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Are their any current or former Fair Wind Air Charter pilots around here? Does anyone have any inforation on the company? Thanks!

It kinda rings a bell.. But I'm a young gun and no nothing of the sort... Do you fly out of there? KVRB was my stomping ground...Take a wild guess where I went to school... Good luck finding info!

Are their any current or former Fair Wind Air Charter pilots around here? Does anyone have any inforation on the company? Thanks!
They posted an ad on Feb 9th looking for a Lear 40 F/O to be based at PBI probably at Galaxy FBO. They wanted 3000 TT, 2,000 PIC, 1500 MEL.
Good Luck.

They posted an ad on Feb 9th looking for a Lear 40 F/O to be based at PBI probably at Galaxy FBO. They wanted 3000 TT, 2,000 PIC, 1500 MEL.
Good Luck.
And was there mention of the pay they were offering for such experience for an FO position?

USMCFLYR

And was there mention of the pay they were offering for such experience for an FO position?

USMCFLYR
I was kinda thinking along the same lines....unless they are offering a heck of a package for those times, to get someone in the right seat at that experiance is going to be tough.

And was there mention of the pay they were offering for such experience for an FO position?

USMCFLYR

I was kinda thinking along the same lines....unless they are offering a heck of a package for those times, to get someone in the right seat at that experiance is going to be tough.

Fairwinds is certified Platinum by ARG/US. It is the highest rating and requires higher than "standard" minimums. But they're probably not quite that high.

However, I wouldn't expect Fairwinds is offering great pay or a great package. Furthermore, the schedule probably offers little quality of life. But it's an employers' market. And it will stay that way for some time to come. I'm sure they are able to fill the position without having to lower the requirements.

No, there was no mention of pay in the ad.

Part135 and Florida = bad idea. Run away and don't look back!

Part135 and Florida = bad idea. Run away and don't look back!
It is what it is, QOL for me does suffer slightly, I'm always on call (90 min) and there is no schedule. Spent 26 days on the road and when I got home had my required 10hrs rest then right back on call. But there is alot of flying. And for me I just try and be thankfull that I have a job. Think that some of the bigger 135 outfits here in FL are a little better than the mom & pop ones.

Think that some of the bigger 135 outfits here in FL are a little better than the mom & pop ones.

Not necessarily... South FL charter is a very strange deal. There's a couple of good operators, but for the most part they all abuse the crap out of their pilots.

Thanks for all who have chimed in. I have heard the rumors of S. Florida based 135 operators treating their pilots like dirt. I just wanted to see what the scoop was on these guys. Any additional insight would be extremely helpful. Thanks again.

LAXROX... you work for Colgan and thinking of breaking into the corporate side of aviation? If that's the case, I would go for the Fairwinds job. It gets your foot in the door. And south Florida doesn't suck because there's lots of sun and sand.

Being on-call is rough. And relocating can also be a drag. You might look into Travel Management... 2 weeks on/2 weeks off... reasonable upgrade time.... live where you like.

Just my 2 cents.

When they offered me the LR40 co-captain job they had advertised about a month ago pay was suppose to be in the 75k range with health care paid at 100%. Schedule was sadly only the regulatory days off per quarter reason being why I passed. Supposedly they hired someone but he/she didn't work out.

I understand that people have to make a living, but to work at some company with no scheduled days off and working maximum duty days day after day is just not right. I work at a 135 outfit and luckily we have the manpower to have 8 scheduled days off per month.The problem is most these places have high turnover and never seem to have enough pilots to cover trips, I can't tell you how many times we had to fill in for another company because of this.

No offense but I hate the whole it is what it is mentality.