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Old 12-03-2007 | 07:25 AM
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Default Flight Options orders 100 Embraer Jets.

The order is worth 746 million USD. Are things about to turn around at Flight Options???? Hard to believe from the things I've been hearing....
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Old 12-03-2007 | 10:40 AM
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No kidding, everything posted on here is dismal for FO. I see that they are hiring, but the pay is pretty low. Maybe the new contract will help turn things around on the pilot's end.
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Old 12-03-2007 | 12:33 PM
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So if it is low pay, do they have low minimums?
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Old 12-03-2007 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jedinein
So if it is low pay, do they have low minimums?
For a fractional, yes.

FLOPS Pilot (SIC) Job Listing

Qualifications and Requirements: Must meet ATP requirements and have passed the ATP written exam; Posses at least 1500 hours total time, 300 hours multi-engine and 100 hours multi-engine turbine. CANPASS and valid passport required. Corporate aircraft/part 135 experience desirable. Pilots currently on furlough must resign their seniority and any call back rights. Pilots will be required to domicile at DEN, ATL or LAS.
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Old 12-03-2007 | 02:13 PM
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When I did the FBO thing in college, I met very few happy pilots from Flight Options. At the time they were reducing types in the fleet and were expected to furlough. I have a feeling that due to high attrition they are now in the opposite situation. A lot of the pilots were displaced from the majors, and many said they were bailing at the first chance they had.
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Old 12-03-2007 | 05:31 PM
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Anyone have a link to the story? Which Embrear jets - the Phenom 100/300 or additional Legacys? When would they be expected?
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Old 12-03-2007 | 09:22 PM
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I believe it is the Phenom300
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Old 12-03-2007 | 11:52 PM
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I talked to a few on the ramp the other day, I guess a new TA is in the works with a pay increase, said to be some but not as much as NJ. Thats the positive, the negative, The Options pilot I spoke with had an NJ interview the next week.
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Old 12-04-2007 | 03:02 AM
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I think Embraer needed to break into the US fractional industry. Flt. Ops might have been their only chance.
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Old 12-04-2007 | 03:16 AM
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Default Link to Embraer Story on Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...=latin_america

Short and to the point...
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