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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.
There probably haven't been any 99 bids because most of the PA31 guys are learning to put in standing bids. We've had 4 BE99 guys come to DFW from Chieftain positions in the past couple of months. And one more in training.
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.
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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?
Thanks
I've never seen a case of a 1900 spot being filled from the outside because it couldn't fill internally. You probably need to come in either in a 99 or even PA31. Once you're in the system, you would have a better shot since most guys coming into either one of those planes will need to fly for a couple years to meet the time requirements for a 1900.
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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.
SIU, if you hate Ameriflight so much, I hope you're not working here.
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.
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