Jets are still just a pipe dream. Assume that there won't be a jet. They would LIKE to do a jet but it just won't be feasible for some time to come.

The pay is decent if you're coming from a CFI gig or low paying regional but in the long term it is not somewhere you can make a fair amount of money.

It is a gig designed to entice guys for about 4-5 years then move on, that is the only way the pay will be good. Making in the low 60's in new england is not that great if you're trying to raise a family especially with young kids.

But Hey, it is a single engine t'prop so you can only milk it for so much.

It can be a fun job, and the group of pilots is top notch and probably one of the best you'll find.

Do they work with you at all on base assignments? I live 15 min from PDK...Also, out of the "8on," how many days avg. do you end up back at your home base (if any)?

Sorry if these questions have been asked...didn't have the time to sift through the whole thread. Thanks in advance.

Did you fly for them? What did you think of the 7 on 7 off schedule? 7 days (or now 6) off sounds great, but 7 days (or 8) away from home and wife/kids at a time sounds like a challenge for a guy with a family.

The 7 and 7 was great. The best part was you always knew you had 2 weekends off a month and you could plan around that. With the way the 8 and 6 is designed there will be a Sunday start day so those guys will not have full weekends off. They will only have the opportunity to bid a new schedule every 2 years. There is a slight pay override to start on Sunday's but when you break it down it really isn't that much extra.

I know guys at a lot of flying jobs don't have weekends off. It is just tough on some of the guys there who have stuck it out with Planesense because of the better than most QOL. They are the ones that are really at the losing end here.

If plane Sense pilots only fly single turboprop, who would hire them if they wanted to get another fractional or corporate job only flying single engine turboprop? How their getting multi time?

We have had a lot of people go to other corporate jobs and fractional companies with little multi time. IMO lots of people worry to much about the all holy "multi time". In reality, at least with people getting hired that worked at Planesense, it's not that big of an issue.

For what it's worth, I worked there and moved on to a BE-40. I'd done a little airline stuff earlier and was able to pick up a fair amount of multi time. On the other hand, I was able to help a friend get hired who had very little multi time.

The keys really are timing, personality, and knowing someone. Multi time doesn't make you some great pilot that companies will drool over. They can teach you to fly multi if they have to.

Ha I know one Pilot who you would not consider top notch!!

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For anyone who's flown for Planesense (or similar companies): I understand it will vary greatly from day to day, but how much flying would you expect to do each day, and how early do you typically have to show at the airport? How much time rest time do you get between days of flying?