What comes after Airnet?

[Flysher]

Hey Hazmat, you should have come over to the Dark Side. We still do alot of those things when we are empty. The 250 can be kind of hard, the 60 does not slow down the way the 35 does.
Good luck man!! Have fun in the Slowtation!!!
WDR11

Hey do you work for Jetride??

If so, do you see jetride as a good place to make a career?

Hows the QOL, etc

 

[uscpilot]

Hey do you work for Jetride??

If so, do you see jetride as a good place to make a career?

Hows the QOL, etc

Yeah, been here since June last year.
That is a tough question about a making it a career. I would be happy flying the 60 here for the rest of my life, provided that I get yearly pay increases. Not to say that this is not happening. Right now it is only 3%, not much of an increase, hopefully this will change.
I guess I could sum it up like this: I am happy here, but would always be open to something better.
My QOL is drasticly better than it was when I flew freight. I made about 50K flying as a 35 copilot. When I came over to Jetride I kept about the same salary with about half the work load. I am now able to see my family much more. I was commuting while flying freight and only seeing my family only 1and1/2 days a week. Granted it was self imposed, nevertheless it was five days a week 5-8 hrs of flying and 10 - 12 hrs of duty a day.
QOL is a relative thing. For me it was a quantium leap, however I cant convince a friend who has been a 35 copilot for years to come over. His pay would nearly double, but he wants his weekends off.
The normal schedule is 2 weeks on call 1 week off. There are 3 pilots assigned to each aircraft, 2 Capts and 1 FO. I just started the reserve schedule, 9 days on 5 off. Days 1 and 9 are for travel.
Our pay is low average compared to NBAA numbers. But the schedule is very easy, 2 hour call out. Usually 1 possibly 2 ASAP call outs for every rotation. Sometimes it wont happen for weeks.
Hope this helps,
WDR11

 

[NorthShore]

What comes after AirNet?

Bars open at 8am in NY.

 

[100fly]

and the bars close at 4:00am in NY. Considering I get off of work friday at 6:00am, it can make for a long weekend of drinking.

 

[Flysher]

Yeah, been here since June last year.
That is a tough question about a making it a career. I would be happy flying the 60 here for the rest of my life, provided that I get yearly pay increases. Not to say that this is not happening. Right now it is only 3%, not much of an increase, hopefully this will change.
I guess I could sum it up like this: I am happy here, but would always be open to something better.
My QOL is drasticly better than it was when I flew freight. I made about 50K flying as a 35 copilot. When I came over to Jetride I kept about the same salary with about half the work load. I am now able to see my family much more. I was commuting while flying freight and only seeing my family only 1and1/2 days a week. Granted it was self imposed, nevertheless it was five days a week 5-8 hrs of flying and 10 - 12 hrs of duty a day.
QOL is a relative thing. For me it was a quantium leap, however I cant convince a friend who has been a 35 copilot for years to come over. His pay would nearly double, but he wants his weekends off.
The normal schedule is 2 weeks on call 1 week off. There are 3 pilots assigned to each aircraft, 2 Capts and 1 FO. I just started the reserve schedule, 9 days on 5 off. Days 1 and 9 are for travel.
Our pay is low average compared to NBAA numbers. But the schedule is very easy, 2 hour call out. Usually 1 possibly 2 ASAP call outs for every rotation. Sometimes it wont happen for weeks.
Hope this helps,
WDR11

Yea it does, thanks alot!!! Are you guys getting a hawker anytime soon? I seem to remember Craig saying something about one being a potential in the near future...

 

[flyin4pennies]

Yea it does, thanks alot!!! Are you guys getting a hawker anytime soon? I seem to remember Craig saying something about one being a potential in the near future...

News 2 me!!!
Anything is posible.
We need some G-4/5's or Challengers

 

[$$$4nothin]

The RIC run was 904 that was during the day. It is now closed. Very high time run. Started around 1pm ended around midnight. 7 legs, 7.5 hours of flying. I am now at a regional. Life is SO much easier now. In a month when I make second year pay I will actually make the same money I made at AirNet. I can sum up my time at AirNet with one sentence. I am glad I did it, but I am also glad I am not doing it anymore. Looking back at it flying at AirNet was the most fun I have ever had flying. When you log 130 hours a month you get really good at flying whatever it is you are flying. You will get extremely confident, and when you go to that regional interview and the sim ride is set up as a Baron it will take everything youve got not to laugh. So for all of you PFTers out there. Stop being a PU$$Y and go fly freight.

 

[Guillotine007]

How often does USC 110 open up?

2 pilot rotation on that run. i think both guys are married and live in cbus, and probably holding out for lear lck spots.....which is not going to open anytime soon.

 

[jdlilfan]

2 pilot rotation on that run. i think both guys are married and live in cbus, and probably holding out for lear lck spots.....which is not going to open anytime soon.

Thanks, I've got a year or 2 before I will apply for cargo ops anyway. Just curious.

 

[greygoose]

Where did the DSM Sic go to? I thought he was wanting to upgrade to the PIC spot when it opened.

 

[8inMan]

Thanks for the info guys. Are you required to live at your base as a Jetride FO?

 

[TigerDriver]

the biggest factor is making your asap calls within the two hour wheels up time frame. live within an hour drive and you'll be fine.

 

[MNR]

On your week off you don't have to be there. You could take advantage of the cargo system or Airnet jumpseat agreements and commute. When you are on call for those 2 other weeks however you do need to be at your base. Also, if your base/plane is short staffed you might be on call longer, they pay you more for it, but then you would be there all the time. If you have any kind of family you would want to live where you are based with Jetride. Even if your single your going to need a semi-permanent place to live. I don't think a crash pad would cut it. There have been weeks where we didn't fly at all. I know I would want at least a studio apt or something.

So are your required to live there no, not even as a PIC, you could certainly do something short term in hopes of a different plane opening up in a different city.

 

[8inMan]

Thanks