Atlas, ATI, and Skywest will look at your resume, and they all will let you get based in Seattle. With float time you can go work at Kenmore too.

Ok great to hear. Didn't mean to derail the Ameriflight thread here. I'll try and post in the Career section. Thanks for your reply.

Be99 moved posting
 

Anyone else starting Sept 11 on the BE99? Anyone know if any of those planes have autopilot? Or what the stacks look like. I'm brushing up hard on my IFR and the study materials but if there's any other suggestions or thoughts from someone's who's recently gone through the process, would appreciate your input.

Most have a wing leveler type of autopilot - which can be deferred - and GI275. Do everything you can to drill flying without a moving map, e.g. timeturnthrottletalk, as GPS can be deferred too! Your training will require it.

From my time, the GPS was never deferred as MX knows the destinations that the 99 goes into almost always relies on a RNAV approach.

True, rarely deferred. And it cannot be deferred due to an out of date database; unless the MEL has changed. The 99 is probably the fleet that most consistently has GPS. I’ve flown a couple 1900s without GPS and got very proficient flying IMC from VOR-VOR. Some 1900s have the old KLN-90 unit. A lot of folks complain about the KLN, but it’s actually a nice piece of equipment once you learn the ins and outs.

Sorry if this has been asked recently (I tried search but wasn't able to find the answer) but can anyone tell me what a rough upgrade timeline would be for Burbank or Ontario? How many hours are FO's getting in these bases? Thank you!

New user and tried to search to find this info. Could anyone at Ameriflight let me know what equipment flies out of CVG? Also do the hire FOs out of CVG or is it all planes with a captain only?

Right now 1900s, single-pilot and for charter E120s which use FO.. 99s allegedly coming

QOL/Baes/routes
 

Hey guys, thinking of applying to AMF, but I want to inquire about what does the schedule looks like? week on week off? or is it structures like the regionals 3/4 days trip? also is there a San Diego base? or ONT is the closest thing?
Also, I have prior jet experience with 6300TT 4800Jet time and 870TPIC. What is the typical type I can expect right off the hiring?
I am looking to fly but be home as much as possible for family reasons.
TIA.

The short answer is "it depends", but most runs have you home every night. You could easily hire directly into type-rated equipment. Talk to recruiting and aoply for the best lifestyle fit. Sorry, retention bonus is history...

There are no FO positions in BUR/ONT. Those bases have BE99/SA227 only, operating single pilot.

FOs are used in the E120/SF340 because they require them for the type certificate and on SA227s in Charter. The SF340s are located in DFW, the SA227s are in ELP and the E120s are in Puerto Rico, PHX, PDX and GEG and CVG.

Interview timeline?
 

Hey all I just applied a couple weeks ago for the BE99 Captain position.
I received a phone call last week asking some verification questions and that she'll send over my info to schedule an interview soon. havent heard from them since? Does anyone know what the process is like from this point onwards? Should I try to reach any recruiter to check the status of the application?

It wouldn’t hurt at all to reach out and ask. At least then you’ll know.

Any idea the pay or what's competitive for SF340 FO? I have 325 SIC in a SA227 but only 650 TT. I emailed pilot hiring (since they don't post FO jobs) but haven't heard back. DFW base is close to home for me.

Pay scale is posted on their website; FOs start at $41,000 with a few additional categories for those working on the charter side.
https://w3.ameriflight.com/pilots/
FO applications are typically in-house and come from UPS interns.

Thanks. Don't know how I missed that. I'm too far out of college for the UPS internship but I'll keep reaching out periodically. With my turbine time you'd think someone would give a 2nd look. lol. or not

My understanding from talking to one of the Chief Pilots is that they have a contractual obligation to UPS and United first for their pathway programs. While that doesn't mean they never hire FOs, the need to hire off the street stays low.

Ameriflgiht does street hire FOs, but they do not publish positions on the careers site. Emailing pilot hiring is the right opening move.

They will not (presently) entertain FOs who are not CFI/II.

Thanks. No CFI for me but I'll see what I can do. I do have SA227 SIC type but hoping for SF34 out of DFW if it were an option.

BE99 Bases
 

Does anyone know which bases fly the BE99? Sorry if this was posted earlier but Ive been scrolling through pages and havent found anything on it.

I know they fly out of GEG, PDX, PHX, LAX, DFW, and OMA in the western half of the US, not sure about all the others. It all depends on where they need people though for where you will end up if you get hired.

The 99 is a workhorse and typically at nearly every base but things do change from time to time. They are also flown by Wiggins (which AMF owns) in the northeast. I'm sure buffdriver will get a solid answer to you soon.

Besides what sethstonflyer said, we also have 99s in LAN. And the LAX run actually operates as part of our BUR/ONT combined base.

Also, one "in" GEG acutally operates out of SEA/BFI.

Within weeks, Wiggins will just be AMF. Wiggins will not operate on their own anymore after loosing their FedEx contract. Lots of unknown details of how things will change for their current operation. But there are now about a dozen more be99s in the NE and even more caravans in the Ameriflight fleet. I believe most BE99s out there are MHT based and assume you’ll be able to bid for those in the near future.

Caravans
 

Those Caravans are going to Mountain Air Cargo and CSA. Fedex lease them to the feeders, lease are terminated to Wiggins. AMFlight won't/can't operate them.

Is this related to the 2 recent crashes with Wiggins 99?

My understanding is it is about FedEx doing a restructer of their feeder network and cutting back on the number of operators.

Neither Wiggins crash has involved a FedEx aircraft.

But the 99's and the 208's were on the same certificate, right? Perhaps there are rumblings of a suspension, and FedEx decided to cut their losses and get out.

My understanding is Wiggin's training record wasn't well kept to Fedex standards, hapened twice. Since they didn't want to comply, Fedex terminated their contract.

I was also told that one of their ex pilot who moved on to another feeder, says they didn't want to pay them till the last day of the contract. Fedex found out about this and force them to pay their pilots till the last day; they had already receive the advance sum.

Yep, sounds like Wiggins.

Training pay
 

Can anyone elaborate on the actual monthly gross pay while on training. According to APC it's 12.88 an hour. If monthly pay is 72 hours of pay then that's only about $1000 a month. Is that pay all the way through the end of OE? Also, does anyone know what the schedules and equpment are out of Lansing or Puerto rico?

Thanks

Monthly pay is not 72 hours. You get 8 hours per day, so 40 hrs per week. ~160 hrs a month. Plus $35 daily per diem while in training. You maintain that pay until OE is complete, then you lose the per diem but get your hourly pay bump.

Lansing is typically six days a week. It's not atypical to be out around 5am and back by 9pm. Long days. Some runs are out and backs. Look at Flight Aware app if you want to see the schedule.