Another one bites the dust
 

Now 757 N818NH is also parked.
thats one 76 ( in storage now) and a 75 parked for peak. Things are really going well!! Hope you boys are stashing that money!!

New Hire FO
 

What's the latest here? What can a NH FO expect training to be like? Any delays for OE? What can I expect once I am released out on the line? I have 600 hrs of 121 time, are upgrades almost certain once crossing over 1000 hrs? How many hours can I expect to block per month.

Currently at a regional, looking to move on and I already have a class date here... TIA anything helps.

...and yes I have seen the last few posts...

Are you asking if you're guaranteed an an upgrade after gaining 400 hours in the airplane? You know where Amerijet flies, correct?

Not necessarily for me to upgrade in 400 hours, but if I am comfortable and feel ready to upgrade that it is an option on the table. And yes, I do know where they fly.

I know right… I almost spit my coffee all
over the table…
At a 1000h 121 and 400 on type he will not have experience to be a a WB CA flying international ops…

1,000 hours of 121 time a captain does not make....

That's not what I meant guys, it was more towards am I going to be pushed into the left seat? Of course it is a whole different beast and I would plan to upgrade once I am comfortable to do so. Which I am NOT saying that's going to be in 400 hrs.

My current regional is forcing upgrades at 1000 hrs. I would much rather upgrade elsewhere.

Take a look at the plates for SEQM (Quito, Ecuador), and consider flying there at night, volcanos erupting nearby, Andes winds, weather, flying at gross weights, with an engine failure or other equipment failures and a plethora of MEL items . Picture that with a first officer alongside you, fresh from a regional, who is lost, in over his head, and who leaves you in a single-pilot cockpit. Picture it on the back side of the clock. Picture it with freight duty times, not 117 duty and flight time limits, and a "dispatch" that exists to "encourage" you to go, rather than offer a lot of help. The airport may be dealing with a riot when you land. The missed approach gradient is 5.8% to 16,000'. Your IAF is at 18000'. You descend into a bowl, and fly the curvature of the bowl with 15,000' mountains around you, down to minimums at 8110'. The field is 7900'. The 180 knot limit on the descending turn in the bowl is to keep your radius small enough to avoid hitting mountains.

Or there's Bogota, at night, with mountain, terrain, wind, and of course, the radar painted red with thunderstorms. ATC will vector you through them (or more often, won't vector you, and expect you to stay on your cleared route). It may be busy. South American ATC may not be what you're used to. The Andes present something you haven't encountered, especially with "escape routes." ATC may not be helpful, sometimes may not be available, and sometimes you won't understand what's said. Sometimes, you may not like it. Don't count on traffic notifications or helpful vectors. The cargo you're carrying may not be what you want to be carrying, but you probably won't know it until...at either end. Or you may be there for the flower rush; mother's day is coming. The flowers were weighed dry. Then watered. What's your real weight? You're heavier than you think. The weight and balance put you at gross for takeoff. But that was before the watering...and it rained heavily while you were on the ground. Cargo door was open, cargo was wet, cargo was loaded, wet inside; that water goes somewhere. The floor isn't waterproof. E&E down there, other things that don't like a buildup of water. You take off, gotta make that first turn (big hills), night, IMC, weather everywhere, gear won't come up, autopilot won't engage, warnings, no pitot heat, and that pesky new guy in the other seat, turning it into a single pilot cockpit again.

Never happens, right? Hmmm...

Doubt is part of the job. As is its evil twin, complacency. Accept the upgrade training when offered unless, you aren't straight up convinced the judgement & skill required of left seat duty, where you are, is satisfactory. And if it isn't, keep at it somewhere else. Somewhere better, until you know it is. All the regional equipment today is so vastly superior to the B99's & bandits guys used to beg for it's almost funny. Almost.

Agreed and well said.

Did time in both of those worlds. Can’t say what’s fat & skinny the present iteration of Ajt. But I can relate the non-skedder lifestyle as not for everyone. Some guys go that road and manage to find a way back. Some don’t. Do it long enough, it will change you. Whatever’s ahead, do it for a reason you can live with. Happy landings
https://youtu.be/jUsT--DeQWI?si=jfh5xJrNAzjh53sp

How to apply for 777 FO position? All they have is 757/767

Amerijet doesn't fly 777's so applying for that position would be tricky.

So why on the apc page it shows 777 pay rates

For the same reason some of the US Legacies show A380 rates......it was negotiated in their contract.

LOL that guy sounds like the perfect candidate for this place.

by the way two more 757s Parked!!

this place is going the distance 😂

Can someone that's done the virtual interview please describe what was discussed.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/am...s-deteriorates

We're feeling the pinch at FedEx as well.

😂
 

lots of posts here have aged very well.

😂😂😂😂😂


how them Maersk 777s going? Parked as well? 😂😂😂

Every freight company is…..everyone expanded during Covid, but now that loads are normalizing, belly freight is back, and USPS going to trucking model every freight company is too big.

Not every company.

Well, The Ad Hoc companies are very busy these days.

Well people here have to tell blame something to make themselves feel better about their decisions to stay at Amerijet. All those “airplanes”, “routes”, “upgrades” and “money” sure panned out. This place is going back to ye’ old mom and pop shop rust corner airline of Miami. That is, if the investors don’t tear it down and close shop. Now they are actually returning the 757s back to the lessor. So much for 25 airplanes and growing.

Apparently 6 757F too big..

Former Amerijet guy here (1992-1996). Are they parking all of or most of the 757s? What is your fleet makup. Sorry to hear things are not going good there.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ca...aft-leases/amp


Currently only two 757s but all of them being returned.

Two clapped out DHL owned tails 767-200 are also being removed, one of them currently being returned as I write this.

AJT down to just 10 leased AJT tails and 3 Maerks owned tails. Rumor is Maerks will be pulling that contract also and having the airplanes be flown by another carrier—but this is just rumor— sad.

All the hype just a year ago about this place being so amazing to work for and how many captain slots are available. All the hate towards many of us who left for better carriers, including people leaving for the big 3.
guess who’s laughing now?
good old ACMI model strikes again.

That does not sound very inspiring. I hope that there is work at AJ for everyone that wants it and opportunities for people to head where they want vs. any of the less fun options out there. During my time there, I was furloughed out of senority, spent some time out of work, and then offered to come back to 727 Engineer groundschool for no pay during the course and buy my own hotel. Very different times and I would never wish that on anyone.

Best of luck to y'all

As if UPS & FedEx aren't parking aircraft and trying to unload their very expensive pilots any way they can short of furloughs. ACMI companies are not the only ones feeling the pinch of reduced cargo volumes.

Is prime shrinking? Didn’t realize air cargo got that fat from growth during covid.

Not making any excuses. Went there as a training captain and lasted 10 months. That was enough.

What planet are you living on?

Air cargo went from 3/kg to 27/kg during the pandemic; freight loads out of China were netting 1.5 to 2 million dollars a hop, and the general lift rate was up 900%.

Not so much, now.

Is Amerijet hiring? Do they do homebasing or gateway travel to and from assignments? Looking for something with off days batched together.

You should probably read the most recent posts in this thread. 🤷🏻‍♂️

It seems to be, at least for now.

Word is that Hawaiian isn't getting the A330s for Amazon quite as quickly as planned, but Amazon continues to return the 767-200s on schedule. Silver Airways was flying ATRs for Amazon. That has ended.

It's well-known that Amazon's CEO feels they overexpanded during Covid and is now working to right size the operation.

Makes sense.

Yes
 

Yes it is, I've passed the interview a few days ago.

man alive you have some horrible luck!

No, just experienced. You, apparently, not so much.

People who've been doing ACMI for a while usually end up sorting themselves into two camps - one being the kind that thinks every flight deserves a discovery channel episode describing all 37 times they saved the day - the other just says "I make airplane go brrrr" and gets a beer on the layover.