Lyddon Aero Center
 

Lyddon Aero Center is hiring. Looks like some low time opportunities. If anyone has any information about this company please chime in.

Employment ? Lyddon Aero Center, Inc.

I've been offered a job with them several times.
They want a CFI and Co pilot for their beech jets.
For your beech jet training they co-sign a loan in your name and pay it as long as you're working there. If you quit early they stop paying the loan.

Edit: Answered my own question. Read the post wrong.

Any idea of how much flying you do?

It's a combination of 135 and 91. I've heard they work you to death but I've also heard consistently that you'll get 100 hours a month.

How much is the loan & what are the terms?

I think it was around 8k for a one year commitment.

How do you fly 100 hours a month in the middle of western KS? Is most of that CFIing?

If you look, they aren't in the middle of Kansas. If I was guessing they do a lot of charter for oil companies since they are located right over the Oklahom-Texas panhandle

You would be surprised. I think it's a lot of cattle execs too. The owners of Pizza Hut have a plane there that Lyddons manages too. I think they have 3-4 Beechjets, Conquest 1's and 2's, an Aerostar, 210, 172 and some others.

Any info on the pay and benefits?

I have been out there a few times on day turns. Busy aviation hub, lots of charter work, and incredibly nice to me as a pilot/customer. It's in southwest Kansas, but there are worse places to live for a year or two. My suggestion is to at least look into them, I'm sure it's as good a gig as any low time pilot will get anywhere. Lot's of agricultural and oil money out there, then there is that whole farmers daughter thing.

Not sure, sorry.

I see them still advertising. I thought I'd give this a bump.

I'll give his a bump.

IIRC pay was listed @ 4k/mo after checkout as a twin piston and below 135 PIC. 5k once in the turbines. Like has been stated they are super super busy. We operate near by and one of the newish guys told me he did 850hr in '17 compared to what I thought was my busy 650.

The area out here really sucks if your used to a metro city with things to do but I don't regret the short term sacrifice. You'll get great skills with our wind / Wx and flying 421s, 425, 441, Pay2/XL is pretty fun, Their Beechjets fly A LOT. They just bought another. I'd at least check it out.

Liberal isn't. 20,500 very conservative citizens. Airport includes Mid-America Air Museum, 5th largest in the country, collection of about 100 a/c. Largest employer (3,500!) is National Beef Packing Co. Skywest has two RT to Denver, United Express CRJ-200s. Near nothing, hot, dry, windy.

Training Costs
 

Do you go to Flight Safety or some other provider for the 400 training or do they do it in-house and the loan covers their expenses?

I believe they do it in-house.


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Thanks for the reply.

FYI. I called them today and they said the position posted for a cfi and co-pilot has been filled, but to go ahead and send a resume in and they will keep it on file. Who knows, maybe they are expecting another opening in the not to distant future as well.