Glad to hear you are doing well Brett-I knew you would.

I haven't been with the company in about 6 months, my last flight with the company was about 3 days before they moved the airplanes from OAK to HWD. HWD is dying almost completely because the base manager is an absolute moron. Instead of securing new runs, or pursuing leads he is doodling on graph paper, and going on walks. I personally brought two leads on taking runs from other companies and he did nothing. One big box executive came up to me and personally told me to have AMF bid the only run out of SFO we didn't have, and we had a 100% chance of getting it. He did nothing to make it happen. If you go to AMF you will hear all about him, and there are about a billion cooky stories. It is sad because OAK was once a flourishing base.

We come from two different bases a few times a week...long days on return trips! I haven't heard of a BED base but that would kick ass (when it's not winter). That run gave me a good amount of hours my first 6 months.

Sorry. Just couldn't stand to see this thread drop to the second page. ;)

Any of you guys have information on the Brasilia FO position? Do people like the FOs?

There's a limited number of Brasillias in the fleet, and we just lost some Texas runs. There's definitely far more openings for cheiftain pilots than EMB FO's.

EMB FOs are the bottom of the pecking order and pay scale. However, you can get into AMF at an earlier time, build up seniority, and skip the chieftain for the 99 when you hit 1200 hours. I have seen a few people do it, and it has worked out pretty well for them.

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Hearing rumors that AMF is hiring direct into the 99 now, true? How senior is SLC now?

I wouldn't expect a direct hire into the 99 in SLC at the moment (if you want that you might have a better chance at OMA or BUF). A lot of the guys transfering into SLC have only been with the company a few months though.

SLC has a mix of pilots, roughly half the pilots at the base have been here since 2008 or earlier. Most of the 99 pilots have been with AMF less than a year.

The advantage to coming on as an FO is that you can come on with less than the 1200 hours that 135 requires for a captain position. As mentioned above, you then can transition to a captain position (most likely a BE99) when you get your hours AND generally after you have spent a year in the right seat of the Bro to cover you training commitment.

Yes, you will likely spend at least a year as an FO before transitioning. So if you are over or pretty close to 1200 hours (and a way to get there) you might be better off getting your 1200 and hire on as a captain in the PA31.

Thanks for the info guys!