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Couple questions, does the $17,000 sign on bonus come with a training contract and how long is it? Is the cargo flying schedule out of AFW 5 on 5 off? As a commuter the 5 on 5 off is very appealing to me.

Cargo ops Questions
 

for those flying the cargo route:

1. what time is the departure?
2. Do you go home every morning / night?
3. Is it straight flying for 4 or 5 days then youg get a day off?
4. How long till captain upgrade in the cargo/-500 side of ops?

much appreciated folks!

1) Departure is right around midnight/0000. Show time is 1 hour before ETD, usually 2300.

2) Yes, home every morning around 7 to 8am depending on which city pair you fly.... unless you break at the outstation which has happened, but rare. In that case, you got to a hotel. All crews pack a small "just in case" bag.

3) 5 on/5 off.

4) Currently, you can upgrade as soon as you meet the 121.436 minimums. You're gonna fly around 55-65 hours per month on the cargo side once you hold a line. Very few people are taking the upgrade at AFW so if you are local and want it, it's yours.

The "sign on" bonus is a bit misleading. You get $4250 after OE is complete. Another $4250 after 1 year is complete. And $4250 at 1.5 years and 2 years.

Freedom2A answered your question regarding the specific payouts, which is accurate, but my understanding is there's no "contract..." If you make it till OE, you get paid, 1 year, you get paid.... so on.... But if you leave, you're not going to be asked to repay any of it or anything like that. It's open ended.

And Yes, 5 on 5 off.

My ultimate goal is being MCO based working for Frontier, Spirit, JetBlue or southwest. Does silver airways have any agreements about any of those airlines not hiring their pilots? For example I wouldn't want to work at CommutAir if I wanted to fly for United or Endeavor if I wanted to fly for Delta or the wholley owned if I was trying to get on with American. From the other forums it looks like they would rather take pilots from the competitions feed and I wouldn't want to work at silver if this was the case with those MCO based airlines.

Sju base schedule
 

Does anyone know what the schedule in San Juan base is like?

If you fly there PLS DM me

Silver pay
 

[QUOTE=flypilot;3491715]Freedom2A answered your question regarding the specific payouts, which is accurate, but my understanding is there's no "contract..." If you make it till OE, you get paid, 1 year, you get paid.... so on.... But if you leave, you're not going to be asked to repay any of it or anything like that. It's open ended.

And Yes, 5 on 5 off.[/QUOTE

Can you give me any idea of actual take home pay year 1 FO?