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seandavis333 02-29-2020 11:00 PM

Air cargo carriers FO inquiry
 
Can any ACC pilots shed some insight on QOL, current bases, hiring and salary for interested FO candidate?

SD3FR8DOG 03-01-2020 01:24 AM

If you can, go to a regional instead.

Praps32 03-01-2020 10:17 AM


Originally Posted by seandavis333 (Post 2986925)
Can any ACC pilots shed some insight on QOL, current bases, hiring and salary for interested FO candidate?

What SD3FR8DOG said, but to answer your question...

Current bases and salary are listed on APC. Take a long, hard look at them because some of them aren't garden spots and they typically go fairly junior. Most junior base right now in San Juan, but some of the Louisville routes have gone to new hires. San Juan does a variety of flying, mostly during the day. There's a bid system down there where you bid individual routes, some guys get four or five days off in a row. Louisville routes flying Monday night to Saturday morning. As a Louisville FO, theres really no time off except the weekends. You fly five nights a week. QOL sucks in the Louisville system, I wish I stayed in San Juan, but you'll fly more in Louisville. 65-75 hours a months vs 40 a month in San Juan.

Good experience, great pilot group, the Shorts is a fun bird to fly, but get your hours and get out.

captfred 03-02-2020 08:31 AM


Originally Posted by Praps32 (Post 2987230)
What SD3FR8DOG said, but to answer your question...

Current bases and salary are listed on APC. Take a long, hard look at them because some of them aren't garden spots and they typically go fairly junior. Most junior base right now in San Juan, but some of the Louisville routes have gone to new hires. San Juan does a variety of flying, mostly during the day. There's a bid system down there where you bid individual routes, some guys get four or five days off in a row. Louisville routes flying Monday night to Saturday morning. As a Louisville FO, theres really no time off except the weekends. You fly five nights a week. QOL sucks in the Louisville system, I wish I stayed in San Juan, but you'll fly more in Louisville. 65-75 hours a months vs 40 a month in San Juan.

Good experience, great pilot group, the Shorts is a fun bird to fly, but get your hours and get out.

How does the CAE flying compare to Louisville for Captains?

Praps32 03-06-2020 11:50 AM


Originally Posted by captfred (Post 2987819)
How does the CAE flying compare to Louisville for Captains?

Super easy flying especially being 3 weeks on/1 week off. Like 18-20 hours of flying a month. Super senior though and the captains there are lifers.


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