If your goal is a major, your best bet after Ameriflight would be something like Allegiant or Atlas. There is an agreement with Allegiant which you are elligable for after 3 years of AMF and a few other requirements (ie training captain).

I'm sure Jetlife will be along any moment to persuade you to avoid AMF altogether.

Thanks so much for the advice and input. I just assumed that when the majors say "turbine PIC time" they meant RJs so that was my mistake. Yes, my ultimate goal is the majors in 121 but I have nothing against 135 and would gladly fly cargo, but I just don't want something like Ameriflight to hold me back or make the transition to 121 majors and a more rewarding job more difficult. Like I said before though, I would take a job flying for ameriflight and I know I would enjoy every last second of it but on the other hand I would kind of like my path to the majors be as short as possible like anyone else. I guess in the end the only thing that matters is getting to wake up and fly airplanes all day and get paid for it.

So just a heads up to all the FOs in the pool. I was placed in the pool end of June. Talked to the new hiring director. He said the pool is DEEP. Told me I was expecting about 6 more months in the pool. So thats around a 10 month wait. Just giving people a heads up if you need a job now.

Thanks for the heads up. I was placed in the pool on 25 Jun. At 135 mins now and dropping a new application for a captain slot. I wonder if that means a new interview?

Possibly. It also means you likely will get on sooner.

Having flown at Ameriflight and at an airline, I can tell you that there was remarkably little that I learned at Ameriflight that has benefited me in the airline world. I mean no offense to Ameriflight and it's pilots, but it is completely different.

It seems that Buff thinks that airline pilots do little more than monitor the autopilot on approaches while flight attendants bring us coffee, but that is far from the truth in my experience. Hand flying the MT Vernon visual in DCA, with a circle to 33, in an 80,000lb jet and landing it on a 5000' runway with passengers in the back is much more challenging than any of the flying that I did at AMF. Not to mention flying CatII approaches to minimums, and all of the other responsibilities of dealing with flying passengers.

I don't have bad feelings towards AMF, but it just isn't that big of a deal. If you have less than 1500 hours, and it is close to home, then go for it. Else, it is just a stepping stone.

I know that people talk about Ameriflight pilots going to the Majors, but it really doesn't happen. That is just their recruiting pitch.

There are literally thousands of regional pilots that have 5000+ hours of TPIC in jets in the airlines that are all applying at the majors. Many have previous tubroprop experience. You are not likely to jump past them to the majors because you have 1000 hours in a Beech 99.

Buff and Own Nav have no idea how the airlines operate, or any jet operators for that matter. But they will talk down about it all day so unassuming potential new hires will hopefully take the bait.

I will add, monitoring an autopilot down an approach to London while making 275k a year and working 9 days a month sounds so much worse than hand flying a clapped out hunk of antiquated junk to Midland Texas and topping out on the psyscale as a line pilot at 85k. Let's not get it twisted.

Anybody know who to contact to acquire training and employment records...?
I sent an email to the generic HR address a few weeks back and so far crickets.

There's Jetlife, a little later than I expected though, you must have had a busy week.

Expect a lot of promises from the recruiters.