Ram Air Freight

[YaMama]

Mostly North Carolina, but check their website for the complete list of domiciles - www.ramairfreight.com

Mins are 135 IFR - ME time doesn't matter (in fact may even hurt your chances according to the employment FAQ on the website). With 200 multi and jet time it seems like you might be in line for a better job than freight dog (ie regional).

 

[limodriver1]

there is no SIC rides on RAM AIR

Ram airs operations does not require SIC on any airplane , so the person who told you that story, is obviously full of it!

Ram air is good company to work for and build experience, I worked there few years and did not have horror stories to tell.

Usually people who fail are the ones who has stories to tell. It is known that flying freight is not for everyone, some can be a good flight instructor but **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ty pilot and one can be a great aviator but awfull flight instructor. Flying freight you need to have bigger balls than flying for regional carrier or similar or even other 135 passenger operator. Been SIC ( second in command) is not more than the person who pulls the gear handle.

Flying freight gives you excellent background for your future aviation career, and the horrow stories you make them up and let them happend. Ram Air is one of the most professional freight company out there and people are respected throughout the aviation industry. Flying small and slow airplanes, with decent equipment is what Ram Air does, maintanence works if you write those things up what is wrong. Pay is decent when you compare it to hours what you work. It is not like airnet who flies throughout the night, ramairs most lines starts around noon and ends way before midnight.

Most of the guys who got fired or let go from ram air , which is the way they like to do it, so it is not in your records , had reason to get fired or (let go) like those future hawker pilots.

Ram air people who gets work done is respected, it is ontime airfreight carrier, and company counts on you as a pilot.

If you dont want to fly single-engine lance or small twins , in weather, or other conditions , you might want to stay away from Ram Air. You do favor for company and yourself. But if you want experience and fast growing time on your logbook. I would say GO FOR IT!

 

[mbw]

ram air

Are the Lances turbo charged or super charged? Or none?
Do you fly a leg and wait couple of hrs and fly the leg back, or do you fly several legs a day?

thanks
mbw

 

[upndsky]

limodriver1, I think icefr8dawg was saying the guy failed his SIC check ride at the company in NJ, after he was let go from Ram. Probably a good thing. If he's that bad a pilot, he probably would have killed himself at Ram.

mbw, the Lances are straight-wing, normally-aspirated. The only turbos we have are the Senecas and the C-402s.

Routes depend on the run. Most leave in the early afternoon and get back between 7 and 10 p.m. and are around 3 to 5 legs. They are scheduled so that there is little or no waiting between legs. That all depends on whether the courier are on time, of course. Other runs have several hours of down time in them. Some pilots like those runs because they use the down time to take online college courses. Runs are awarded on seniority so when you first hit the line, you'll get what's left.

 

[icefr8dawg]

upndsky, you got it right. This guy failed a .297 or .299 ride at RAM, came to fly with us, was not allowed to sit left seat, had to leave and then falsified his logbook which came around to bite him quickly when his next job did a basic background check. We had a director of training that came from RAM, and before that from the flight school full of europeans (Northeast I think it's called) He was a real stand up guy and great pilot, always defended the line pilots.
R

 

[PumpkinPony]

pay scale

I have to say, I didn't think the pay was that bad at Ram Air... I'm making less flying for Horizon Air now. The schedule was great too! Only job I ever had that I got weekends and holidays off. Won't see that again in the next few years. Probably some of the most fun flying I've done too. The airlines are a different world...

 

[upndsky]

Hey pumpkinpony, have you hit the line yet at Horizon? I hope they're treating you well.

To expand on her post, runs pay between $60 to $90 per day. You get a 10% raise at six months and another 10% over base at 12 months (base + 20%). After two years, you get paid $90 + 20% regardless of what the run would normally pay.

Most, if not all, runs based outside of RDU pay $90. Pumpkinpony was RIC-based. If you get RDU, plan on making $60. The good thing is that most RDU runs are short so it's possible to work a second job in the mornings, which is what some of our pilots do.

Pay has always been a contentious issue here, especially when hiring elsewhere stopped and it looked like some of us might be here for a while. Now that things are moving again, pay may not be that big of a deal. I'll also add that maintenance here is very good (if you write it up, it'll get fixed no questions asked) and that management doesn't pressure pilots. There are other outfits like us that may pay a few dollars more, but they also ask their pilots to take much bigger risks. We've been in business for more than 20 years (a remarkable feat in the freight world) and have had only one fatality. That one was attributed to pilot error. The record speaks for itself.

 

[Snakum]

Is Ross Kennedy (ADO) still there?

Just curious ...

Minh

 

[limodriver1]

he is still there!

But not ADO anymore!

 

[mbw]

Ram

upndsky,

one last Q, do u train in a sim or aircraft?

Thanks