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Old 10-19-2016, 08:19 PM
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Well grant is really slow so 50-70. Hageland 60-90. Yute anywhere from 70-120 hours a shift! I'm gonna do 115 this shift working 16 days. They will all ask that you stay one year. There's no contract just a verbal ask! I'm personally gonna stay the whole year out of my own integrity but that's your own prerogative! My DO, CP and owner will all write a letter of recommendation after 1 yr. not bad. Plus this is 135 and will be on your PRIA and if you don't stay the year some places will put down not gonna rehire. Just a heads up. Kinda ****ty in some ways put that seems to be common in entry level 135 since so many guys always bounce early and screw us over.
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Old 10-20-2016, 05:44 AM
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I'd have no problem staying for the full year. I did the verbal agreement with my current gig in the same way. I actually turned down jobs because of it. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with integrity =). I dropped my apps to all of them, if you want to put a good word in for me? =P
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Also, I don't have my high performance endorsement. If I were to be offered the position, do you think they will do it for me during the course of initial training? And this is assuming there is an initial training period.... There is, right? Lol
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Also, I don't have my high performance endorsement. If I were to be offered the position, do you think they will do it for me during the course of initial training? And this is assuming there is an initial training period.... There is, right? Lol
They may, but you would be much better off to have the endorsement done ahead of time.
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Old 10-20-2016, 11:31 AM
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Our check airmen and instructors aren't cfis so they couldn't sign you off! Go rent a 182 and it takes like an hour. Also some operators might start you in a 172 anyway if you have no high performance time but if you have 500 hours it's something you need to just go do.
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Old 10-20-2016, 03:58 PM
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Do any of these operators hire low time FOs? I have my commercial single and multi with an A&P, but only around 300 hours. Would I stand a chance of getting hired with such low hours or will I need to wait till 500 hours?
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Old 10-20-2016, 09:23 PM
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Also, I don't have my high performance endorsement. If I were to be offered the position, do you think they will do it for me during the course of initial training? And this is assuming there is an initial training period.... There is, right? Lol
That's really a bare bones qualification. Why even apply if one doesn't have that? You're asking someone to trust you with their reputation, their property, and their clients. At least show up looking like you want the job. Dress for it, act like it, and be qualified for it.

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Do any of these operators hire low time FOs? I have my commercial single and multi with an A&P, but only around 300 hours. Would I stand a chance of getting hired with such low hours or will I need to wait till 500 hours?
An FO for a Cessna 207, 172? It's always best to arrive qualified for the job. Instruct or do what you need to do to gain the minimal experience necessary to apply.

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Old 10-20-2016, 09:31 PM
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It's all single engine piston so no! Hageland does have FOs on some of their caravans but you will only get paid like $50/day and depending on the captain you either don't fly at all or they make you the autopilot in cruise. Also since it is a single pilot plane with full autopilot most people don't consider you a required crew member and consider the time "useless" so make sure to have some faa letter to prove you can log it. You file the flight plan, unload the plane and log right seat in a caravan in an ifr environment that can create a lot of bad habits(the amount of filed deviations for the caravan guys in western Alaska is insane) the email we got last month I think was 20 some altitude deviations. If it's your only option go for it. They use it to get you to 1000 hours then have you fly the 207 for a year as a captain. It beats flying in the pattern instructing for 1000 hours and is a lot of fun. All applications go through ravn connect/era.
Maybe try flying skydivers to hit the 500 then come up here and you can make $50/hr instead of per day. Good luck either way
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Andrew Airways in Kodiak is looking for single engine drivers, starting in a Saratoga. They transition to floats and to the Beavers, so good stick and rudder skills are required. The entry job in the Saratoga is on wheels, but the applicant will need to arrive qualified, so single-engine sea on the commercial, at a minimum.
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Do any of these operators hire low time FOs? I have my commercial single and multi with an A&P, but only around 300 hours. Would I stand a chance of getting hired with such low hours or will I need to wait till 500 hours?
Do whatever it takes to get to 500. That's the magic number to get hired for an Alaska VFR operation. Everybody will start posting job openings in February for next summer. Classes usually start early April. You'll be flying the line by the end of the month or early May. I know one floatplane operator already posting for next summer. They were short pilots all summer this year. Good pay and excellent equipment too.
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