FlexFlops

These aircraft are coming this fall but many more coming over the next few years if I remember right?

My feeling is the longer schedules will be better. Otherwise you're just living out of a suitcase at home. 15/13 was awesome 8/7 was good too. 4/4 I doubt i'd like at all.

IFlyFL410

Here is how the APC page should read:

- Company retirement now is now 100% 401k match up to 6% plus an additional 3% regardless of employee contribution

- 2013 bonus that was paid in April 2014 was 10.5% of earnings

- ATC call sign for 91k is "Flexjet" and "Solutions" for 135 flights

- Number of pilots as of April 1, 2014 was 321. None on furlough.

- Currently not hiring. Interviewing furloughed Flight Options pilots. Street hires possible this Fall.

- Payscales are still accurate except that the First Officer scale now goes up to eight years. $402 and $410 respectively.

- Would also update the payscales to reflect 202 day average instead of 195.

- Would also update the "OT Hourly" column to read "OT Daily"

- Hourly OT is: Daily Rate/12 X 1.5 for any duty over 12 hours. If over 14 hours then it's: Daily Rate/12 X 3.

- Lear 60 to be gone by year's end

- Lear 75's and Challenger 350's to start deliveries later 2014.

- Sold to DAC (Directional Aviation Corporation) for $195M in September, 2013, closed December, 2013

- Purchased $5.6B aircraft order with Bombardier for 245 aircraft. Lear 75's, 85's and Challenger 350's

Payrates
FO
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1 $309
2 $317
3 $332
4 $355
5 $371
6 $391
7 $402
8 $410
9 $420

Lear CA
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1 $445
2 $463
3 $507
4 $529
5 $550
6 $558
7 $579
8 $597
9 $616
10 $629
11 $647
12 $658

CL CA
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1 $483
2 $491
3 $532
4 $557
5 $584
6 $600
7 $613
8 $631
9 $650
10 $678
11 $690
12 $700
13 $712
14 $723
15 $733

As a first year FO you'll probably gross $65-70k, depending on how much you work and how the bonus pays out. Working on holidays pays at 1.25 times your daily rate and 1.5 times on your day off. They're now offering currently employed FLOPs pilots interviews as well which will back up the off the street hiring now, unfortunately.

hubbs

Thanks for the update

FlexFlops

Awesome! Thanks very much. One question though...with the 60's being parked how long do you think it will take to start training new pilots? Im already hired and been waiting since January.

IFlyFL410

The huge aircraft order that was announced last Fall is based on around a ten year delivery schedule. We start taking deliveries of some of them in a couple of months. The longer schedules, 7 and 8 days, will only be in the newly announced bases, not the original bases. And, that's not to say that everyone will be on those. Four, five, and six days will still be options but we are worried that they will be few and far in between.

The FO pay, especially the first few years, isn't the greatest but you'll do ok after that as far as FO pay goes. Not as good as Netjets but decent. Seven and eight year FO's are in the $90-95 range with bonus and per diem. Hopefully the days of FO's going over five years are nearly over before they upgrade.

You're welcome.

Good question. I do know that they are about 60% through the FLOPs furloughed list with only around 5-6 getting hired and now they're extending the olive branch to current FLOPs pilots to come over and interview as well. So, I really can't put a time frame on when they might call you. However, I would contact our HR department or the D.O. and touch base with them. They won't mind hearing from you.

FlexFlops

Thanks man! Heather and Rick have been fantastic to work with. But don't have a timeframe for me. I just wondered what the rumors were. I was hired for ORD but will def take STL now that its available.

tom11011

Just lurking here but I was curious on your opinions if Flexjet will be impacted by the "pilot shortage" the regionals are currently facing.

IFlyFL410

In my eight years here I've never heard of one person leaving to go to a Regional. Guys have been going to the Majors some over the years, however.

hubbs

Do you know why only 5 or 6 were hired? Seems like 60% is over 100 folks, were very few interested or is the interview particularly tough?

IFlyFL410

Some were uncontactable, some weren't interested, and some just didn't make it through the interview. The interview is pretty easy. It's just them deciding if they want to spend six days at a time with you and a sim ride. Apparently, some bombed the sim ride, too.