The amount of hours depends on the week - some weeks are busier than others, it varies greatly. I've flown 35 hours in a week and I've flown 20... Your base has no bearing on your busy-ness, or lack thereof. Your gateway is where you meet up with a plane or, normally, airline to meet up with your plane for the week.

P-180 Specs
 

Sorry for the thread hijack,
Looking for Max Endurance (Hours) and range (NM) for the Avanti II if anyone knows. Thanks for the help.

4 hours-ish with full fuel and ability to get high. 1300 miles-ish with same stipulation.

With that said I only have about a 2.5 hour @ss and hate being in for much more than that.

Thanks for the reply. Used to fly the Lear and know exactly what you mean.

I read in this thread that Avantair doesn't pay you until after training. So when do you actually get a paycheck, and about how much is that check? I think someone said you get a per diem check after your check ride, then go on salary. I assume it's about a month before you see the per diem money, and then how long until a normal paycheck? Also, I may have missed it, but when do benefits (aka health insurance) kick in?

I'm looking to move on from my regional, but need to make sure my family and I can survive financially until the new paychecks start coming in. Thanks.

You get a check for about $1000 when passing the sim check. Then you are on salary. Health insurance kicks in immediately after the checkride as well.

cool, thanks. Are the normal salary pay checks twice a month?

how long is the upgrade, is it hard to get jfk-lga based?

I thought I heard 12-18 months for the upgrade. Not sure about NYC area - looks like JFK/LGA/EWR are still on the list:

http://airlinepilotcentral.com/airli.../avantair.html

Cockpit looks a bit tight, but that thing will blow past your Saab:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untit...sok=&photo_nr=

no fms????