rickB

Just got called by Airnet for their SIC program... Have to drive from SAC to Burbank to fly out there overnight the night before the interview should I go check them out?

hotelmode

Yes you should go. I have a friend who flies for Airnet and he likes it. Either way, you should never turn down an interview. Worst that can happen is you learn something.

DBSociety

Anyone here do the SIC program? Ive been culling info but looking for a current update on pay, schedules, how quickly you can get time. I have 650 tt and leaning towards instructing to get 135 mins but hear this is an option.

SB2K

I don't know what their SIC program is but in today's aviation environment, do NOT pay for training and make sure you get paid for any flying you do.

This may seem obvious but there are a bunch of "pay for a job" schemes out there and they make me want to puke...

$.02

UCLAbruins

I'd go if I were you. Trust me, it takes practice to get good at the interviewing business. I screwed up my first two interviews, BAD. Last 4 I was offered a job.

kodiakallstar

Definitely go. The SIC program is a pretty good deal. You get paid to build your time. the rate is 7.69 per hour (rig hour not flight hour). Generally people sic on runs that either have a lot of flying or are somewhere they can live for cheap. flying over 100 hours a month is pretty common for an sic. Also you dont log SIC time so forget the argument about worthless sic time in the baron. Its all Total time. I think the experience you will get is the best possible to prepare you for single pilot IFR when you get your mins. You'll will have already been through a lot with someone who can show you the right way to do things so when you get on your own its not as much a mystery. If youre sweating the midnight trans con flight followed by an all day interview I'd say leave a day early the hotel is good for 24 hours anyway so it wont cost any more and you wont be delirious trying to fly a SE ILS in a touchy sim. If nothing else you'll get to practice interviewing. Its a skill and its the only part of our job we never really get trained to do so I'd say go for it.

Scooter2525

Go for! Agreed with Kodia.... you'll want to be out there a day early to have a good nights rest. What day does your flight leave from BUR? Hmmm... how I don't miss the drive from SAC to so cal...

cdaniel

I agree go for the interview its good practice but do you really want to fly frieght

detpilot

What's so wrong with flying freight?

Wildflyin

haha, I've seemed to notice that the freight guys seem to complain a whole heck of a lot less about their jobs than the regional guys...that alone make me want to fly freight. Not to mention the IFR hours and skills you will log.