I know! I wish we had more of the 500TT First Officer positions available!
For September, we had two that are finishing up InDoc right now. They came to us through the UPS Gateway Program. So not really from the pool, but not candidates who recently applied either.

Hope that helps!

25ME 100% required or something that can be waived?

BFI Base Possibility
 

Good Morning,

I am getting close to the 135 IFR PIC minimums and have some family commitments that require me to stay in the Seattle area, so I am curious what are my chances of getting hired for an open Beech 99 position in Seattle?

Currently my times are:

Total Time: 1020.1
PIC: 913.8
PtP: 521.1
Dual Given: 172.3
Instrument: 94.9 (All in Flight)
Night: 92.2
Multi: 35.8

From what I hear, new hires with less than 150 hours multi are going to the Chieftain, if I relocated temporarily to get the remaining time at a Chieftain base, would I have a good chance of getting back to Seattle?

Okay... thanks.

Hi, there!

It's negotiable as long as you are relatively close to the number and/or have higher times in other categories (such as Turbine, Night, etc).
What cannot be waived though is the commercial pilot license with a multi-engine land and instrument rating.

Hope that helps!

Hi!

In general, your chances of being hired into a BE99 position in Seattle are pretty high. With pilots transitioning to bigger aircraft and pilots moving to other bases or out, we often see 99 positions open up in Seattle.

I'm sure you know of our BE99 Captain time requirements, but I'll reference them here: 1,200 TT, 50 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
So, at this moment it looks like you are short on TT, ME, and (just a little) night.

If you intend to wait until you hit 1,200TT to apply, I'm sure you'll be good on night by then. Depending on what your ME time is at that point, we might be able to consider you since you would be good (and way above in some cases) on the other times. If your ME is still around 35, the Chieftain would probably be your only option. If it's closer to 100, you should be fine (especially if you are higher on other times - like you are for PIC). Ultimately, your recruiter would have to get it approved by the flight department, but usually it isn't an issue.

Sorry for the length! Let me know if you have any other questions!

FreightDogs,

I just have one quick question relating to this. So, when I finished my training, I never moved on to instructing. I was fortunate enough to be hired as a First Officer in a Part 135 operation on a Beech 1900. Due to this fact, I have very little PIC time (less than 200 hours). However, when I will be eligible for 135 IFR PIC, I will have roughly 1,000 hours of turbine and over 1,000 hours of multi engine time. Currently, I have over 150 hours of actual and simulated instrument time and over 100 hours of night time which will increase at an exponential rate as I continue to build my hours. Even with this experience, will this still make me ineligible for any pilot position at Ameriflight?

Thanks,

pilotlyfe

What is your TT?

When I meet 135 IFR PIC reqs, my numbers will look like this:

1200 TT
970 Turbine multi engine SIC
200-400 Instrument (currently 150)
200-300 night (currently about 110)
1100 x country
160 PIC
1070 multi engine

Do you think I will be competitive for a BE99 Captain position?

Hi!

Your times are very impressive and with your knowledge of our BE1900, you'd be a very competitive candidate!
But just as you suspect, the lack of PIC time is the one thing that's keeping us from hiring you right here and now.

I'll pass your experience and times along to our recruiting/flight meeting Wednesday to see what they can do for you since you do have a lot of 1900, Turbine, & multi experience.

Your current 1900, does it have a glass cockpit?
Is there any way for you to gain PIC time while you fly to 1,200TT? At times, we are able to hire at 400-450 PIC if those other times are really high (like yours).

Hey FreightDogs, I am assuming these October ACP positions have been filled, however, are future training classes looking like a possibility this winter? Sorry if I missed this answer in previous post!

Apologies for my late response, I appreciate the additional detail, thank you for taking the time. I am hoping to be at 1200TT by January, based on my times if I am at 1000 PIC time and exceed all other requirements by about 15-20%, how much additional multi-time would you recommend?

Hi, there!

We actually have two left open for the October class.
Our last day to send out offer letters for the October class is next Friday (to give ample time to get everything done before training starts).
As for this winter, we likely won't see any more ACP openings until after the 1st of the year.

Hope that helps!

Hi!

No problem!
For the BE99 (if you wanted to skip the Chieftain altogether and stay in Seattle), I'd aim for about 35 more multi. I think that would get you there without being too strenuous on your bank account.
Being at 70 multi would obviously be less than our 99 min, but since you are much higher on everything else and seemingly current, you would be good at 70.

Hi

I was reading the posts and would like your opinion if you think my numbers are competitive for the BE99 SIC position.

830 TT
665 PIC
385 twin
42 turbine
47 nights

Thanks in advance

Hi,

Thank you for taking the time to respond and your willingness to help! The 1900s that I fly for my current company are not glass. They are your standard steam gauge instruments with an HSI and Garmin 430 units. Some of the 1900s have ADS-B and some don't and some have autopilot and others don't.

As far as accruing PIC time goes, I can attain some PIC time but by the time I would reach 135 IFR PIC minimums, I would still be very short of PIC time. Do you think I would still be a viable candidate?

Thank you again!

Logbooks
 

Freightdogs and frmrbuffdrvr,

many thanks for taking the time to answer all these questions. I think I have a new one.

My logbook was stolen with my flight bag in 1999. My history was
PPL 1986
IFR 1989
CSEL Jul 1991
CMEL Aug 1991
Those dates are all readily verifiable with the FAA.
In early 1999 I had 575TT and 33 ME when the logbook was stolen.
I have probably 50-60% of the receipts proving that time, but not 100%. I had a summary of my times in type, etc, recorded on a spreadsheet, so had a good basis to start my new log book. Re-accomplished all my endorsements (hi perf, complex, TW). Have all my BFRs, etc, since 1999, so a good record with CFI signatures over time since 1999.
Now I'm at
1145 TT
1090 PIC
48 ME
550 XC
105 night
120 IFR (25 actual, 85 hood, 10 sim/AFT)
So I'm within a few months of meeting Pt 135 IFR PIC mins.

Is my lost logbook going to be an issue?

What is your point to point cross country?
What is your total instrument (actual and hood?)

If those are workable, I don't see an issue.

As long as you have a current log book and you certify that it is accurate (including what you had before) then I don't think it will be an issue. If you certify in your current log book that those are correct times and they aren't, that is between you and the feds. We don't go back and check all of your times. We just check that they "make sense" of how much you have in the different categories. Like if your instrument time was 500 hours with your current total, we might question it. But 10% is a reasonable number.

frmrbuffdrvr Thank your for your response, to answer your questions,

total cross country is 480

total ifr time is 124 hours with 11 actual

103 approaches

L and G:


If and when you move up to the BE1900 from the 99'... Do you receive a type rating on just the 1900 or do you also receive a type rating on the BE300/350? Do they put a FO in with you at times?

Thanks,

Just the 1900 (BE190). Sometimes you will have an FO, sometimes not. High flight time runs are the most likely to have an FO.

Oh, yeah. You are right in the numbers.

I don't know what the hiring plan is for the FO to Captain program over the next few months. But if you are interested, you should definitely contact our recruiting department.

FreightDogs

I'm a former AMF pilot that has been out of aviation for the last 4 years. I flew the BE99 in PHX back in 07-08. I then went to Air Methods in the PC12 until getting out of flying in 2013.

I'm in the process of returning to my pilot career, and AMF is a place I am seriously considering. My current flight experience:
ATP (MEL)
2500 total
1500 turbine (1100 pic)
870 multi
1600 135
350 121 sic in be190

Would I be eligible for the 1900? And if so, how do the bonuses work? I haven't found much information about it on the company site.

Application Question

I noticed on the Ameriflight web site that only Captain positions are available, is there a way to post a resume for a FO position. Or do apply to the Captain position without the time requirements met, or are there so many applicants that they don't need FOs at this time?

Hi, there!

I saw some of your questions from earlier this week and figured I'd answer them all here. Frmrbuffdrvr answered some, too! He's great!

For the Accelerated Captain Program (where you are an FO in our 99), we have a few positions open for our October 9th training class. We likely won't have any after that until next year. So if we move fast enough, we can get you in for October if that's what you are interested in!

Based on the hours you listed previously, you're good to go for the program (a little short on night, but that shouldn't be an issue).

Just looked into why the FO 99 position isn't showing up and we're really not sure why. Please, apply to a 99 Captain position instead: Captain Beech 99 Cargo Pilot - Careers At Ameriflight, LLC

If you are wanting to be in our October training class, please apply asap!
If you need any help, just let me know! We are in the last days of hiring for October (we have to have at least one week to get the paperwork, drug test, etc done).
Feel free to message me when you apply and I'll get a recruiter on it immediately!

Would I be a good candidate for one of those B99 FO spots? :)

TT-684h
PIC-550
XC-440
NIGHT-155
IFR-95
ME-220




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Hi,

Absolutely wonderful the kind of equipment you are flying now on your 1900s! You'd be very familiar with ours.

I would definitely advise you to apply when you reach the 1,200TT.
But I don't want to get your hopes up. I don't think we would be able to hire you with your PIC time so low. Our lead pilot recruiter told me he would likely be able to take you at 400-450 PIC because your other times are so great! But ultimately we fly single pilot in our PA-31s, 99s, BE1900s, and SA227s, so they require that 500 PIC to make sure you are prepared to both be a Captain and fly single pilot.

Hope that helps!

Hi, there!

Nice to "meet" a former AMFer!

With your hours, you definitely meet the 1900 Captain mins, so that's a good thing!
You would have to get IFR current before we could make you an offer, but yes you are eligible for the 1900.

The BE1900 has the normal salary that increases annually on its own.
It also has a Turbine Retention Bonus of 20% of the salary. That gets paid to you every year after the second year of you being here.
The other bonus is a BE1900 Captain Bonus that gives you $20,000. You get the first $10,000 after the successful completion of your IOE and the next $10,000 18 months after your hire date.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any additional questions!

Hoping to have you back someday soon!

Hi! :)

You'd be a little low on TT for our Accelerated Captain Program (FOs in our 99s). All your other times are fantastic! But your TT needs to be closer to 800.
Here are the time mins for reference: 800 TT, 25 ME, 300 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument

At your current hours, you'd qualify for our regular First Officer position in our EMB120s. Right now, we don't have any of those positions available, but definitely an option since you are already qualified for it.

Hoping to have you on our team soon! Let me know if you have any other questions!

How many current hours do they require to be considered?

Thanks for the information sir!.

I'm already in the pool for the EMB120 F/O but no luck yet.




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Hi, there!

Not sure specifically what position you are inquiring about, but I'll list all of the time requirements below:
EMB120 FO - 500 TT, 25 ME, 100 XC (defined as point to point), 25 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
Accelerated Captain Program FO - 800 TT, 25 ME, 300 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
PA-31 VFR Captain - 750 TT, 25 ME, 100 XC (defined as point to point), 25 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
PA-31 Captain - 1,200 TT, 50 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
BE99 Captain - 1,200 TT, 150 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 500 PIC, 75 instrument
BE1900 Captain - 1,800 TT, 250 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 1,000 PIC, 100 instrument, 100 Turbine, 121 or 135 experience
SA227 Captain - 2,500 TT, 250 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 1,000 PIC, 100 instrument, 200 Turbine, 121 or 135 experience
EMB120 Captain - 3,000 TT, 500 ME, 500 XC (defined as point to point), 100 night, 1,000 PIC, 200 instrument, 500 Turbine, 121 or 135 experience

Hope that helps!

Hi, everybody!

We, along with UPS Airlines, are very excited to make public our intent to expand our Gateway Program!
We aim to finalize the agreement by the end of the year and start the first selection process of Ameriflight pilots in January.



Press release below:

DALLAS, TX – Ameriflight and UPS Airlines are close to finalizing an agreement to further enhance the career opportunities for flight crewmembers at Ameriflight. The airlines have agreed in principal to expand the UPS/Ameriflight pilot gateway program to current and future Ameriflight pilots. The program will provide the opportunity for selected pilots at Ameriflight, the nation’s largest Part 135 cargo carrier, to have a clear path to UPS Airlines, a global carrier serving more than 220 countries and territories.

The program will be open to qualified Ameriflight pilots who are selected to be part of the program. These selected participants will be required to fulfill a number of benchmarks including Ameriflight requirements, personal/professional development and UPS mentoring. Successful completion of the program will afford for these Ameriflight pilots to qualify for a guaranteed interview with UPS Airlines subject to its hiring needs and meeting all program and hiring requirements.

Ameriflight and UPS launched the Gateway Program earlier this year, with an initial phase that offers a defined career path to students who successfully complete the UPS Airlines’ Intern Program.

“I am thrilled with the expansion of the Gateway Program, as it will provide a career path opportunity for our pilots to start at Ameriflight and continue on to UPS Airlines,” says Ameriflight Chief Operating Officer Bill Poerstel. “We value the relationship with UPS, which is Ameriflight’s largest customer.”

Capt. Roger Quinn, UPS Airlines Director of Training said, “We are pleased to announce our intent to expand the UPS-Ameriflight gateway program to include currently-employed and future Ameriflight pilots. Ameriflight provides important support to the UPS air network, with many dedicated crewmembers who help our company meet service commitments to our customers. These pilots understand our business and should make strong candidates as we recruit future generations of professionals to fly UPS aircraft.”

The first selection of Ameriflight pilots entering the Gateway Program will be made in early 2018. Further program details will be announced by the end of this year.

About Ameriflight: Ameriflight was founded in 1968 and has grown from a small air charter and cargo service carrier to an international operator and the nation’s largest 135 cargo airline. Ameriflight is headquartered in Dallas, TX and has more than 500 employees including over 100 pilots and over 100 aircraft. Ameriflight provides feeder services for overnight express carriers such as UPS. The company can be found on the web at ameriflight.com and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @Ameriflight.

About UPS: UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including transporting packages and freight, facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web at ups.com® and its corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com. To get UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS or follow @UPS_News on Twitter.




While the details have not yet been finalized, I'd be happy to answer what I can.

Cheers!

Perhaps this needs its own thread? Great news for AMF pilots

So what would the process for existing AMF pilots that did not enter the pilot pool through UPS's gateway program do to qualify for this agreement?

This looks like a formal extension of the exiting program of UPS pilot interns flying with AMF to me.

Hi, there!

This is separate from the UPS intern program. That'll still be a thing, but this is for pilots working here now and pilots that will be working here in the future (not through the intern gateway program).

When we finalize the details, there will be a number of benchmarks the pilot has to fulfill (like professional development, personal development, length with Ameriflight, etc.)

For current Ameriflight pilots, what they have done with us so far counts toward the program. So if they've been here for two years, that'll count toward the time requirement and if they have a certain number of hours with us that'll count toward the hour requirement and so on and so forth.

Hope that makes sense! :)

Thank you for providing all of the requirements.

I was a CFI/CFII but have not flown in some time. I am returning to aviation and just got check out for a 1st class medical and have my flight review/instrument schedule to be completed this month. My question is about how many current hours does Ameriflight require?

PIC 850
Multi 43
CC 223
Complex 93
Night 46

Seasonal positions!?
 

Hi there.

I'm interested in the seasonal positions that you have posted. I saw that it is for certain bases and for the PA31 and BE99 only. Are we able to choose which one of those aircraft and which of those bases? Or is it what and where needed? I've been looking for a seasonal job like this so I can keep a helicopter seasonal summer job.

Thanks.

Anyone currently flying the BE99 for AMF that could share what the avionics package installed on the airplane is? Are all of the airplanes standard? I thought I saw a cockpit photo on The AMF Facebook page that showed a STEC 30 installed. It looked like a Garmin GPS was installed as well, but I could not make it out. Anyone flying in the home based program of 2/7/2/2? How do you like it? Do you have the opportunity to upgrade to the 1900 relatively soon. Any details you could share would be appreciated.

Thanks, CD9