Originally Posted by
MrBogardi
Is it no big deal that we are throwing away experienced pilots that are still in there prime? While having inexperienced people replacing them! The pilots now days wouldn’t be able to identify a VOR using audio (Yes i do know morese code and my passengers are safer because of it). The next 10 years of air travel are going to be frightening.
You're in luck - Doug Voss just got out of a meeting with AerCap. He's gonna be leasing 3 ATRs with all of the auto-pilots and GPS ripped-out to start a 135 charter operation out of SPW. Will be hiring the creme-de-la-creme of experienced 65 year old wide-body pilots in their prime to be direct entry captains. Starting pay once you finish IOE will be $65k/year with a $20/hr override for LCA work. Will be hiring 250hr FOs at $30k/year. 401k DC - 10% (vested after 5 years). 19 days on, 11 off. Expect 1-day trips to start, doing SPW-SUX-OMA-LNK-MCI-LNK-OMA-SUX-SPW or SPW-FOD-DSM-OTM-UIN-STL-UIN-OTM-DSM-SPW. Once they get their 4th plane expect the next trip added to the network to be SPW-MCW-ALO-DBQ-JVL-MKE-JVL-DBQ-ALO-MCW-SPW. Hotel and per diem will be provided during training in Spencer. Preferential hiring has been negotiated at Godfather's Pizza for those who want to hustle a bit on their days off or while they're sitting reserve (1hr reserve callout still applies). They'll be posting a number to fax your resume to here soon, I'll be sure to post it here once I see it.