our job (EMS); they have that single-pilot IFR experience. If we flew two-pilot airplanes I'm sure airline guys would fit in too. You just have to look at where you want to be, and choose the route/jobs that will take you down the right path.

Unreal- our avatars meet again! :D
 

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