Ameriflight etc vs. 121 world
08-18-2011, 06:56 AM
#243
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Originally Posted by SIUav8er
Yeah! hire 99 pilots off the street when they have plenty of pa31 pilots who would take the 99's. Havent seen a 99 bid come out in several months! They are also hiring Metro captains off the street for positions that NEVER went up for bid. This is yet another issue I have with this company.
As for metro jobs not going out to bid, I can only speak for DFW. We had two positions (SA227 reserve in DFW & DHL run IAH/MSY) that were up to bid for over a MONTH with no response before they posted ads on 350. The reserve spot got filled that way. The IAH/MSY finally got filled internally.
Originally Posted by Herb Flemmming
Maybe some of the current Amflight guys can help me out, Ive been in Africa on the B1900C for 2 years now one in the left and one in the right 2000TT on type 1000 in the left seat, When my contracts up 2600TT. Seattle is my home and would like to live there, does Amflight hire directly on to the 1900 if your already typed? or is there a seniority system?
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Originally Posted by SIUav8er
how bout this: some guys been with the company for a year and a half and yet they hire off the street (for positions with better pay) because the guy is stuck in a 6 month "base commitment". The base commitment is bogus. If it is a truly better position (pay, larger airframe) then the current guys should get first dibs over a new hire... base commitment be damned.
upgrades that take a long time are fine as long as theyre not given to new hires due to technicalities in how the "employee handbook" is written.
upgrades that take a long time are fine as long as theyre not given to new hires due to technicalities in how the "employee handbook" is written.
The outstation commitment is there because a lot of times it is tougher to get people into those assignments. The pilots who bid them know that going in. Choices have consequences.
08-27-2011, 06:30 PM
#244
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Originally Posted by own nav
I leave it to others to determine what constitutes "lots," but if anyone reading wants a good unbiased snapshot of what it's been like the last few years, take the list freightdog gave, add a few more for bases he's not as familiar with, then compare it with the number of pilots at AMF (airlne profiles, top right) and you'll get a pretty good idea of where we're at.
08-29-2011, 11:18 AM
#245
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From what I could tell the high time people looking at going to a regional aren't really doing any more work than sending a resume and hoping for a call.
I was talking to one guy in SLC and all he did was send a ton of resumes. He was ****ed he didn't get an interview and was looking at SkyWest. Currently the only airlines that will hire with a resume blitzkrieg are the regionals. Some extra work is required to get a job at a major.
I was talking to one guy in SLC and all he did was send a ton of resumes. He was ****ed he didn't get an interview and was looking at SkyWest. Currently the only airlines that will hire with a resume blitzkrieg are the regionals. Some extra work is required to get a job at a major.
09-03-2011, 05:29 AM
#248
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135 with all the cr@p they can get away with (perpetual on-call, interpretation of pretty much any FAR to a way that suits them) = a gamble on your ticket, sanity and outlook on life. Glad I'm out and in retrospect should have done the regional thang.
135 with all the cr@p they can get away with (perpetual on-call, interpretation of pretty much any FAR to a way that suits them) = a gamble on your ticket, sanity and outlook on life. Glad I'm out and in retrospect should have done the regional thang.
09-03-2011, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by SD3FR8DOG
+ 2
135 with all the cr@p they can get away with (perpetual on-call, interpretation of pretty much any FAR to a way that suits them) = a gamble on your ticket, sanity and outlook on life. Glad I'm out and in retrospect should have done the regional thang.
135 with all the cr@p they can get away with (perpetual on-call, interpretation of pretty much any FAR to a way that suits them) = a gamble on your ticket, sanity and outlook on life. Glad I'm out and in retrospect should have done the regional thang.
Last edited by freightdog; 09-03-2011 at 06:58 AM.
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