Ram Air Freight Needs Pilots

[flyinlow67]

I applied to these guys about a year ago, and really wish I had gotten a phone call. Took a freight job closer to home, but all the checking I did backs up what everyone says here. Good outfit, good planes, crappy pay. Welcome to night freight.

 

[ilkwamh2]

At RAM, the starting pay if you're based in RDU is $60/day, if you're outbased, it can be anywhere from $75-$90 a day. The runs out of RDU are from about 1pm - 8pm on average. The average outbased run is 2pm - 10pm, with some runs being 6am-7pm, some 6pm-2am, but you can move up so fast in the company these days that you can almost get what you want. After 6 months there is 10% increase in pay, after 12 months 20% increase in pay, and after 2 years max pay of $120 no matter which run you're on.

At Package Express I think you start out at around $80-85 a day no matter which run you do. Some runs are very short, 4 hours, while other are much longer at 14 hour duty days.

Hey "Big Dog" and "Scoot" I hope things in RDU are good, we're hurtin' for people real bad with everyone leaving. PM me sometime. Too bad I don't know anyone from past seniority #387.

-W

 

[Big Dog]

Bump.

 

[l-ron]

ram air

thanks scoot, because of this post i was called had an interview and got a training date this month! for those of you working at ram air i have a few questions. about how long is it taking to upgrade to the twin? willl it be hard to get the location i want after training? any info would be great.

 

[Big Dog]

The twin upgrade is mainly a question of where are you willing to go/what run it is. If you are okay with being outbased anywhere, you can be flying the line in a twin 2 weeks after your first training day. There are several twin runs opening in March, locations vary. If you want to stay in Raleigh it may take a couple/few months to get in a twin run, although you will probably get trained in the PA34 or BE58 sooner. If you want a specific base, that could take even longer and it may not be a twin run. Hope that clears it up. Study all the material you get well and work the GPS simulator hard. Class is straight forward for those who study and can keep the needles in the doughnut. Good Luck!

 

[Flyin Tony]

What kind of GPS do the planes have?

 

[Big Dog]

All our planes have the Apollo GX50, most with the Apollo external CDI. And the cards are updated every 28 days. All the approaches we do are basically ILS/LOC/LDA or GPS.

 

[Big Dog]

bump.

 

[flyrunner80]

ILKWAMH2

Have fun a Comair pushing RJ's man! You deserve it!!!

 

[ilkwamh2]

I won't have to fly through the icing and the thunderstorms anymore!!! well maybe I do, it's just that I'll have better ice protection and storm scope.

I've been at Ram since last August and it's been a great 7 months there...good people(well mostly) and great experience. After being there for a few months, you won't be afraid to fly through low IFR, fog, snow, or windy conditions. I'm still afraid of ICE and always will be. Won't even have ice in my Coke now.

Right now we are hurting for people cause everyone is leaving, and we prefer that you have low Multi-time, 15-25 hrs. that way you'll stay longer. Bidding for the runs is done on a 3 month basis and on seniority number. If you're outbased at city A, someone who's base is in city B with a higher seniority number cannot bid for your run in city A. Only people who is at the same base as you can outbid you. You can only bid for another base if someone from that base leaves. Hope I have not confused you.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I won't have to fly through the icing and the thunderstorms anymore!!! well maybe I do, it's just that I'll have better ice protection and storm scope.

I've been at Ram since last August and it's been a great 7 months there...good people(well mostly) and great experience. After being there for a few months, you won't be afraid to fly through low IFR, fog, snow, or windy conditions. I'm still afraid of ICE and always will be. Won't even have ice in my Coke now.

Right now we are hurting for people cause everyone is leaving, and we prefer that you have low Multi-time, 15-25 hrs. that way you'll stay longer. Bidding for the runs is done on a 3 month basis and on seniority number. If you're outbased at city A, someone who's base is in city B with a higher seniority number cannot bid for your run in city A. Only people who is at the same base as you can outbid you. You can only bid for another base if someone from that base leaves. Hope I have not confused you.

Sad as it may seem, you probably had a better storm scope in the Baron than you will in the RJ The radar is a piece of sh...err, is sometimes less than optimal.

Welcome to Comair.

KAK

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Sad as it may seem, you probably had a better storm scope in the Baron than you will in the RJ The radar is a piece of sh...err, is sometimes less than optimal.

Welcome to Comair.

KAK

Unless freight has changed in the last few years, I doubt he had any radar at all in the Baron.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

Unless freight has changed in the last few years, I doubt he had any radar at all in the Baron.

Then he'll feel right at home in the RJ

 

[ilkwamh2]

I was flying the Senecas and only one of them has a stormscope. I guess what I meant originally was that at least I would have a stormscope in the RJ.

-W

 

[bobs98tlr]

Where are all the bases at? Thanks....