Originally Posted by
Tsanford134
Does anyone who CURRENTLY works here have any real info on this place? I live in Hattiesburg and was thinking of applying.
What sort of information are you looking for? Most of the information provided earlier in this thread is accurate. The schedule is 8/6 and most pilots are home based. When short on pilots, the schedule goes to 6/3. Plan on starting your rotation early on the 1st day and not getting back home until late on the last day on. If you don't get back before 0200 the day after your last day on, they are supposed to pay an extra $400 as that constitutes working on a day off. They always ask if you want to start your rotation early, but sometimes they have no choice but to hold you over at the end.
It's typical 135 stuff though....high turnover in the pilot ranks and the flight ops group is a mostly inexperienced group with little or no aviation background (lots of turnover there too).
The biggest drawbacks IMHO are:
1. The employee handbook they make you sign in order to work there is a one-way document. It even says that the company is free to change or interpret the handbook unilaterally as they see fit. Don't follow what's written and you are in violation. If the company deviates, it doesn't matter.
2. You will have to sign a non-prorated promissory note which requires you to pay back 100% of your training costs (type rating, recurrent etc) if you leave before your "contract" expires.
3. You must give 90 days notice if you wish to leave, otherwise you are in breach of contract (see #2 and #4).
4. Pilots are paid a base salary, plus a "flight bonus" or flight pay depending on where it's referenced in the manual. The catch is that half of this money is held by the company until the end of the year. If you leave before then, you lose that money. Management constantly threatens the pilot group with the possibility of "fining" pilots for clerical and record keeping errors by taking a portion of that money away.
Send a PM or reply if you want to know more.