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10-03-2016 | 06:00 PM
#9591
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From: Sitting and waiting
Yeah, upgrade is there when you want it.
For new guys, keep in mind that you absolutely will not get 1,000 hours in your first year. I know some guys who fly about 35 hours a month in sby as an FO. That's the only place the recruiters are being a little bit untruthful in regards to upgrade time
For new guys, keep in mind that you absolutely will not get 1,000 hours in your first year. I know some guys who fly about 35 hours a month in sby as an FO. That's the only place the recruiters are being a little bit untruthful in regards to upgrade time
Yeah. Guy in my class is on reserve sby never being used. Very odd
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10-04-2016 | 01:47 AM
#9592
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From: Professional Eugoogoolizer at the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good
10-04-2016 | 05:30 AM
#9593
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Ha. Yeah, im based there. My parents live next to airport so I can mooch off them when I'm there. Haha
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10-04-2016 | 08:09 PM
#9594
New Hire
Joined: Sep 2013
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I talked to a recruiter from Piedmont today. I'm a few months out from having my CFI, and their cadet program sounds really tempting. This is the gist of what they told me:
-Low upgrade times (12-14 months)
-Will pay me $500 for every 100 hours I log as a CFI on my way from 500 to 1500 hours ($5,000 total)
-First year pay will be in the low $50,000s (including bonuses)
-Minimal time on reserve, 6 weeks is the average right now
-Guaranteed flow to American after 5 years (but usually around 4 years)
-Great benefits
The whole deal sounded good. Almost too good. Any downsides the recruiter left out? I'm from the west coast but if everything the recruiter said was true, I would be more than happy to move to the east coast if it meant flying for American in 6-7 years.
-Low upgrade times (12-14 months)
-Will pay me $500 for every 100 hours I log as a CFI on my way from 500 to 1500 hours ($5,000 total)
-First year pay will be in the low $50,000s (including bonuses)
-Minimal time on reserve, 6 weeks is the average right now
-Guaranteed flow to American after 5 years (but usually around 4 years)
-Great benefits
The whole deal sounded good. Almost too good. Any downsides the recruiter left out? I'm from the west coast but if everything the recruiter said was true, I would be more than happy to move to the east coast if it meant flying for American in 6-7 years.
10-04-2016 | 08:16 PM
#9595
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Joined: Mar 2010
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From: rabble rouser
I talked to a recruiter from Piedmont today. I'm a few months out from having my CFI, and their cadet program sounds really tempting. This is the gist of what they told me:
-Low upgrade times (12-14 months)
-Will pay me $500 for every 100 hours I log as a CFI on my way from 500 to 1500 hours ($5,000 total)
-First year pay will be in the low $50,000s (including bonuses)
-Minimal time on reserve, 6 weeks is the average right now
-Guaranteed flow to American after 5 years (but usually around 4 years)
-Great benefits
The whole deal sounded good. Almost too good. Any downsides the recruiter left out? I'm from the west coast but if everything the recruiter said was true, I would be more than happy to move to the east coast if it meant flying for American in 6-7 years.
-Low upgrade times (12-14 months)
-Will pay me $500 for every 100 hours I log as a CFI on my way from 500 to 1500 hours ($5,000 total)
-First year pay will be in the low $50,000s (including bonuses)
-Minimal time on reserve, 6 weeks is the average right now
-Guaranteed flow to American after 5 years (but usually around 4 years)
-Great benefits
The whole deal sounded good. Almost too good. Any downsides the recruiter left out? I'm from the west coast but if everything the recruiter said was true, I would be more than happy to move to the east coast if it meant flying for American in 6-7 years.
the pay right now is in the low 50's but thats with a lot of temporary bonuses going on
they might not still be in effect by the time you finish the cadet program. so figure on, I believe, 38/hr at roughly 80-90hrs a month as a line holder (reserve can vary wildly from minpay of 75 to well over 90hrs)
the flow time frame is probably a bit overly optimistic unless they can secure the growth they want to get (count it as 'best case scenario' type of numbers)
10-04-2016 | 09:22 PM
#9596
New Hire
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there's a lot of sugar coating going on there
the pay right now is in the low 50's but thats with a lot of temporary bonuses going on
they might not still be in effect by the time you finish the cadet program. so figure on, I believe, 38/hr at roughly 80-90hrs a month as a line holder (reserve can vary wildly from minpay of 75 to well over 90hrs)
the flow time frame is probably a bit overly optimistic unless they can secure the growth they want to get (count it as 'best case scenario' type of numbers)
the pay right now is in the low 50's but thats with a lot of temporary bonuses going on
they might not still be in effect by the time you finish the cadet program. so figure on, I believe, 38/hr at roughly 80-90hrs a month as a line holder (reserve can vary wildly from minpay of 75 to well over 90hrs)
the flow time frame is probably a bit overly optimistic unless they can secure the growth they want to get (count it as 'best case scenario' type of numbers)
10-05-2016 | 01:42 AM
#9599
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