Wal-Mart

[country]

Heard a dirty little rumor today that Wal-Mart is going to decentralize the aviation dept. Moving planes and pilots to regional locations...anybody heard anything about this?

 

[SCT]

Do you think Walmart will allow their pilots to take a lunch break now???

 

[G100driver]

Do you think Walmart will allow their pilots to take a lunch break now???

I gotta 172 million reasons why they should!

 

[7xpilot]

Yes, It Is True

A Good Friend Of Mine Flies For Wal Mart. According To Her, Yes, The Company Is Looking At Establishing One Or More Satellite Bases, Where? Don't Know. Will It Be Staffed By Pilots Already Employed By Wal Mart-yes! Will They Also Live Out At This(these) Locations? She Doesn't Know. So, That Is Basically It. Many Companies Do This. The Vast Bulk Of The Flying Will Still Be Out Of Arkansas.

 

[sleepy]

A Good Friend Of Mine Flies For Wal Mart. According To Her, Yes, The Company Is Looking At Establishing One Or More Satellite Bases, Where? Don't Know. Will It Be Staffed By Pilots Already Employed By Wal Mart-yes! Will They Also Live Out At This(these) Locations? She Doesn't Know. So, That Is Basically It. Many Companies Do This. The Vast Bulk Of The Flying Will Still Be Out Of Arkansas.

The lucky ones will get to escape Rogers, AR. I wonder if they will adjust their pay for higher COLA places?

 

[Gulfstream 200]

The lucky ones will get to escape Rogers, AR. I wonder if they will adjust their pay for higher COLA places?

so much for living like BOSS HOGG on 46K in Inbredville Arkensaws!

welcome to the real world where WalMart employees live in cardboard boxes on the $5.75 wages they earn!!

 

[ultrarunner]

My wife just interiewed a Walmart Associate. Pretty incredible stories she had from this person as to what is required in the name of "productivity".

I can honestly say I'll never walk into another Walmart.

 

[Lou3]

I spoke to a couple of Wal-Mart pilots one day at an FBO last year in OAJ waiting for some of the exect's and they told me that the Bentonville area is actually an expensive place to live. I was kind of surprised but they said that all the Wal-Mart growth had fueled the cost of living due to other companies relocating there to be close to Wal-Mart.

 

[ultrarunner]

That would be correct. ALL the major supplies to Walmart have offices in Bentonville/Rogers, etc...

 

[country]

so much for living like BOSS HOGG on 46K in Inbredville Arkensaws!

welcome to the real world where WalMart employees live in cardboard boxes on the $5.75 wages they earn!!

First off I have no desire to fly for Wal-Mart, I'm very happy with my current gig. Iwas curious regarding the word on the street regarding this rumor. I do know alot of people that live in NW ARk and travel there quite freq. I can tell you that currently 46k a year would get you a cardboard box in NW ARk. I say this for all those folks that think they can get a job, accept a low wage and live like a king. Those days are gone ...its changed dramatically the last 5 years from what I have seen. A friend of mine just purchased a 1700 sq foot new home (starter home) zero lot line 200K. $120 to 145 per sq foot new build seems to be the average....Funny enough you could drive north about 30 miles into Mo. and live like a king on 46k a year. Either way if you are looking at a job in the NW ARK area you better negotiate a darn good salary. Because they will throw the good ole boy crap at you and try to pay you squat.

 

[h25b]

Decent single family residence in NW Arkansas will run you around $130/sq. ft.

No, it is no longer an inexpensive place to live at all.

 

[CapnVegetto]

so much for living like BOSS HOGG on 46K in Inbredville Arkensaws!

welcome to the real world where WalMart employees live in cardboard boxes on the $5.75 wages they earn!!

Suppose we could freeze our a$$es off with all the yankee weiners up there. Why do ya'll keep coming down south anyway? We don't want you here!

 

[AA717driver]

Suppose we could freeze our a$$es off with all the yankee weiners up there. Why do ya'll keep coming down south anyway? We don't want you here!

Maybe it's that "Southern Hospitality"... TC

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Suppose we could freeze our a$$es off with all the yankee weiners up there. Why do ya'll keep coming down south anyway? We don't want you here!

Is that why you are applying to every job on this site?

not too many good jobs down there in humpyersista Alabama huh?

God forbid WalMart shuts down someday...the entire South will be standing there looking at each other wondering what to do next!!

 

[CapnVegetto]

Is that why you are applying to every job on this site?

not too many good jobs down there in humpyersista Alabama huh?

Gof forbid WalMart shuts down someday...the entire South will be standing there looking at each other wondering what to do next!!

Well I suppose I could fly a GV out of freezeyoassoff NY and live in a $200K shack of a house which I'd never see. I guess if Wal Mart shut down we'd just have to start charging rent to all you yankees that get tired of living in the armpit of america up there and move down here.

 

[SCT]

Damn Capt. V, you sure have flown alot of a/c for having 2600+ hrs!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Well I suppose I could fly a GV out of freezeyoassoff NY and live in a $200K shack of a house which I'd never see. I guess if Wal Mart shut down we'd just have to start charging rent to all you yankees that get tired of living in the armpit of america up there and move down here.

200K for a shack?

you DO live in Humpyersister AL.

lucky to find 800sq.ft on the market for 350K, nevermind 200K...

better smarten up that job search or keep that 135 beeper gig Capn'....aint no laid back, fried chicken eatin, country club livin' you're accustomed to up here North of the MD line.....folks have jobs up these parts - and we dont like Walmarts!

 

[CapnVegetto]

200K for a shack?

you DO live in Humpyersister AL.

lucky to find 800sq.ft on the market for 350K, nevermind 200K...

better smarten up that job search or keep that 135 beeper gig Capn'....aint no laid back, fried chicken eatin, country club livin' you're accustomed to up here North of the MD line.....folks have jobs up these parts - and we dont like Walmarts!

Precisely why I'm not up there. But for all the whining you do on here, I doubt you could handle it down here either. I guess poor little me and my sorry beeper 135 job will have to tough it out in my pathetic little 2200 square foot home on hole #13. Dam shame I've got all this backwoods and stuff down here for hunting and fishing, insted of gangbangers and concrete. Wow I wish I were you. (Hope you're picking up the sarcasm).

Money goes a LOT farther down here. No wonder you're always bitching. And you know what the really pathetic thing is? I make probably about 1/4 of what you make, and live just as good, if not better.

 

[CapnVegetto]

dang Capt. V, you sure have flown alot of a/c for having 2600+ hrs!

Well, when you do charter, you get variety. What can I say? No big ones on there though. Who knows if there ever will be? If I find the right one, maybe.

 

[sleepy]

Suppose we could freeze our a$$es off with all the yankee weiners up there. Why do ya'll keep coming down south anyway? We don't want you here!

Why do they come here? They are hoping to breed it out of you. They have been trying to do so since the end of the Civil War.

 

[asolo]

Threads like this make me so happy to be a flightinfo member Knock it off you guys. You don't have to prove a damn thing to each other unless you're insecure about your job and where you live. Be happy for what you have.

Blue Skies

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Precisely why I'm not up there. But for all the whining you do on here, I doubt you could handle it down here either. I guess poor little me and my sorry beeper 135 job will have to tough it out in my pathetic little 2200 square foot home on hole #13. Dam shame I've got all this backwoods and stuff down here for hunting and fishing, insted of gangbangers and concrete. Wow I wish I were you. (Hope you're picking up the sarcasm).

Money goes a LOT farther down here. No wonder you're always bitching. And you know what the really pathetic thing is? I make probably about 1/4 of what you make, and live just as good, if not better.

Do I really whine a lot??

I didnt think I did.

 

[resq swimmer]

Kids..kids, let's start acting like grown-ups. I thought I was on the regional post. I used to be able to come to the corporate post and get away from all of the name calling and "my job is better than yours" crap that is found on other posts, but it has finally migrated over. Professionals....wtfo!

 

[h25b]

Kids..kids, let's start acting like grown-ups. I thought I was on the regional post. I used to be able to come to the corporate post and get away from all of the name calling and "my job is better than yours" crap that is found on other posts, but it has finally migrated over. Professionals....wtfo!

Oh just shut up you bottom feeding, bar lowering, scab sympathizing, ho !!! You're just another brother racing to the bottom !!!

I think that just about covers all of the terms commonly used over on the regionals' board...

 

[CapnVegetto]

Kids..kids, let's start acting like grown-ups. I thought I was on the regional post. I used to be able to come to the corporate post and get away from all of the name calling and "my job is better than yours" crap that is found on other posts, but it has finally migrated over. Professionals....wtfo!

He started it!!!!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Kids..kids, let's start acting like grown-ups. I thought I was on the regional post. I used to be able to come to the corporate post and get away from all of the name calling and "my job is better than yours" crap that is found on other posts, but it has finally migrated over. Professionals....wtfo!

yeah, dip$hit, you just worry about swigin' gear on that POS Westwind, got it?

this is between me and the hillbilly.

 

[Rabble]

Man I wish you would switch to decaf.

Every time you post you come off sounding like a bigger jerk!

 

[G100driver]

Man I wish you would switch to decaf.

Every time you post you come off sounding like a bigger jerk!

No way man. I will be the 1st to buy him a tripple shot starbucks mocha with extra chocolate.

That last exchange between G200 and CaptainV was about one of the funniest damn thing I have read in a long time.

I am getting a little tired out here in the islands (it is raining today) and ranting condecending sarcasm really brightened my day. Keep up the great work, gentleman!!!:beer:

 

[AA717driver]

This is like an MTV Reality show without the buff, brainless dudes and ditzy drama queens with big hoots! TC

 

[Midnight Flyer]

First off I have no desire to fly for Wal-Mart, I'm very happy with my current gig. Iwas curious regarding the word on the street regarding this rumor. I do know alot of people that live in NW ARk and travel there quite freq. I can tell you that currently 46k a year would get you a cardboard box in NW ARk. I say this for all those folks that think they can get a job, accept a low wage and live like a king. Those days are gone ...its changed dramatically the last 5 years from what I have seen. A friend of mine just purchased a 1700 sq foot new home (starter home) zero lot line 200K. $120 to 145 per sq foot new build seems to be the average....Funny enough you could drive north about 30 miles into Mo. and live like a king on 46k a year. Either way if you are looking at a job in the NW ARK area you better negotiate a darn good salary. Because they will throw the good ole boy crap at you and try to pay you squat.

My wife is from Springdale, Arkansas and I've spent alot of time in the area. Fayetteville, Rogers, Bentonville, Springdale are all very very close together, almost just one big city now.

Tons of industry is up there. JB Hunt (one of the largest trucking lines),
Tyson Chicken in Springdale, obviously Wal-Mart, and several other large companies in the area, all with flight departments. Tyson sold their citation 2 years ago and went with a fractional.

Buying a house there has become very expensive as Country just said. A small modest house on a "cookie cutter" sized lot can run you over $200,000.
There are vendors involved with WalMart who live in multi-million dollar homes on the mountainsides. Tons of money is in NW Arkansas.

I can remember when the major airport in Fayetteville was FYV and only the commuters flew there in Sabbs and ATR's. Now, they built a new airport (XNA) and have large jet service from all over.
The area is really booming.

Not to offend anybody who happens to have been given a skin color that is other than white, however, I can remember when Springdale had a sign up at one of the roads leading into the area saying "N--'s go home". At one time the area was very racist. The area, over the past several years has had a huge increase in Mexicans (both citizens and illegal immigrants) who come up to work in the Tyson chicken factories. It is a beautiful place to live.