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05-16-2012 | 10:11 PM
#131
Gets Weekends Off
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From: Beech 1900D
Lakes is 100% about the PIC time. Doesn't help too much if noone is hiring....If you want to know the life of someone who spent wayyyyyy too much time there, absolutely hit me up. I got 2K PIC outta the place. May not sound like much, but it's definitely enough to let ya know what is up over the 4.X years I spent there....much like a family environment...like a family environment where daddy smacks you in the face each and every day..
Last edited by Cubdriver; 05-26-2012 at 12:47 PM. Reason: profanity
05-17-2012 | 03:21 PM
#133
patience
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05-17-2012 | 07:07 PM
#134
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: B1900 CA
Why would anyone work here, going to Eagle over this place was the best thing I ever did. I made almost 30k my first year a EGL and will make 40+ 2nd year. I have a friend who went to Expressjet at the same time and is doing even better on pay.
With the mins to get hired going up up up, pick some place better, this place is trash.
With the mins to get hired going up up up, pick some place better, this place is trash.
05-17-2012 | 08:51 PM
#135
On Reserve
Joined: Dec 2011
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I heard from a friend a while ago that it is mostly day trips so you do not get per diem most of the time. What is it like currently? Do you get more overnights or per diem when you are working?
05-18-2012 | 04:39 AM
#136
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: B1900 CA
Their is currently a guy in my upgrade class who has been here 8 months, so if you meet the ATP mins, you can upgrade pretty quick. I would throw that in the "good light" colum. After all, you don't come to lakes to be a career FO!
05-18-2012 | 05:53 AM
#137
On Reserve
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: A320, Left
17 years ago a Capt. I was flying with told me the hardest thing about going to a great commuter airline is leaving. I left flying the metro for a 135 co. and went to Continental Express to fly the 1900. Upgrade was quick a and the experience and people were great. It was a fantastic place to work, but I keept moving. If you don't plan on making a carrer out of a commuter or getting rich I think GL is the best way to get a jump start on this crazy carrer.
I have been a Capt. at Frontier for 11 years and flown with many exlakers. I have always had the highest confidence in there ability to fly the airplane.
I have been a Capt. at Frontier for 11 years and flown with many exlakers. I have always had the highest confidence in there ability to fly the airplane.
05-20-2012 | 09:04 PM
#138
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2011
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Why would anyone work here, going to Eagle over this place was the best thing I ever did. I made almost 30k my first year a EGL and will make 40+ 2nd year. I have a friend who went to Expressjet at the same time and is doing even better on pay.
With the mins to get hired going up up up, pick some place better, this place is trash.
With the mins to get hired going up up up, pick some place better, this place is trash.
05-21-2012 | 06:58 PM
#139
Line Holder
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 89
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From: B1900 CA
This guys a joke..he must be so bored sitting reserve for eagle with no upgrade in sight that he has to hang out on lakes threads and try and recruit people to his airline that isn't hiring and will probably furlough his a$$ w/ in the next 6 months. Good thing you didn't come to lakes you wouldn't have made it very far.
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