AirNet just called me

I tried to call them back every day this week so far and no joy on Mr. BW. I will try again tomorrow but I called three times yesterday with no luck.

Ill post as soon as I get a hold of em.
 
Fly Boy Knight said:
I tried to call them back every day this week so far and no joy on Mr. BW. I will try again tomorrow but I called three times yesterday with no luck.

Ill post as soon as I get a hold of em.
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BW is in California covering a run. He's suppose to be back sometime around the end of the week.
 
Alinator said:
working for Airnet pre-Bayside was equivalent to meeting the most beautiful, funny, and witty girl at the party...and taking her home and making sweet love to her all night long. [Entire paragraph recited in Barry White's voice].

Once Bayside took over, it was pretty much the same, except you realize that you owe her money in the morning. [Insert Carrot Top's voice]
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:yup::yup::yup:Beer. STAT!
 
Yeah I got a call from BW as well. It was out of nowhere at around 9-10 pm on a saturday. I was surprised to say the least. Basically, wanted flight times, where I was in my flying career, and if I wanted to come in for a sim re-evaluation.
 
Ask tactfully when you re-interview what is driving the demand for pilots. Please be professional when you ask, but they should have a solid answer for you about it. If it's long-term growth and new runs for the company-great. If it is temporary holiday runs then there could be a furlough at the beginning of next year, when those runs are adjusted. It would be tough to move family and face furlough. I'm NOT saying that's happening here (I have no idea but I hope the company is growing). It's just a question you should tactfully ask, because you need to have all of your information straight before you accept a job. The type of flying Airnet does is a hell of a lot of fun, and it'd be very hard to find a better pilot group anywhere.
 
ljg said:
If it is temporary holiday runs then there could be a furlough at the beginning of next year, when those runs are adjusted.
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According to a gentleman at Airnet that I'd hope would know...this is partly the case. The other case is 3 open positions that they can't seem to fill from the active pilot roster nor can they get anyone on the furlough list to bid a recall for them.

Their goal is to make everyone a full time active pilot (just as I'm sure their goal is to increase business enough to bring everyone back off of the furlough list and buy those 1900s that were supposed to be delivered when the Borg took over). That said, ljg makes a great point...get specifics as tactfully as you can before you accept or decline the job.

Also realize that with the current closed base policy, if you come in at the bottom of the seniority list (and someone will have to if they hire off of the streets), you could be furloughed at any time should a base/run close. I'm not saying that will happen, because who really wants to go to BDL(?), but it's a realistic possibility you should be considering.

-mini
 
I'm on the FAC at Airnet. They are bringing people back on a part time basis for now (6 month contract), but the plan is to get those people back to full time soon. We are right on the edge of picking up a lot of new business so they're trying to get some people back up to currency to prepare for this. In the meantime the part time guys will be used for seasonal charters. Also, it is true that a few new runs have gone unbid through the furlough list, they are permenant runs in the LA area.
 
minitour said:
How was the last meeting? Productive?

-mini
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Overall it looks like we're heading in a good direction. The company is profitable and managment sees growth in the near future.

We're still argueing about the sick policy though. That discussion got pretty ugly at the last meeting.
 
haulingchecks said:
We're still argueing about the sick policy though. That discussion got pretty ugly at the last meeting.
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As long as they're happy with pilots calling off "sick" all the time between November and December.:dunno: I know it doesn't take much to get a note from your doctor these days saying "xxx will be able to return to work on ___" and that's that.

Hope y'all have some good news for us all in the near future. Any idea what kinda time frame they're looking at on the new stuff?

-mini
 
haulingchecks said:
Overall it looks like we're heading in a good direction. The company is profitable and managment sees growth in the near future.

We're still argueing about the sick policy though. That discussion got pretty ugly at the last meeting.
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It' was ugly for the two years I was on it as you know.
 
Then there are guys like me who would love to work for airnet anywhere.

All those runs the furloughed guys dont want I would be all over in a hartbeat. Sux having only 377 TT though.

And by the way:

Minitour has, what is quite possibly, the best Avitar EVER!
 
Jon Gandy said:
Then there are guys like me who would love to work for airnet anywhere.

All those runs the furloughed guys dont want I would be all over in a hartbeat. Sux having only 377 TT though.

And by the way:

Minitour has, what is quite possibly, the best Avitar EVER!
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What you want at 377 hours is much different then what you want at 3000 which is much different then what you want at 13,000.
 
As one pilot said to me: Now its I dont have enough total time. Later it will be you dont have enough Turbine time, then you dont have enough Jet time.

I can understand the progression and that priorities change as you have been in a position for quite some time. For me though I have been flying/training for the last 15 years. Thats alot of time lost to only have the little bit of hours I do, but I love flying. So whenever I get the money, I always spend it on trying to stay current.

I have had filler job after filler job while I wait for the industry to make a shift as well. So on a very low level, I understand what you guys are talking about.

As they say though, one mans trash is another mans treasure. Right now I would be quite happy with table scraps. So to fly for a carrier like Airnet would be a dream. 5 Years from now, sure I will want to be living in Florida and move into bigger aircraft, but for now a Barron would bring a smile to my face all day long.
 
Jon Gandy said:
As one pilot said to me: Now its I dont have enough total time. Later it will be you dont have enough Turbine time, then you dont have enough Jet time.

I can understand the progression and that priorities change as you have been in a position for quite some time. For me though I have been flying/training for the last 15 years. Thats alot of time lost to only have the little bit of hours I do, but I love flying. So whenever I get the money, I always spend it on trying to stay current.

I have had filler job after filler job while I wait for the industry to make a shift as well. So on a very low level, I understand what you guys are talking about.

As they say though, one mans trash is another mans treasure. Right now I would be quite happy with table scraps. So to fly for a carrier like Airnet would be a dream. 5 Years from now, sure I will want to be living in Florida and move into bigger aircraft, but for now a Barron would bring a smile to my face all day long.
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You might want to go ahead and get the CFI if you can. The days of getting in the industry with really low times may be long gone!
 
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