Originally Posted by
AAL763
Hey everyone! I'm a newcomer to this thread, but am looking for a few opinions, as Fedex is my dream carrier(disregard the username, I was in High School).. Anyways, I am starting in the new Ameriflight Cadet program, in which they pay for all of my training, if I guarantee 3 years with them afterwards. Including the hours instructing (1200), this would get me around 3400hrs of Total flight time, with 2200hrs of guaranteed Multi-Turbine PIC time in the 1900. My question is, do you know of any guys that go right to Fedex after 135 turboprop flying? Or would I more than likely have to go somewhere else, such as Atlas, to get some actual turbofan time? It's worth noting that the Cadet program also has flow-through agreements with Frontier, Allegiant, and Omni to get some turbofan time if needed, but I prefer cargo flying personally.
Regards
- Rob
Many have come from Turboprop operations like Great Lakes, but I’d say that they are few and far between. Definitely not the norm and those individuals were likely very well connected.
I would personally believe that the Heavy International time (Omni or Atlas) would be far more valuable than Airbus time at Allegiant or Frontier.