Can anyone give me the rundown on FXE? What's the base that I'd be most likely to get into out of class? What are the schedules like?

Is this company worth pursuing?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

I know someone... did you get picked to go to class?

 

I worked there in summer of 2004. Good maintenance and training. Good experience, but single pilot night IFR is not for the timid. Particularly without a radar or autopilot.

If you're comfortable in IMC then I highly recommend it. They treated me very well and let me head off to the regionals with their blessing. However, the unlicensed dispatchers are willing and able to tell you to fly into your death. Be prepared to stand your ground and tell them no. I've heard it's different there now and that's not really a problem anymore.

The difference between Flight Express and Airnet is that there really isn't a training contract. You just give up your bonus from passing training if you leave early.

- All of this info is 5 years old. Changes are likely. Best of luck.

 

annnnnnd airnet is not hiring.

 

This is still accurate. Just remember you are PIC and you have the final authority to go or no go.

I have been at FLX since Jan. and haven't had any big issues.

If you have any specific questions PM me.

 

Worked there from 05 to 07. I loved it. The pay is pretty good for what you're doing, and as long as you do your job, you're pretty much left alone. Ernst (the DO) can be kind of a hardass, but if you do your job and don't complain for a while, he will go out of his way to help you out later on. Planes are basic and old but well maintained. Routes go from "brutal" to "cakewalk', but at least the pay generally reflects how hard you work, so it isn't just a bunch of high timers sitting on the cake runs and the new guys doing the grunt work.

I've heard that things have changed a bit since Bayside bought them, so I don't know how things are now, but in this economy I would think anything would be "worth pursuing", and FLX was a good place to work (IMHO) even when times were much better.

Absolutely no way to tell where you'll be based until after training...things change too often. Routes, as I said, can be anything from 4 hours of duty where you show up, preflight, fly somewhere, unload, fly back, and duty off, to 14 hours of duty where you fly two legs, sit for 8 hours, fly back, duty off, to everything in between. Pay is by the duty hour, 7 1/2 hour minimum (if you work 4 you get paid for 7 1/2).

www.austincollins.com is the website of the director of training/CP, and has lots of stuff to look at and gauge what you think of the place.

 

The class scheduled for the end of the month filled up in about 20 minutes. Good luck next time.