Originally Posted by
rightflight
Thinking of ameriflight for a career. Currently working on my commercial rating and almost finished with it. I have a load of questions.
1. Do they hire directly into the Beech 1900?
2. What are the Routes like out of KSDF?
3. What are the chances of getting the base you would like?
4. I would like to stay there long term and transition into the SA227. Do they have the metro in SDF?
5. If anyone knows whether or not AMF will be in Indiana at a college fly in anytime soon please let me know. I am dying to talk to their pilots or representatives because I would love to be there long term if possible.
Originally Posted by
sobo
1. Yes, if you have 1500 hours+. At 1200 hours they will put you on the BE99.
4. They would rather put you on the SA227 instead of the be1900 at 1500 hours.
If you do come straight to the SA227 at 1500 hours, PLEASE have a good deal of multi time and solid instrument skills. And be ready to BE the PIC. The Metro is a more difficult airplane than the 1900. I've seen guys come in directly who only had time in relatively simple aircraft and they either didn't make it through training or had a very difficult time.
Don't get me wrong. The metro is a great airplane. I've been flying it for 16 years. But it is rather systems intensive. If you just got your ratings, my recommendation would be to come on at 1200 hours straight into the BE99, get some PIC experience and learn your company procedures then move up to the metro after 6 months to a year. You probably wouldn't start out in SDF, but you would have a much better shot at making it through training period.