That was uncalled for. You could have left it at the first sentence (and been informational) but you had to get you biased, opinionated crap in as well, didn't ya.

Sorry if the truth upsets you princess, let's get back to talking about real stuff, like UPS flow right?

Ipad
 

Anyone here from AMF use an iPad while flying? If so, which iPad and app are you using, and what adapter are you using to secure it.

You went on a little rant about "lies" a few weeks ago, now time for you to own up to it. Enough with the name calling as well. The personal attacks don't advance your agenda, just makes you look like a jerk as usual.

They're not approved yet. There is a plan to start using them, but the exemption that allows them is changing, so the plans are on hold. If a pilot is using an Ipad, it is without approval. On the other hand, I haven't seen any kind of enforcement of the issue FWIW.

The autopilots are deferrable for single pilot cargo operations, no SIC required with the exception of Canadian operations. Jetlife has no insider information, only outdated and second hand info. He left a now extinct base years ago. The company was sold and management has virtually flipped. Funny thing is, the guy I thought he was really mad at left earlier this year.

Have any AMF pilots here jumpseated with Jetblue?

Twice now I've heard from guys that we can. Officially, we don't have a reciprocal though. So i'm torn if I want to try for it.

You can sell anything you want online, the lack of people coming in the door, and the flood of those leaving should speak volumes. But you're right, I have no insider information lol. All the airplanes are expertly and professionally maintained to the highest caliper humanly possible. They aren't clapped out hunks of bolts. For somebody that works for AMF you really live in a bubble, which isn't a shock as you are 1 of only 6 happily employed management types out of the thousands that have gone through the doors there.

Not mangement, you are on a roll when it comes to false assumptions. The part where you assumed AMF is on the verge of bankruptcy deserves a reality check.

That's BS. It isn't struck work. Bring a B767 or other large airplane on property and fly a trip that was being flown by ABX Air, that's truck work. Carrying DHL cargo on a Metro isn't.

TM

There are unionized carriers out of CVG who threw in their support and didn't fly their routes either (ie Southern), good for them, sounds like a worthy cause to me. Agreed you don't pick up struck work, but the idea that they can mark you as a scab for flying your own contract... someone explain it to me, I'm listening.

I've never said the planes were perfect. They're old and need constant work. But I can't think of any that I would refer to as "bucket of bolts."

As for the autopilots, every type rated aircraft has one. Some work better than others. I don't know a percentage, but many BE99s have them as well. In fact, we were the company that loaned a BE99 to S-Tech so they could develop the STC to put their autopilots IN a BE99.

BTW, I think you meant caliber, not caliper.

Good to see you're still skimming the boards, TM. ;)

When you gonna be in Dallas? Or SAT, since I'm spending about half my time down there these days. We need to get a bite and catch up.

Does any body know if there are opportunities to pick up extra shifts or any other ways to make extra money while working at Ameriflight?

Yes. TDY, repositioning, extra legs, a sixth day on nonoutstation based based run, fly with Eagle Jet FOs.... It all adds up to thousands on top of your base pay.

Carrying DHL cargo on a route that they don't normally fly certainly could be struck work...

If a Metro, or any plane for that matter, flew work that an ABX 767 would have normally flown that day out of CVG, that is flying struck work, no room for argument. Not saying that happened at all, but that is absolutely struck work, and if that occurred, rest assure 1224 and the pilot group will make it very public, with names.

KCD said 'on a route that they normally wouldn't fly' - and that seems to make sense. But you seem to elude to that if they flew additional cargo to one of their locations that ABX might also fly to would be flying struck work. Is that correct?

If so - - I've wondered about this in the past.
That sounds like you are saying that if Delta went on strike and I wanted to get to DC, but I instead flew on United - then United flew struck pax.

No no, what I am saying is that ABX conducted the strike in CVG. Any work that would have normally been on an ABX flight that was flown out by another airplane, is flying struck work.

If Delta went on strike, and you as a United pilot crossed the picket line to go fly, I wouldn't want to be anywhere around you. I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole. Now if a United crew was tasked to fly Delta passengers because Delta was on strike, yes that would be scabbing.

I am not implying that AMF did anything wrong, but the lines could be blurred pretty easily. Flying any DHL supported runs out of CVG could easily be considered flying struck work.

Exactly.......
I'm on Delta flight (or booked on Delta) - the strike happens and I am rebooked on United. You would consider United to be flying 'struck work'?

When you say 'tasked to fly Delta passengers' - give me a scenario here.

How might the crew even know which passengers (or cargo for that matter) might have been rerouted and is actually 'struck work'?

Who's rebooking you? Your company? Or is Delta putting you on a United flight?

To answer your question on "how would they know" is that the best way to know is to error on the side of caution. I'm pretty sure Falcon Air found this out the hard way during the Spirit strike. If it smells remotely fishy, don't fly it.

Will there be scenarios where a passenger who was on that Delta flight that is now canceled because of a strike, buys a ticket on United to get where they're going? Sure, is that struck work? No.

We can think of grey area scenarios all day long but it doesn't really apply here. Any cargo that was to be carried out by ABX that day is struck work.

Accelerated FO?

Just announced, we now have a reciprocal jumpset with Fedex.

To date we have the following: Fedex, UPS, Southwest, Virgin America, Skywest, Atlas/Polar, Mokulele, Western Global, Allegiant Air, Seaborne, Southern Air, and Spirit.

Your pilots do not have a reciprocal with SkyWest pilots.

Whether there is a reciprocal agreement or not, I have flown Delta Connection Skywest, no problem. United Express might be a different story.

If you AND your family can not go to the airport and fly for free to Europe or Asia, I would not call them real flight benefits and isn't really even worth mentioning.

Some individual pilots may let you on Delta or United flights, but there is no written reciprocal agreement.

You can jump seat on anyone that will let you.

The answer is no there is not.

There is more to it than a blind shot in the dark request on Skywest. There has been work done behind the scenes. Check in at Delta, it works, United, proabably not. Troll on.

Reciprical, flow.... Words that you don't have to get right eh?

Has anyone ever heard of the play "Much Ado About Nothing"?

That's kind of how I feel about the last page of comments. Brings absolutely nothing (except the announcement that we can now list to ride on FedEx) to the discussion of the merits or not of coming to work at Ameriflight. Which is what I thought this thread was about.

Just my 2 cents. Or I guess $2 in todays money compared to when I was growing up.

I stand corrected.

I hear you. Have to sift through a ton of Amerihate coming from a small handful of dedicated trolls to get what you want to know, but without the "contoversy" we don't have a lot of discussion and this would basically be an announcement board.

If someone can get a good idea of the negatives in this board and else where, and still find the job appealing, they are going to make a good coworker.

That's odd because I jumpseat on Skywest DBA Alaska all the time. I got that jumpseat list from a memo from our Jumpseat coordinator BTW.

Some people will always say negative things, I suppose that is what defines a "troll"? I hope that does not discount the legitimate accounts by pilots who have had bad experiences with AMF.

There's more to trolls than just sharing negative stories. Examples would include stirring up controversy based on hypotheticals. In the last couple months these examples would include the assertion that AMF could potentially fly struck work, and the notion that those who go through eagle jet to gain access to our right seat fit the definition of an employee and should have the benefits thereof. Neither of which have any merit, just looking for an excuse to stir up controversy. Look up the definition of an internet troll on wikipedia and tell me I am wrong.

Ameriflight is listed on the SkyWest Jumpseat agreement list.

Yea, that damn notion that EagleJet FOs pay a buttload of money to fly in the right seat of an AMF airplane, only to be left in the FBO all day or bumped when you need to shove another 120lbs of boxes in the airplane so they then sit in the FBO overnight. I hate that too, why treat humans with decency and respect right?

Call me a troll all you want, but I am not the one spreading things that aren't true. You speak ONLY from the position of wearing rose colored glasses and you conveniently leave the details that would deter from you positively spinning every situation you write about. If anything, you are the troll.

See what I mean, yep, we have established that you are indeed a troll.