Airchrisr

Who has the inside on Air W?
QOL
Junior Base
Lines
Interview
Training
Future plans?

Flyboy8784

QOL-Pretty ok if you live in base....just like any other airline if u commute. The money is alot better here than most other regionals, and so is our contract
Junior Base- Pretty sure its PHL
Lines- Some commutable...alot arent
Interview- Straight Forward...any gouge youll find is correct
Training- Very Intense, But if you can prove your worth it, they work with you
Future plans?- We are hoping to grow, we are just waiting for a big break
Bottom line, any airlines gonna have it positives and negatives....Im glad i came here, the pilot group is awesome....northeast flying is challenging, and exciting. Best of luck

saab2000

1. I have the inside on Air W. Not really, but I do work here.

2. QOL. Depends. Where do you live? We have one of the best contracts. You live in domicile? PHL or DCA or ORF? You will have QOL if you do.

3. Lines. Most new hires are getting lines in PHL rapidly. But right now they are hiring 15-20 per month, so you will get your pick within a few months.

4. Interview. Be good. Be honest. Be yourself. Prepare. No BS. Don't lie. If you deserve to work here, you will work here.

5. Training is tough, but fair. And good. If you do your part, the company will do their part. But you must work hard. Study. Indoc tests are not easy. Neither is sim. But if you bust ass you will survive.

6. Future plans? Anyone's guess. The company is very conservative and very slow to move. They say they want growth. I don't doubt that, but they want it when it is good for them. They do not kiss the majors' asses. On the contrary. The owners have deep pockets, lots of experience in this business and lots of know-how. I am not kissing their butts. But they know their stuff. They will move on the future when it is right for them. In the meantime, we work. We move up slowly. And we are a good pilot group. Don't worry about the future of the company. Worry about YOUR future.

freefall

I'm in class now and almost everyone in my class and the class ahead of me got Norfolk. A few in the class ahead will be able to hold a line right out of training.

bizzum

1.See number 3.

2. Like others said, it is probably PHL, but that changes daily.

3. Depends on what you consider good. I commute from the midwest, next month I got 14 days off 87hrs of credit, and all commutable on the back end. To me this isn't bad, you might feel different.

3. Just be yourself.

4. Very good training dept. However, they are not there to teach you to fly on instruments. They will show you how to fly the RJ, they expect you to study. If you have a good attitude, you will be fine.

5. Who knows, lots of rumors, but in the history of this company, anything that has happened has NOT been rumored. Things just get announced randomly. Like Saab2000 said, the owners are very smart, have VERY deep pockets, and will grow when they want to grow. That being said, my personal opinion is that they have something up their sleeve.

DMEarc

Try flying the Saab.

Flyboy8784

I got buddies at Colgan and a friend who was a Capt. for Chicago Express...they love that thing. I heard one of the Colgan guys refer to the American Flag paintjob Saab as the "Stunt Plane". I got a kick outta that

Airchrisr

So how are the bid lines built?
Is commuting as tough as everyone is saying? Of course its easier to live in your base but at the end of the day the bases suck.....
I mainly needed to know about QOL, flying the jet isn't the problem its giving up a decent corporate job with decent QOL to join the airlines to build time and try something new...Air W seems to be the way to go if you don't want to fly for free....

Whats the avg upgrade time??

MikeB525

Bases suck? I'd say PHL is nice. Not the city/immediate area, but if you go further away (still within an hours drive) Pennsylvania is actually very pretty and friendly.

BoilerUP

To cover all the scheduled flying with the available number of crewmembers and still meet the required reserve coverage of 10%. Basically there are reserve lines, a couple ready reserve lines, relief (build-up) lines and then hard lines. Hard lines have combinations of 1-4 day trips, with commuters typically preferring 3 and/or 4 day trip lines. On average, about 25% of hard lines have all weekends off.

Depends on where you are commuting from and where you are commuting to. I had 9 flights a day on 2 airlines to PHL on my old commute and only missed getting to work once because of CNX flights. Commuter clause took care of that issue. When you're junior you'll be commuting to reserve (living in a crashpad) or commuting to a line that is uncommutable on both ends; both are no fun.

General rule is living in domicile provides for a MUCH better quality of life.

If you have a decent 91 job flying a Beechjet, why leave? Are you low TT? With a few hundred hours in type you can get another 91/135 job flying one almost anywhere, especially if you are typed in the airplane.

A hair over three years.