Originally Posted by
LRSRanger
I can't think of a set of priorities that this place would satisfy long term. You value family and QOL? Good luck here! In station? Work 12-14 hour days, and a half day (7-8 hours) on Saturday. Outstation? Enjoy 5 nights a week alone in a ***tty crash pad or a hotel away from your spouse and kids. You want financial security? You top out under $80K here. Oh, and no Union either.
I look at people who have been here over 5 years and wonder what is wrong with them. Do they have DUIs, violations, felonies? Are they so weird nobody else will hire them? Do they have no professional aspirations?
You get hired here and that's it. It never gets any better. The most senior pilot on the list got his vacation cancelled this summer, over 20 years here and they couldn't TDY a guy to cover his run so he could go on vacation with his family. You know what the senior pilots get that the new hire doesn't? Not a damn thing. Same crappy runs, same difficulty in getting management to address their concerns, etc. At least a regional gets better with time.
This is a good place to come to if you want quick TPIC and multi time. Do your time and LEAVE. A good (debatable) job will keep you from getting a great if you aren't careful.
This would be a wretched place to spend 30 years.
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There is nobody that stays at Ameriflight as a career, that also has drive or self respect. Those two don't go hand in hand. Every "lifer" outside of upper management I have had the pleasure of interacting with has had a real screw loose.
Own Nav is right. I am a jerk who makes inappropriate comments. But that's because I'm not ok with settling. Again it comes back to what I've said over and over. Be realistic about the job and what it is. Use it for what it is and nothing more, nothing less. I have flown with 2 ex AMF Lear guys who only left AMF because the Lear program dried up. They were both in their 60s, in huge financial debt, and had to fly on their days off to pay their mortgages. That's a pathetic existence that AMF lifers don't consider at the time. AMF is good for what it is, a career destination in any capacity it is certainly not.