Any Info on IFL Group
#151
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From what I've recently heard.......IFL 727 has a very high attrition and failure rate, about 100%. They claim that everyone passes training, but that's only the ones they choose to pass,everyone else is either dismissed, fired, or quits. Pass rate is not the same as Finish rate, where maybe 0/10 finishes training, IOE and the 2 year contract. The ONE and only person [ZZZZZZ] who is really in charge of training/IOE has a lot of personal problems, and really takes enjoyment in making your life miserable, with failing people, demotion, mind games, or what ever he can do to to hurt someone. To top it all off, the company requires a Promisiry Note for the type rating, holding you prisoner with the threat of financial ruin if you quit or save yourself. So in the end, your lucky to make it out of IFL without any problems, be it either psychological or financial. But please don't take my word for it, go ahead and find out for yourself.
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#152
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: C47 PIC/747-400 SIC
Posts: 2,100
I was at IFL when it was a DC-3 and Convair company, the training was always good, and was always demanding,because the environment we operated in was always so demanding. No sims back then of course, we basically followed the Ernie Gann canon. At our round engine height in 1994, we had 9 DC-3's, 2 CV340's, and a DC-4. The CV580's started to show up in '95, the DC3's went bye,in '97, the DC4.in '96, and the CV340's in 2000. I'm proud of my alma mater,and their success in the present day,much of our then competition is smoke. Cheers out.
#153
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 29
Getting passed [XXXXXXXX] is no easy task. He is tough, but he is an excellent instructor. He takes kids with 300 hours and teaches them how to not only be an engineer but a professional aviator. With a [CCCCCCCC] ground school foundation, you'll probably be the smartest guy in any class you go to when you leave. The experience will shape the rest of your career.
Remember, most of these guys don't have much/if any professional experience. The biggest thing they've flown is probably a seminole, and now they are sitting in the cockpit of a 727. He can't just let every button pusher through. He has very high standards and won't allow it, regardless of their credentials.
Some guys expect class to be a formality rather than a learning experience, and they end up being the disgruntled washouts. If you want a job spoon fed to you, go to a regional. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, those jobs are "brain off" easy. lol
If you've got a question, post it or send me a PM. I'll answer it honestly for you. Don't drag a good man's name through the dirt based on something you've heard.
Remember, most of these guys don't have much/if any professional experience. The biggest thing they've flown is probably a seminole, and now they are sitting in the cockpit of a 727. He can't just let every button pusher through. He has very high standards and won't allow it, regardless of their credentials.
Some guys expect class to be a formality rather than a learning experience, and they end up being the disgruntled washouts. If you want a job spoon fed to you, go to a regional. FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, those jobs are "brain off" easy. lol
If you've got a question, post it or send me a PM. I'll answer it honestly for you. Don't drag a good man's name through the dirt based on something you've heard.
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#154
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 29
IFL 727 has a very high attrition and failure rate, about 100%. They claim that everyone passes training, but that's only the ones they choose to pass,everyone else is either dismissed, fired, or quits. Pass rate is not the same as Finish rate, where maybe 0/10 finishes training, IOE and the 2 year contract. To top it all off, the company requires a Promisiry Note for the type rating, holding you prisoner with the threat of financial ruin if you quit or save yourself. So in the end, your lucky to make it out of IFL without any problems, be it either psychological or financial. But please don't take my word for it, go ahead and find out for yourself.
We have new guys sign a 1 year contract/promissory note. There is a lot of time and effort spent on each person. In my opinion, it's the least you can do. Plus, you don't sign the note until you come back from the sim, and it decreases in value every month. You pay nothing unless you leave before your year is up.
One last thing, in the previous administration, everyone passed. The philosophy was different. It was basically a ticket to learn. The quality was poor and didn't work. With JP at the helm, we have professionals sitting in every seat, not just the left seat.
#156
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
Position: Captain
Posts: 132
Here's one for you... Maybe [blah blah blah] could use a dose of his own medicine? Promissory note,,, someone can shove it, or let the FAA pay it since they mandate the training. In any case, holding people prisoner in crap conditions, conditions they couldn't have imagined because they've always been lucky enough to avoid dysfuntion, via a note is a dirty practice; one of many old school tricks that needs to go once and for all.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
Last edited by vagabond; 03-21-2017 at 10:46 AM.
#157
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Joined APC: Sep 2015
Posts: 666
They haven't been able to enforce the promissory note on anyone on the Falcon. Everyone signs it, but I know of about a dozen guys who have left while still "under contract" and the company hasn't been able to do anything about it.
#159
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: C47 PIC/747-400 SIC
Posts: 2,100
I met my wife at PTK when I flew for IFL , we were both flying DC-3's, you never know : )
#160
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Joined APC: Feb 2014
Posts: 29
Here's one for you... Maybe [blah de blah de blah] could use a dose of his own medicine? Promissory note,,, someone can shove it, or let the FAA pay it since they mandate the training. In any case, holding people prisoner in crap conditions, conditions they couldn't have imagined because they've always been lucky enough to avoid dysfuntion, via a note is a dirty practice; one of many old school tricks that needs to go once and for all.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
Last edited by vagabond; 03-21-2017 at 10:47 AM.
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