Tab Express, Deland, Fla

[DFries]

Does anyone have any info on pricing at Tab express? It seems to be a well kept secret!! I know their 0 time program is about 100 large, but need to find out how much it costs if you already have comm multi and instrument ratings. Any info would be a big help.

 

[wheelsup]

You must go through the program completely again, but on the plus side you'll save a few bucks 'cause you won't have to take the actual checkride again .

BTW, the last part was sarcasim if you didn't catch on right away...

~wheelsup

 

[BoilerUP]

Before this gets interesting, and I KNOW it will, I'd just like to offer two groups of four letters as an alternative:

MAPD PACE

 

[rumpletumbler]

I'm supposed to e-mail my resume to [email protected] but then I need to

Qualify for a Key Bank Loan (with or without a co-signer) to cover all training costs. Fair to good credit is necessary.

and then

Spend 7 to 11 months in the airline training center ($2000/month living expenses withdrawal from Key Bank Loan)

Why isn't there a scratching head smiley?

 

[DFries]

I'm supposed to e-mail my resume to [email protected] but then I need to and then Why isn't there a scratching head smiley?

Have they quoted you a price yet?

 

[rumpletumbler]

Have they quoted you a price yet?

haha no! If I were going to buy a job I'd do it with ASA as they are local to me. I can buy that one for $30,000. However I don't have the level of experience needed to do this kind of job so it would be dangerous for me to be placed in that position. I would be a hazard to myself and others and a hindrance to the Captain. When/IF I finally made Captain myself I would be a dangerous pilot because I had not built the experience that is required to have this job and do it safely. Do yourself a favor and go the road of experience. Don't buy a job that you aren't qualified for.

 

[DFries]

Do you really think that another 300 hrs flying a 152 from the right seat is going to give you the "Right Stuff" for that regional job? Have a Little confidence in your ability to LEARN! The Military has been using the same type of programs since the '30's to train their pilots in the shortest time posible. They have guys with 400 hrs in 1 year in the right seats of c-5's kc-10's b-1's etc. I hardly think you will walk through the door at ASA or TAB, throw the check on the counter and jump in the seat of an RJ or a Beech 1900. I do remember hearing somthing about some sort of training program somwhere in there! I think it involved a month or so in the simulator before you even see the ramp. As far as qualifications, in the last 10 years as an A+P Mechanic for a Major airline, I have found that my systems knowlege is better than most of the FO's on the line and a good majority of the Captains. If you think sitting in the right seat of a twin turboprop, or even a small jet would hinder its operation, then you probably SHOULDN'T be there, and neither should the captain. If these programs werent sucessful, they wouldnt be around. And the Regionals would not come to places like Tab, ASA, Gulfstream, etc. to Recruit. Don't knock a sensible alternative to years of slow time building. If you have the Drive, the ambition, the ability to learn, and of course the MONEY These places are a sensible option.

 

[bobbysamd]

P F T flamebait

The Military has been using the same type of programs since the '30's to train their pilots in the shortest time posible. They have guys with 400 hrs in 1 year in the right seats of c-5's kc-10's b-1's etc. I hardly think you will walk through the door at ASA or TAB, throw the check on the counter and jump in the seat of an RJ or a Beech 1900. I do remember hearing somthing about some sort of training program somwhere in there!

Never mind the fact that the miltary hand-picks its flight candidates. It also takes longer than one year to train a military pilot. These are extremely talented people; I know because I instructed some of their rejects!! I have a lot of time instructing, and these rejects were extremely sharp people. The only talent you need for TAB is the ability to write a check.

And the Regionals would not come to places like Tab, ASA, Gulfstream, etc. to Recruit.

For one thing, Gulfstream is an airline and has its own P-F-T program. Pinnacle is the only known regional that recruits from Gulftream. ASA is a long-standing regional airline that hires off the street along with some FSI and DCA grads. There is no proof that TAB has sent any of its P-F-T pilots to regionals - though it does "guarantee" "interviews."

Don't knock a sensible alternative to years of slow time building. If you have the Drive, the ambition, the ability to learn, and of course the MONEY These places are a sensible option.

. . . if you want to risk being ripped off, blackballed and eschewed by your peers, and want to make your Faustian bargain, it is completely sensible. Aviation is a conservative, traditional business that respects hard work, persistence and "years of slow time building," and rejects and resents end-runners.

There is at least one individual here who accuses anti-P-F-T people like me of envy, seeking pity, being jealous, and a host of the other seven deadly sins. Envious of what? It takes no special ability or qualifications to P-F-T. It only takes money. Anyone with money or a Key loan can buy a job. If you don't have the former you can get the latter. He knows who he is. His sole purpose is to revel in and enjoy others' bad luck and misfortune without providing constructive comment. I won't waste my time answering his posts. Let him accuse, revel and enjoy.

 

[Fallingbrick]

Flame on!!

 

[JD2003]

TAB will steel money from you...don't go there