Originally Posted by
8Lpearlchannel
I would definitely stay away from go! (Mesa Airlines) and go! Express (Mokulele Airlines). They will soon be on their way out of the Hawaiian Islands. Mokulele was actually started by a native Hawaiian woman but she later sold her company to a white guy and he eventually got in bed with Ornstein.
I had a friend who went to fly for go! (Mesa). He was hired at a job fair in Honolulu and told he'd have no problems getting HNL as his domicile. But in reality, he was lied to. He first got bounced around throughout Mesa's route network. I believe he was based in CLT, ORD, and PHX before he actually made it to HNL. He quit less than a year after being hired. He is now flying for Air Med in Hawaii.
On the word "Haole" (hah-oh-leh). It means "without breath". Native Hawaiians used to kiss eachother by rubbing noses and breathing in. Like sniffing each other. White westerners (Captain Cook's arrival) didn't do this breathing greeting so they dubbed them "without breath".
The guy who started this thread said he has family there. I am sure he knows what he is getting into. I am from the Big Island, currently flight instructing on the mainland looking for my next career sometime next year. I am hoping to get to a mainland regional to build some time a few years and either make it to Island Air, Aloha Airlines, or Hawaiian Airlines so I can go home.
Aloha has been hiring this year. They even took a bunch of Mesa guys. Hawaiian has been slowly recalling their furloughees. They most recently posted a recall for 13 Boeing 767 FOs.
Hawaiian has been historically the hardest airline to get into. You need to really have connections there. IIRC, you need 2 letters of recommendation from their current line pilots just to get an interview.
Good luck.
lol, yes you are right, I know what I am getting myself into. I have lived there 12 yrs.
Where do u flight instruct at?
I just bought a ticket back to HI, and while Im back im gonna check out the jobs and maybe see if there are any flight instructing jobs and see if they are worth staying for.
and as for all the negativity about HI, yes it is expensive, yes there is an ice problem, and yes sometimes Haole's are discriminated, BFD... maybe 1 or 2 times I got crap from a hawaiian for being a "haole"...and 1 of those 2 times, the guy that was giving me crap was on ice lol...
Originally Posted by
propfails2FX
Anybody have any info on Pacific Wings? What other fixed wing turbine operators fly in HI?
i heard from many different sources to stay away....far away... A friend of mine left her internship with Pacific Wings early cuz she said it was a horrible place. My old instrument flight instructor knew another girl who did the same, she left the intership early because managment was terrible. My old CFI also told me he heard of a pilot being brought to a hotel by managment and then having some guys kick his a$$.....for what? i dont know....is it true? I don't know, I wasn't there to witness it, but i dont know why my instructor would lie like that lol.
I flew on them from HNL to the big island....we stopped in I think it was Maui to drop off and pick up some pax. My dad and I were sitting in the further most aft seats. The pax get off, get their bags and leave. The new pax come walking out, the pilot loads their bags, and opens the door for them, and they board. After the pilot is done loading the bags, he walks back around to the cockpit forgetting to close the door. He gets in, puts his seat belt on, starts flipping switches, at that time I look at my dad and say, "i think he's getting ready to go." My dad and I just kinda sit there thinking, there is no way this is happening, he must be getting the WX or something....Well, turns out he was getting ready to start the engines right before my dad yells from the back, "Hey you might need to close this door," the pilot looks back and says, "ohhhhh oh yeah..........Im just trying to get outta here quick and forgot about that." Turns out not only was the door still open but that pole they prop the tail up with while loading bags was still attached.