Swift Air - The truth
#1071
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2020
Posts: 74
The complete Flight Ops, MX, Sched, Payroll, Ground Ops, Safety are in Disarray. The FAA need to suspend this certification temporarily, and go through the entire operation with a fine tooth comb. There is a Structual problem here, not a one off here and there. Make iAero recertify the airline. This place has become an Imminent, Clear, and Present Danger to the Flying Public. Just go back and look at the incidents starting in Europe, EWR, ENV, emergency landings in MIA, the air turn back flights. The amount af ASAP's, alleged fraud from the flight crew duty time records. The amount of Pilots that have recently resigned out of frustration, the amount of Mechanics that complained, then quit.
This place is completely out of control, and needs a pause, a complete reboot. iAero needs to find competent people to fix these problems, and restore the flying public's trust.
This place is completely out of control, and needs a pause, a complete reboot. iAero needs to find competent people to fix these problems, and restore the flying public's trust.
I am in total agreement with the above post. We have completely lost our way. We have problems with Customs ,can't get the GenDec right. TSA, with security. Can't get payroll right, the first time, the second time, per diem....Scheduling has long gone off the rails. Now their is a letter of investigation circulating with regard to someone changing records. MX is a complete mess, repeated writeups, pencil whips, emergency landings in the last six months, incidents. If you are in MIA, expect to be overloaded, to the point where the cargo smoke / fire detectors are rendered inop. Remember the smoking wheel chair in the aft cargo compartment. Folks, I can go on, and on. I am not here to bash anyone, but I am totally frustrated. I've filed safety reports, ASAP's called an complained. At one point the saying was that you had to file an ASAP, because the FAA gets to see it. Folks, this place is an accident waiting to happen. The FAA needs to step in at this point to stop it.... at least until they can recertify the entire operation.
#1072
Wrenching on avionics
Joined APC: Aug 2018
Position: sitting
Posts: 175
no 2 pilots agree at swift because that’s the ACMI mentality, they want to job done no matter what your “that guy” if you don’t extend at 11:00 pm for a ice departure the next day you get blamed for the 100 k fine, I do have a problem with them using the aircraft I was supposed to fly right out for 6 hours but they don’t want look for a new crew, another place would have already taken you off and put another crew on it. One guy will extend the other guy is tired and doesn’t want to but we get nothing for extending why should we?
Best..
#1073
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2020
Posts: 57
I wish the guys in these stories about all the terrible planes and being forced to fly illegally and in unsafe equipment would post about it. Instead of the same four or five guys that don’t work here spreading bs day after day.
i work here and no one has asked me to fly anything unsafe, no one has punished me for refusing a broken plane. I have had schedulers give illegal assignments but they were changed when it’s brought to there attention.
So why don’t you guys bashing swift with these story’s get the people you heard them from to post them
i work here and no one has asked me to fly anything unsafe, no one has punished me for refusing a broken plane. I have had schedulers give illegal assignments but they were changed when it’s brought to there attention.
So why don’t you guys bashing swift with these story’s get the people you heard them from to post them
#1074
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jun 2016
Posts: 233
No 2 pilots agree at swift because that’s the ACMI mentality. They want to job done no matter what. You are “that guy” if you don’t extend at 11:00 pm for a ice departure the next day you get blamed for the $100,000k fine. I do have a problem with them using the aircraft I was supposed to fly after our turn for 6 hours but they don’t want look for a new crew. another airline would have already taken you off the trip and put another crew on it. One pilot will extend the other guy is tired and doesn’t want to. You tell me why I should extend? I don’t get get paid any lore or any different to pull them out of a small fire?
#1075
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2020
Posts: 32
You guys experience here must be much different than mine.
as I stated before I’ve never been asked to fly a broken plane or retaliated against for refusing
yes the hotel situation with SCHEDULEING sucks and hopefully it will improve
But I keep asking for some of you former Swifties 👨✈️ to tell us what actually happened not just what you heard someone say happened when you talk about all these horrible things the company made you do.
as I stated before I’ve never been asked to fly a broken plane or retaliated against for refusing
yes the hotel situation with SCHEDULEING sucks and hopefully it will improve
But I keep asking for some of you former Swifties 👨✈️ to tell us what actually happened not just what you heard someone say happened when you talk about all these horrible things the company made you do.
#1076
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2020
Posts: 57
You guys experience here must be much different than mine.
as I stated before I’ve never been asked to fly a broken plane or retaliated against for refusing
yes the hotel situation with SCHEDULEING sucks and hopefully it will improve
But I keep asking for some of you former Swifties ️ to tell us what actually happened not just what you heard someone say happened when you talk about all these horrible things the company made you do.
as I stated before I’ve never been asked to fly a broken plane or retaliated against for refusing
yes the hotel situation with SCHEDULEING sucks and hopefully it will improve
But I keep asking for some of you former Swifties ️ to tell us what actually happened not just what you heard someone say happened when you talk about all these horrible things the company made you do.
Last edited by tomgoodman; 03-01-2020 at 03:16 PM. Reason: Language
#1077
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2020
Posts: 57
Kinda funny. Management pilots coming on here acting like line pilots, and accusing posters of being disgruntled former pilots. Or current pilots making stuff up. Kinda funny, but more pathetic than funny. Yeah, everyone else are idiots and can't figure out what y'all are up to. Anyone who claims they've never been asked to fly a broken airplane, and/or carry it for 'one more leg' and discover a year later it was never fixed, has ZERO credibility
#1078
Banned
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
I am not here to bash anyone, but I am totally frustrated. I've filed safety reports, ASAP's called an complained. At one point the saying was that you had to file an ASAP, because the FAA gets to see it. Folks, this place is an accident waiting to happen. The FAA needs to step in at this point to stop it.... at least until they can recertify the entire operation.
#1079
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2020
Posts: 74
Only the FAA can make this happen. Just wish more people would speak up. Not only in Flt Ops, but all the other departments. The company can, and will be recertified.
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