Mountain Air Cargo question
04-15-2015, 07:41 AM
#61
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
I am into rumors but that one is too vague even for me. The Caravans are not that hard to fly, and FedEx has all the feeders do C208 initial training at the same FlightSafety sims in Wichita. For the Caravan I am hear of a negligible washout rate although a few seem to need a bit of extra sim time.
04-15-2015, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by bozobigtop
No rumors here but I do have knowledge of high washout rates close to 40 percent on the ATR aircraft at Flight Safety. FedEx has the ATR people go through Flight Safety as well but the problem is the training is designed by the contractor not FedEx.
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04-15-2015, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Cubdriver
40% for all the ATR initials done at FSI? And higher still for FDX feeders? That's a lot. I have no first hand info but someone said Empire's ATR pass rate was only 50% on another thread. Dismal, and I doubt it's just poor students. Weak training maybe, 10% failure rate should be about the limit.
05-15-2015, 12:52 PM
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I see MAC is hiring floater capts and FOs out of various big cities like Dallas, Chicago and Detroit. How's that work? I don't think they even fly to any of those cities.
05-27-2015, 05:57 PM
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It's a home based position,they'll fly you out to where the airplane is based every Monday or Sunday,(mem,ind,dlh,mot,buf,etc),returning home Friday or Saturday.
They're trying to make the job more attractive,considering the low pay,few real benefits,no bid scheduling.
They're trying to make the job more attractive,considering the low pay,few real benefits,no bid scheduling.
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07-29-2015, 04:43 AM
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I interviewed Monday and it seems that it varies by route. Most routes in the van seem to be out and backs with one to two hour legs that fly 4 nights per week. The run I was hired for is about 2:20 each way, which they said is one of the longer runs. If you figure 3 hours per day x 4 nights per week x 52 weeks, i would guess in the 600 hour per year range, average.
03-08-2016, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by PICsf340
I interviewed Monday and it seems that it varies by route. Most routes in the van seem to be out and backs with one to two hour legs that fly 4 nights per week. The run I was hired for is about 2:20 each way, which they said is one of the longer runs. If you figure 3 hours per day x 4 nights per week x 52 weeks, i would guess in the 600 hour per year range, average.
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