RAM Air Freight

[IFollowRoads]

Anyone have the skinny on RAM Air Freight? Night flying, routes, maintenance concerns, time to upgrade?

 

[Kingair1181]

Check out the cargo page - they have a few topics on it.

 

[Count Dracula]

Not recommended.......I'm based at the same airport and know some of the pilots and what is required of them from this place.

 

[Kingair1181]

Contrails - PM me if you don't mind and tell me why you don't recommend Ram.

 

[Airbeast]

I worked there for a bit. I liked it there. I had decent schedule (show up at 130 done by 8) with pretty much no night flying. Just wish the pay was more.

 

[scoot]

Check out www.ramairfreight.com . Contrails criptic remark is an opinoin based on a little knowledge. Ram is a great place to get started in aviation with nothing to hide. I wouldn't put too much weight on his remark. Ask him if has a better gig for you at this point in your career.

 

[CapnVegetto]

I've not heard any bad things about them from anyone, except of course for super low pay. They offered me a job many moons ago for $15k a year, and you just can't live on that. I think it's more now, though.

It's a good start. Get in, get your time, get out. Everybody I talk to that flies checks says it's a fun job, but it's sure as hell not a living. It's a stepping stone to something better.

 

[1973Arrow]

. Contrails criptic remark is an opinoin based on a little knowledge. Ram is a great place to get started in aviation with nothing to hide.

There was a good thread about the chief pilot...I think that sums things up.

 

[coltsfn8888]

Stay away. The maintenance is horrible. Management will not stick up for the pilots. In some cases the schedules run 14 hours a day five days a week. It works out to about $6.07 per hour. You'll have to move wherever they need you at your own expense. When you upgrade to multi you will have to move wherever they need you at your expense. When I was there they refused a couple of guys days off for airline interviews. You will definitely have to break regs to get the job done. If its the only way you can get multi time get in and get out as fast as possible. That being said the flying is fun as hell which is about the only good thing the company has going for them.

 

[CFIse]

RAM is fine - *I* was based at the airport they flew out of, and *I* know what was required of them, and it's no more than any other cargo operation.

It's mostly afternoon cargo, no all night overnights. I have a number of friends who have been in and out of RAM within 6 months and have got 400+ hours of multi. That's what you go there for. There are some RAM lifers who like living in base (RDU mostly) and like the schedules, but mostly it's an in, up, and out organization.

 

[Way2Broke]

Do your homework and make sure that this place is for you before you make a commitment to work there. It is not for everybody, but it does serve its purpose in your logbook well.

 

[Buddy1958]

Raf

RAF is what you make it. It's definitely a stepping stone to better things. When I was was there, the maintenance was "iffy" at best...but that's what I heard from other freightdogs working at other companies as well. It'll give you lotsa practice with partial panel, systems and engine outages! But like someone else said, the flying is fun as hell and the actual instrument experience will do nothing but make you a better/safer pilot - even if the pay sucks. Good luck!