[MENTION=42289]trc8301[/MENTION]
Originally Posted by
trc8301
Yeah, I called them back. SS wants to get some charter operations going again, and they are looking for former BTQers to come back on a contract basis to help out. They didn't seem to have a lot of the details hashed out, but in early stages and seeing what sort of interest there is.
only problem is i think a LOT of the former BTQ'ers are on with skywest, mesa, envoy etc and its not going to be something many of them would be interested in or even "outside flying" they would legally able to do.
interest is going to depend a lot on the details which they dont have yet.
An 8 on 8 off rotation might be interesting depending on the pay/benefits etc, NetJets(?) does something similar to that i think... if i remember correctly they get a monthly guarantee or actual hours flown whichever is greater and it is like a week on week off type thing.
another question is, since they mentioned "if your available you are if your not your not" sounds like an on call thing to me - but the question is, how much of that contract flying is going to be re-positioning PC-12s in the middle of the night to free up line pilots? or how much, if any of it is going to be covering scheduled BTQ ops like a perma-reserve guy?