The reason for the the time just below the 135 mins was, in theory, that by the time you finished your flight training, 15-20 hours, that you would be at or above the mins. They wanted to open to the doors to more potential qualified people by advertising below the 135 mins. Turnover rate is slow right now because we are still staying busy and actually getting new flying from a couple different customers.

How long does it take to hold BUR or bases other than OAK or PDX? Are you forced to fly the turbine or can you get out after the 6 or 12 month contract?

What do you mean "are you forced to fly the turbine"? you make it sound like flying turbine airplanes is a bad thing.

As for other bases, it all depends on whether people leave the other bases. And that's not happening right now

If you're looking to get in and out, yes, you can fly the chieftain for 12 months and leave with your contract fulfilled. No one is going to twist your arm to get you to sign up for another 6 months with a BE99 upgrade.

Time for the sim ride
 

Phone interview today. Basically, they asked the questions on the on-line application plus some personal stuff. Wanted to know a little about me and how I got in to flying. Where would I like to be based. How much money I expected to make. Then they wanted to know which base I would like to go to for the formal interview. I told them Dallas, and they told me to expect a call from the Assistant Chief Pilot in Dallas for a formal interview and sim ride within the next week or 2. They also said they were interviewing for a pool for an undetermined class date. Could be November, could be later.

Anybody think they will hire training captains again, ever?
(crosses fingers)

Interview
 

After having the interview, how long is it till you hear something?? Do they call or mail something?

I interview on a wednessday and heard the good news (by phone) on monday.

Pm
 

Mosquito, I sent you a PM

Brett check your PM's

So no TC's?

Wouldnt count on it for a while. Theres plenty of line guys willing to take a training captain position if one opens up.

ok seriously, 58 pages of stuff here? Someone want to summarize for me what life is like there at ameriflight? Personally I wish the 99 pay was a little better. Kinda surprised to see it in the same scale as the piston personally. I saw an opening before that was 3 weeks on and 1 off. Is that normal? Also, do you leave on monday and not come back until Saturday morning or do you come back home every day?

There's plenty in the stack here with info on AMF, but if you don't want to do the footwork, PM me.

Freightdog,
I am hoping you can offer some advice. I'm really interested in working for AMF, but I'm wondering if I should apply now, or wait until later in the year. I meet the AMF min requirements, I have about 100 ME, I'm currently studying up on the PA-31 manual (and for the 135 ATP written) and I meet the part 135 min requirements -with the one exception that I am short by 20 hours of night time. So my question is, if I apply now would my application even be considered without having the min 100 hours of night time? Should I wait until I have obtained the remaining 20 hours of night?

Anyone reading this in the September class?

how do you know what aircraft you will be given?

and are they hiring or not, whats the deal?

All new hires are cross trained in the Chieftan and Navajo. They have a september class, and I think putting people in a pool from the october and november classes.

Last I heard was that they are no longer interviewing. The Oct and Nov classes have been canceled, as of right now.

Everything chances so fast though, so we'll see.

Those of you in the August class, where you at in your training? Done with Sims?

I'm in the sept class.

Well that pretty much answers my question.....

For those of you that are just getting on board with AMF best of luck.

Done with sims, and had first flight yesterday. Just went up and did some air work (stalls, steep turns, etc), and a single engine ILS.

Everyone finished sims on Thursday or Friday, and we're all out in different bases for flight training.

ImperialxRat please check your pm's.
Thanks

I'm just curious to see how things are going for everyone in the September class, and to see if everyone survived indoc with B.

Still goin.. We just finished up our 2nd sim session. Not too bad so far just waiting to find out our base. :confused:

What have they been telling you for a base; PDX, OAK, or PHX? Congrats on getting through indoc, and keep punching through the sim.

Everyone in the August class are done with their checkrides if you have any other questions feel free to send me a PM.

Oak will be having a number of openings shortly..

Oct 26th
 

Anyone get a call for the Oct 26th class?

Do we still have a people in a pool?

Not really sure if we still have people in a pool or not. How many people are in the October class that just started?

I was told they're trying to put 7 people in it, but it will probably be more like 5. It starts this Monday... sorta a last minute thing.

There isn't a pool that I know of.

Warm up cold Amflight thread....OAK questions
 

OAK base always seems to be hiring, with Burbank a close second. Any Amflighters out there to shed some light on this trend? On the surface it may seem to be a QOL thing (Bay area crazy expensive cost of living), but I may have missed the mark here. What equipment is operated out of Oakland? Please advise....

Also, does Amflight operate any outstations in the Central Valley?

Thanks!

Cal

Don't forget PDX. The reason is that these bases have a large number of chieftains, and pilots often opt to transfer out of these bases for turbine upgrades rather than wait for one to happen within the base.

The high seniority bases (ie SEA) and those which are all or mostly turbine equipped (ie SLC and PHX) have had their vacancies mostly filled by transfers from such bases recently, so you'll rarely see them as an option for a new hire.

I don't know that it has really has much to do with California. I'm assuming you mean "outstation based" with your other question, and yes they do.

We've had two this month that will be leaving for Ameriflight, and two last month left for the same thing. I know of at least one going/went to OAK.

You really don't want to know....

I am not here to Bash, I was taught if you do not have anything nice to say don't say anything at all.

PropJunkie + undflyboy06 = "Ice Cold!!!"

Dang right. We're so "Ice Cold" the planes freeze up with frost and ice when we walk past them on the ramp.

What ^^^^ said!

But do they turn blue ala Coors Light cans when cold? Cause that would be bad a$$:p