amcnd
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Are things THAT bad at Lakes? Isn't the prospect of maybe a short upgrade time down the road enough to keep F/Os on?Guitar Guy said:Lakes is averaging the loss of 1 pilot PER DAY this month. Even though the seniority list has a lot of captains on it, every day, people are interviewing and putting in their resignation. And a lot of F/O's are moving on, too. .
True story. A former student of mine (you know who you are ) asked me for advice about whether to go to SkyWest or go to Ameriflite. I told him to go to Ameriflite, which was a sure thing at the time, then decide about SkyWest after he was hired there. Well, he was soon hired at SkyWest but placed into a pool for a Brazilia class. He was finally called for a class a few weeks ago, I think in a CRJ, at the same time he was slated to go to BE99 upgrade training. He bypassed SKyWest and is now a BE99 captain, gaining PIC turbine time.psysicx said:Skip the regionals and to Ameriflight.Six months you will be sitting left seat of the B-99.It only gets better from there you will be flying the metro and B-1900.
Just FYI, a friend and former co-worker of mine fromLakes that got on with NJA in June/July is now on captain pay there. He is making noticably more than any line captain at Lakes and he's not even been at NJA for 6 months and he's a right-seater.Humphreybogart said:Guitar Guy, I don't fly for NetJets. I just read alot of negative stuff about them posted by their pilots on the fractional side of this website. I've flown for a 121 carrier and it's the lowest of low jobs out there as far as working environment goes. It's definately a step up going to a fractional, however, the money you're talking about at Lakes is not much different than the salary at NetJets. Congrats on your new position!