Ameriflight etc vs. 121 world
08-20-2008, 09:12 PM
#164
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Originally Posted by scjfly
Wow, how does it feel to be in the know?
11-09-2008, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by BTPM
The training captain on that flight was a good friend of mine. I don't know how much you know about the accident, but before you start dropping stuff like that, you better have your ducks in a row.
06-06-2010, 05:56 PM
#167
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Go to Ameriflight. Old planes night cargo. Fast upgrade. Last spring one of my brothers high school friends was killed in an Ameriflight crash. It also can be dangerous; old planes, no crew, dark remote locations, low time pilots.
Skyhigh
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The company's accident record needs to be balanced against nearly 2,000 departures per week, and nearly 100,000 hours per year of flying in 170+ airplanes, all over the U.S., into Canada, Alaska, Mexico, the Caribbean, and even South America. Ameriflight does more flying in a month than most of its competitors do in a year.
06-06-2010, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by dckozak
No doubt, getting turbine PIC right away is a huge advantage if the airlines you (in the future) look to don't discount your lack of crew (CRM) experience. All things considered, it would be better to fly a 121 jet as an SIC (upgrading in a reasonable time) than get your 1000 hrs of PIC in a commuter jet in a crew environment. I would also concur, it has to be safer. That said, if you can fly single pilot in an multi engine airplane (turbine or otherwise), without an autopilot, at night in IFR; you are doing the hardest civilian flying out there. bar none. 
Good luck, and (quickly) learn to multi task, you'll need the skill.
Good luck, and (quickly) learn to multi task, you'll need the skill.
Yeah, you'll hear some chirping about lack of two-crew experience. Go to the interview a clean record that includes 2000 turbine including 1000 all-weather single-pilot PIC in a Metro III, and most airlines won't be worrying much about two crew experience -- unless the hiring window is so narrow that sky gods are getting turned down.
06-06-2010, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by maximilian2
Just curious for those AMF guys on here... How did you build your 1200TT to get to AMF? Instructing? Right seat on other 135 carriers? Combination of both? I am currently on the instructing path but I was thinking that sitting right seat for a year or to to build to 1200TT may be beneficial?
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