Where do Ameriflight pilots end up?

[jercdevil]

Rehab

 

[time builder]

Type ratings also help. I've seen guys leave the BE99 mostly for Regionals.

Places I've seen them go:
Frontier
Corporate (Millionair, NetJets, part 91 gigs)
Skywest
Republic
ExpressJet
Comair
Mesa and GoJet (As street captains)
Air Ambulance Operators

 

[ksu_aviator]

Rehab

Ya, but I'm better now!:beer:

 

[ksu_aviator]

Seriously,

AMF is a great place to build time with out living in a one bed room apartment with 5 coworkers. They are also hiring anyone with a pulse and a certificate. So you have a little bargaining power as to equipment and base.

Good Luck.

 

[rod farva]

They also end up in Burns, Rocks Springs, Elko, Vernal, Kingman and some other wonderful "gardenspots"

I do know a few that should go to AA though.

Thats the question we are all asking ourselves where can I go from here. Two that I know of were recently turned down by SWA, but they have hit the brakes on hiring. One of them got on with Continental Airline soon after, which is great for him as he wanted to live in Houston. It seems that after 2-3 years at AMF you can go to some pretty good gigs. The people that go to regionals after AMF are the ones that can't or don't want to handle the schedule(long hours) after a year, if they make it that long.

The ones that wait it out have a lot of options, although most want SWA, UPS or Fedex. The problem with the next step is how you handle the question, "I've seen you fly a metro single pilot, impressive, but can you handle a second crew member and an FMS?"

It's the lack of 121, crew experience and complex aircraft that is lacking from an AMF pilot's resume, that is a hiring impediment. Those with training captain experience, or ability to explain how they can play well with others and learn how to fly a complex aircraft well, get hired to bigger and better things.

Hours are hours. From what I've seen, 1000 TPIC is 1000 TPIC. Experience means nothing these days.

 

[satpak77]

It's the lack of 121, crew experience and complex aircraft that is lacking from an AMF pilot's resume, that is a hiring impediment.

It is such an impediment that numerous former AMF-ers have been hired at AA, SWA, DAL, CAL, UPS, and FDX.

 

[RefugePilot]

It is such an impediment that numerous former AMF-ers have been hired at AA, SWA, DAL, CAL, UPS, and FDX.

It's not an impediment to getting hired, not having an answer to the question is. Just be prepared and confident with your response.

 

[EatSleepFly]

It's not an impediment to getting hired, not having an answer to the question is. Just be prepared and confident with your response.

"Well Mr. Eatsleepfly, one final question. Do you think you'll be able to handle a glass cockpit and an additional crewmember?"

Oh, you mean decrease my workload tenfold? Yeah, I think I can probably handle that.

That question is the least of my worries in an interview.

 

[DirtyBeech]

Crew time and FMS experience are extremely overrated. If you can single pilot a Metro while still dealing with UPS supervisors in a civil manner you'll be able to fly any jet they put you in, and handle the warm body occupying the other seat.

Trust me. You'll crawl into that sim with a glass cockipt, autopilot that isn't labled S-Tec or deferred, and has all the other gee whiz stuff in it and breeze through training.

Except for KSU who's a Kansas reprobate and only associates with me in the hopes of watching his 'cats get a solid whooping in Austin this year.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

It's the lack of 121, crew experience and complex aircraft that is lacking from an AMF pilot's resume, that is a hiring impediment.

It's interesting that the view that previous 121 time is so important has become so prevalent. A friend of mine who used be on the hiring board of a major airline says they never even looked at that as a discriminator.

Personally, I think is something spread by the regionals to make themselves the premier "stepping stone" to the majors.