Any information on the Omaha NE base? Chances of getting OMA as a base? Type of air frame?

It's a BE99 base. With the exception of Reserve/ACP they are all outstaion based, meaning you'll spend your days and weekends in central Nebraska, with 5 night layovers a week in OMA. Bids for OMA outstations pop up frequently. If you can't get it right out of training, I wouldn't be surprised if you could make it there within your first year.

Anyone available for some PM's?

What do you want to know?

He wants to know - What is the schedule and QOL?

Well, when he PMs me with questions then I can get him the answers he wants. :D

What kind of questions can you expect during the telephone interview. HR Questions. Technical Questions?

Im assuming both, and would like to know how to prepare

aviationinterviews.com has some good resources on the gouge.

Does anybody know where BE-99 direct hires would probably go?

OMA, BUF, SLC, PHX, BUR

In that order; don't really plan on the last three very top heavy on seniority.

Right on! Thanks I'd like to start off in the PA-31 in PDX! I hope I can get on this July class.

Better move is to take the BE-99 wherever you can get it. That will position you to upgrade to larger turbine earlier.

I see,I don't mind waiting a bit longer though if it means being in a better base. How is the wait to get to a 99 in SEA? i would be willing to wait for a 99 on the west coast if it takes a year or two. I would really like to hop right into the turbine but location is also a factor. Thanks for all the advice! I'm excited either way!

Edit: forgot to ask if per dim is ever given normally half day? I know away from base pays If away for 24hours.

Half day per diem is not normal. You normally just get paid for the day (8 units/day, 40 units/week).

It's rare to get per diem at all on any run. It's mainly when you go out on the road to cover vacation on an outstation run that you would get per diem.

BFI base would take a while to get. Cant tell you an exact time frame but probably years. Not a lot of movment. I agree with tbmpilot, go get in a 99 where you can. get your time and move up. Feel free to pm me

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What is the quickest way to get an OMA station/route? Thanks.

These days you need to clarify what type of major you are asking about.

Most people are talking about a major being United, SWA, Delta, American or US Airways. Even though companies like Allegiant qualify under the definition of a "Major" airline with the amount of revenue earned per year, those types of airlines are considered more of a "National" airline. A "Legacy" airline term was invented to try and separate the types of airlines but most consider a major airline as to what is mostly now a Legacy carrier as well as SWA.

I can say that in the late 90's SWA did hire some from Ameriflight. Back then the airlines were hiring at an incredible pace so qualified candidates became more competitive for all airlines. Today is a different story with the much higher number of part 121 RJ pilots in the pool due to the lack of hiring over the past five years and the very large increase of growth in the Regional pilot market the past decade or more.

There are exceptions to every rule but unless you know the "right" person at a Legacy airline or SWA, you won't get hired right from AMF any more. But AMF is a great place to get the experience to get hired by another carrier (Skywest, Spirit, Allegiant etc..) that will give you the competitive qualifications to get hired with that Legacy carrier of your dreams if you so desire.

I have said this before and I will say this again because it really can't get said enough, you burn the bridge of the "wrong" person in your dream job, you won't get to work there. Be good at politics and diplomacy, be an honest person of high character, and you will never burn the bridge of the wrong person.

Best of luck to us all.

I'm sorry if this came up earlier, but I came up empty handed when I tried to search for this. I'm a 121 pilot (not SWA) and trying to see if I can Jumpseat on your airplane. On the APC profile, SWA is the only airline you guys have an agreement with, but it says you guys are a CASS participant. Can I can I not Jumpseat on your plane? And if I can, how do I go on about doing it?

Sorry if this was answered in one of the 123 pages of info, but what is vacation at Ameriflight? Could not locate it on the website.

One Week Vacation

You accrue vacation hours per month. With time of service you get more hours per month accrued. I believe we cap out at 160 hours of vacation (4 weeks).

Copy that. Thx freightdog. So it's safe to say the first year your looking at 1 week vacation and then slight increases after that. Check. I have a phone interview Monday so I am looking forward to joining the Ameriflight BE99 ranks.

Vacation time increases with tenure. After your first year, you'll accrue 2 weeks per year, then after 5 years, 3 weeks per year.

No, you can't. I wish it were different but it likely never will be.

Two weeks year 1-5, three weeks years 5-10. It goes up to four weeks at some point when you become a lifer.

Used to be you were an "Amerilifer" after 5 years. Is it 10 now?

With the down economy a lot of us are still around here. I'm in the low 40's and only three from the first page. I never thought I'd get my 5-year pin, but I did. There's a number of us with over 3-5 years seniority.

There has been an Open 99 slot in Texas for a while now.

Many conflicting numbers bouncing around. Your first year you accrue 1 week (40 hours) vacation time. 2nd to 5th yr you accrue 2 weeks. 6th to 25th year it's 3 weeks. If you hang around long enough to reach 25 years, it's 4 weeks after that. The total you can accrue before capping out goes up at the same break points -- 2 to 5, 160 hour; 6 to 25, 200 hours; over 25, 240 hours.

There is a guy going to the July indoc class to cover this one. If he doesn't make it through training......

But the point is that occasionally there is hiring to bigger planes if no one wants to take the run. In this case, the outstation is about 3 hours from from the closest airline access. Apparently nobody is interested in getting turbine PIC time if they can't jump home every weekend.

I sure hope its 10 years!!:eek:

Perhaps that's the new definition, the imfamous front page of the seniority list!:eek: Better get to Allegiant while you still can.;)

I will when they decide to run a class. My arms are getting tired from treading water in the pool.:D

I live in Texas and have been flying my butt off towards those 135 mins. I have also been keeping up with ameriflight for the last couple of months because this is the company I really want to fly for after getting my time. I know that they like to start everyone in Oakland or Portland if possible, but I was wondering the likelihood of getting straight into DFW. I know its based on company needs but I was wondering if it was a base that usually had some routes open.

And be sure to have the $50 to pay AMF for a copy of your PRIA when you do leave.

Like you said it's all based upon company needs. AMF could not fill the spot, why I don't know. Maybe it's like what buff driver said, "Couldn’t jump home on the weekends"

Just meeting the 135 mins, it's highly unlikely you will go straight to DFW being DFW is an all turbine base.

To those lurking on this thread, the perfect schedule doesn’t happen right away. You’re going to have to work a little bit to get there, even if it means flying a run to a city you’d rather not be in. It’s all dependant on how bad you want the flight time and how hard you’re willing to work to get it and you’re family's needs. Lately I have seen people hold off on turbine upgrades because the schedule wasn’t all that great or didn't suit them. The “Life” isn’t for everyone.

AMF is sometimes looking for E120 Fo’s, it’s a good way to get your foot in the door.

Where are the EMB 120 bases and is it possible to get in as an FO off the street?

The 120 bases are BFI, DFW, CVG, and San Juan Pr. Some other guys/gals can chime in if i forgot a base.

We only hire street hires into the Bro FO spots...unless one of the pic line pilots wants to take a pay cut to go to one. Its all based on whether the company needs an FO or not.

GEFT10 -- PM me.