Cherry Air
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Avalon781ML
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I would totally be down with living in TVF.... absolutely love it up there... unfortunately I meet their mins for the last recruitment period and not this one... sent my stuff in anyway.... we will see.
wrxpilot
New Member
Uh, did you not just see what those other guys wrote??
Avalon781ML
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Yeah.... but being young dumb naive and currently working a dead end job I am willing to roll the dice and hope to god they come up seven or eleven. Furthermore... if things really hit the fan I have a guaranteed non flying job that I would really enjoy very close by... so I guess I want to turn the question around and say given my current position/predicament why not?
wrxpilot
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Why not go for something more stable until everything settles out a little? Flight instructing is stable, you make a lot more money, and you can live wherever you want. You're not flying a jet, but that sure must get old quick if you're not making money and worried about your job.
It just amazes me how many people in this industry want to get on with some place like this, or some crappy regional airline. Then 4 months later they're back on here as some bitter person fed up with aviation. If some of these people had the slightest bit of patience and foresight, they might be a lot happier with their lives. Oh well, good luck.
Avalon781ML
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Well.... if some people had the slightest bit of patience with others and took the time to consider that maybe I have done my research and that flying 140-180 hours a month is getting pretty freakin' old... maybe I understand the risk involved in going to a company that might shut down soon. It just might possibly be that this would make me happier with my life in aviation... even if it is only for a few months. Thanks for your opinion... but I do resent the generalization you made with the insinuation that I am part of that group.
turbomax97
What can brown do for you?
I currently work at CCY.
Days are definately numbered unless things change for on demand across the board.
The climbto350.com ad that you saw was incorrect and has been updated since - they need street captains, not fo's.
I'd be surprised if the company made it past 6 months. That being said, if they do make it out, I could be next in line to upgrade, and cherry is a good place to start to get to SWA or any of the ACMI carriers to work towards fedex/ups. It's definately a place you pay your dues at. The job is easy, the schedule is really tough.
Days are definately numbered unless things change for on demand across the board.
The climbto350.com ad that you saw was incorrect and has been updated since - they need street captains, not fo's.
I'd be surprised if the company made it past 6 months. That being said, if they do make it out, I could be next in line to upgrade, and cherry is a good place to start to get to SWA or any of the ACMI carriers to work towards fedex/ups. It's definately a place you pay your dues at. The job is easy, the schedule is really tough.
wrxpilot
New Member
Well, I didn't say you were part of that group. Hopefully you won't be, they don't seem to be very happy. If you decide to go that route, I sincerely wish you good luck and that it all works out. So many of the decisions we make in this industry are a crap shoot.
Avalon781ML
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Ok.... I apologize if I sounded a bit harsh.... I guess I am getting burned out and easily aggitated these days. Although I like playing craps I just might stay out of this game.
turbomax97
What can brown do for you?
I'd bet that none of the 10 or so pilots at cherry are people with a lack of patience and foresight... Sure the road at on demand is a rough one, especially with the lack of any real schedule and being on call for such long stretches, but none of us are here to retire - we're just like anyone else: here to get our time, check, and move on to a more lucrative gig.
You're right, some people do it out of a lack of education about some of these riskier gigs;however, most of the guys here at Cherry are guys that are here to move on to better places. I personally came here because it gave me the opportunity to be at home most of the month, no commute, a decent check, turbine pic within a year, and interesting flying.
Don't group all of us at Cherry into a group of bitter people that "settled" for this job. Sometimes life deals you cards and you've gotta play your hand if you want to continue in aviation. I simply couldn't afford to sit around staring at bloomberg's energy ticker hoping for oil to fall. It sure wasn't falling as fast as my bank account balance was.
I don't wish this on my worst enemy but it's not until you actually get furloughed, and have to support your family that YOU know what it's like to walk in our shoes, and do what we have to to put food on the table.
wrxpilot
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I understand about the on demand life. I'm on call 24/7 with 135 charter - it sucks sometimes, but it's all part of the job. For me, it was also a better option than the airlines due to pay, stability, quick upgrades, and a desire to move onto corporate flying.
What I don't understand is when there's a thread with numerous people warning somebody about a specific company due to looming problems in the short term future - and then someone comes along and asks if they're still hiring. That's a personal decision obviously, but it just makes me wonder why people are so quick to jump into a company that may have serious problems.
texas_pilot
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They are on climbto350- earlier for Capt & FO, now just Capt's.
Some A**'s sick joke?
Response to inquiry @ Cherry Air
SPAM] - Job Application for Falcon First Officers (1700TT, 500 ME) - Sender is probably forged (SPF Softfail)
Some A**'s sick joke?
Response to inquiry @ Cherry Air
SPAM] - Job Application for Falcon First Officers (1700TT, 500 ME) - Sender is probably forged (SPF Softfail)
Queboat
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that is just crazy talk