wow ok then I guess I wont be applying there.

 

https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2l...LDh8/giphy.gif

 

Please, for the rest of the forums' sake, learn how to post a GIF properly.

 

Lol I know. I tried. It looked good on my end at first, but then it didn't. Tried to fix it, didn't work obviously. Then I got distracted, and then it was too late to delete. So here we are, forever engrained into the internet, my failure as a gif poster.

 

Could anyone give an update on average hours monthly for a FO? TIA

 

50ish
...filler

 

Do they have a training contract? If so how long?
Are taining contracts nomal ?

 

Hello All,
I am just winding up a USAF/Part 121 career at Jetblue. I turn 65 in Sep. I just dont think I am ready to hang it up yet!I just came across the ad yesterday on FB, so I applied. I have a couple questions after digging through this lenghthy thread.


I have never flown a turboprop in my life. When I started flying, the USAF trainers were all jet. How hard is the transition to this SE beast?

Are all the PC-12's NGX? All have the Honeywell APEX?

Is there a rush to move to the left seat? I really don't need the hours, and I never like to turn down money, it's just that with my retirement funds, I am not that hard pressed to upgrade too quickly, particuarly with all that will be new to me.

Do the TPA and MCO guys do any island flying? That is what I am going to miss.

Are the young guys nice to the old guys? (trying to insert wink emoji.....not working)

 

Redex
Flying the Pc-12 is not hard, especially being a turboprop since there is no mixture or prop to control. The lack of SE time won't be an issue, what will be the issue is that you must have either a Commercial SEL or a SEL ATP.

The majority of the fleet is the NG but all the new 12s are NGX. Both aircraft have the Honeywell APEX.

You can upgrade whenever you want or stay as an FO if that is what you want. However you can't go part-time until you have 100 hours as a Captain.

As far as the island flying that is done by all the bases. However since you are over 65 the only international flying that you will be doing will be to Canada. That is not Planes Sense's decision but an ICAO rule which happened a couple of years ago. The rule says no commercial flying if over 65 unless a county specifically allows it. The US and Canada does while the Bahamas, Mexico, and other Caribbean countries don't.

I'm in my 70s, and not the oldest pilot there, and us old timers are treated fine. In fact we are treated as if we are just one of the guys, which we are, so age is not an issue.

 

What they have is a loan for training costs for FO. While it is a year long contract for every month that you are employed 1/12th of the loan is waived. So if you leave after 6 months you would owe 1/2, after 11 months 1/12. Again there is no contract required when you upgrade.