Recommendations for Cargo companies ANYONE?!

[vindiesel]

Give Gemini a call, I went there from a corporate/ fractional backgroung and spent 3 years circling the globe on the 10 and 11. Not sure on advancement opportunities, but you will get the experience of a lifetime.
Remember, it never hurts to send out your application!
Good luck...

 

[Thedude]

same guy bought the old hooters air ticket as well. no idea what the plans are but you believe this info is legit!

How could he bu the Hooters certificate when it belongs to PACE and as far as I know they are still operating

 

[Thedude]

One word about ACMI, they are all $hitbag operators so just pick your flavor of $hit

 

[Sawmill]

Question: What is ACMI? Thanks

 

[Master Shake]

Question: What is ACMI? Thanks

Aircraft
Crew
Maintenance
Insurance

 

[pilotyip]

USA Jet is the finest DA-20 operator in the business. We feel our training program is good enough to train anyone who has basic flying skills. USA Jet does all of its training under Part 121 N & O; the DA-20 has 5 weeks of full time ground school prior to starting sim training, which runs one week and 25 hours for F/O's. All DA-20 F/O's receive 25 hours of supervised IOE prior to being released to line operations, we observe 100 min time in seat for pairing restrictions and in the past have turned down trips because of only low time pairs available. We have not hired a Captain off the street since 1998. Our safety record speaks for it self and is the standard for the industry. No training is done in airplanes on ride along legs. We have had pilots go to major airlines and tell us, except for fancy bells and whistles, the USA Jet training was as good as they got at their major. No USA Jet pilot has failed training at his next job. At an unnamed national passenger operator, 50% of the new hire pilots washed out of DC-9 training, USA Jet pilots had a 100% pass rate based upon their USA Jet Training. Some pilots hired by a large player in the business waived all testing and sim evals for USA Jet pilots, because of the known quality of their USA Jet Training. While in full time ground school you are paid full pay of $34 K per year to start? We have program on track for 6-figure pay in 6 years for all Captains. 10 hard days off every 28 day bid period. While in a duty status, you have to live in the immediate YIP area. Pilots are expected to assist in loading and unloading cargo. Benefits are good with a Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan you would be eligible for after 90 days. Pay goes up for F/O’s $2/hr in the 3rd year. Captain could be as early as a year, depends upon turnover and growth. Company covers all hotel costs on the road and gives the pilots $1.83 per hour pre-diem while away from YIP to cover meals. Time away from home is the luck of the draw, one guy’s fly’s 80 hours and is gone from home 6 days, and the next guy flies 45 hours and is gone 12 days. Some guys spend one night a month in a hotel way from home, but fly many night time round trips. It is a non-sked, hence no schedule.

 

[GogglesPisano]

Never, ever, sign a training bond. You'll wake up six months into your new "adventurous" job and ask yourself, "how the ******************** did I get myself into this mess?"

-- former ACMI'er :smash:

Make sure you know what you want, and what you don't want.

Oh yeah, and never, ever sign a training bond.

 

[MD11Drvr]

Never, ever, sign a training bond. You'll wake up six months into your new "adventurous" job and ask yourself, "how the ******************** did I get myself into this mess?"

-- former ACMI'er :smash:

Make sure you know what you want, and what you don't want.

Oh yeah, and never, ever sign a training bond.

I hear you, but it really is the only defense an ACMI'er has to try and keep people from jumping around from one to another and if going to a legacy carrier or someone like FedEx or UPS is worth it then pay it back and be glad you got the wide body time that may have helped get the legacy job. I have heard several complaining about paying back thier bond but no one had a gun to your head when you signed it. The only exception I feel is for the guy furloughed from a carrier and needs the job. In that case what are you going to do but to sign it. But the guy that leaves a job looking to fill another box on his resum'e to end up at a legacy carrier should be happy to pay it back. Especially if it was the time at the ACMI that put his app on top.

 

[GogglesPisano]

I hear you, but it really is the only defense an ACMI'er has to try and keep people from jumping around from one to another and if going to a legacy carrier or someone like FedEx or UPS is worth it then pay it back and be glad you got the wide body time that may have helped get the legacy job.

Or they could just improve the pay and QOL. The training contract is just an easier -- and cheaper -- way of trying to stop attrition.

I parked myself at World while waiting for my "dream job." I signed on the dotted line, and paid them when the letter came in the mail. World is, in my opinion, the best ACMI carrier to work for and has a very talented pilot group and offers decent QOL.

But people need to realize that they have no idea before they take a job -- especially in the exotic world that is ACMI -- whether they will be happy or miserable on those 18 day trips or 10-hr legs in the middle seat in coach with a tight connection in FRA. They need to talk to people who have been there for a while and realize what they are getting themselves into. Just like joining the Marines.

Forewarned is forearmed.

 

[coastinout]

Had a friend get hired recently at Gemini who knew noone(so he said). Had a lot of regional exp. Even took a few years off and got back into it with another regional and got hired about 1 year into it.
Coastinout