Originally Posted by
johnifrpilot
DONT APPLY!!! If you already have 1200 hours just wait 300 more and go to a regional for a Jet. Please take 5 minutes and read my bad experience with this Airline. Phone interview and class date. They will promess you a Crew base but it's not guarantee. 1st week of indoc normal with $9 hr. Salary. 2nd week Systems just 3 days. This week you will only get paid 3 days if you don't do anything else. 3rd week is the bad part. They have an almost 20 yr. Old Frasca Sim yes a Frasca that was broken for 1 week. The sim is a piece of crap. Super bad and is so old that the yoke gets stuck almost all the time. The bad part is that they expect you to fly almost perfect. Maintain Level, Altitude, Attitude, fly SID, enroute, Arrival, Emergencies, checklist and the flows that are extremely long. Again you will only get paid for the time on sim. If you are 2 Hrs. Thats what you get paid. Frasca is 2 weeks long and you will be paid around $220 for 2 weeks. If you get done (lucky). This training is insane, they make the training so hard, Astronaut type just to fly a Chieftain or BE99. They fly old school like 1970 navigation type. No GPS and Insane procedures out of date. You now go for the plane. Again $9hr. Salary you have to be 2 weeks flying cargo in a super old ugly plane for around $25 a day. Some instructors are lazy so you need to fly offline(no cargo) for complete training but they don't want to do it. Finishing the 2nd week they will start your offline but if the plane broke or weather arrives you need to wait for a new instructor for start offline training. Again if you don't fly you don't get paid. Also you need to load and unload cargo from the plane(around 1500 lbs. A day). When you pass your check ride you will start in the line with the normal salary. But remember showtime is at 6AM in the 90% of bases and you will be done at 8PM normally. You will only fly 2 to 4 hrs. A day. The rest of the day you will be stuck outstation somewhere. Don't risk your PRIA Record with this old planes and old airline from my class of 13 guys only 6 pass everything. There's no autopilot and only 10% of the aircraft have GPS flying Busy IFR Departures and Busy Arrivals from big airports. Easy to get a Violation. Just wait more and fly a Jet with Professional Equipment. Your choice
Geez you're coming across all wrong here bud...is this your first job in professional flying by any chance?
Not everyone uses GPS (maybe all the Garmin 1000's and 430's out in GA spoiled you); and VOR nav is not antiquated...think you won't see one in a transport category aircraft in Central America? Complaining about the planes being ugly? HAHAHAHAHA you're killing me man! Please don't get shiny jet syndrome because those planes look so much better. They want you to fly precise and safe because you may get killed flying! Ever think of that? You're flying around in terrain, snow, ice, low vis, you can DIE! So yes, they have to put people through the ringer. Professional equipment? Please define (unless you mean SAFER due to MX, then you have no point here).
For your own sake and sanity, I suggest you take a step back and ask around the field, ask older aviators for stories to help you gain some perspective.
Not defending the company here or their pay, methods, etc etc... Just telling you that you really should gain some perspective...before you're in some deep trouble due to that kind of attitude and God only knows how you expect this profession to be if things are going to be handed to you on a silver platter. Believe me, 135 is tough..whether in a piston single or turbine multi...take it all in now!
Best of luck! Oh and btw I did time there myself and loved it [emoji16]
Now for the Ameriflight haters to have the floor lol...
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