Airnet requirements
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pilotx86
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Hey Starcheckers! Ive really been considering Airnet. I've talked to a guy there and said to call back when I got my multi a few months ago. Right now I'm at 1050TT; 35ME (30ME PIC); 72 instrument (22 in a sim); 495 hrs of the point to point; 165 night.
What are the chances of a guy like me from New York City to get a base like Teterboro?
Also, I'm confused as to the whole minimum and maximum rig rate there.
Thanks in advance!
What are the chances of a guy like me from New York City to get a base like Teterboro?
Also, I'm confused as to the whole minimum and maximum rig rate there.
Thanks in advance!
If you want teterboro I'll give you 95% chance you'll get it out of training. I can't really say that about any other base. The runs are pretty good out of there....no one wants to live there though.
STP not likely anytime soon.
It's all luck of the draw. TEB and BDL however are always junior for the most part.
Blip16
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thats ok, i don't meet the time i would like to have when i apply (1100TT, currently 700TT)
how long are you usually at one of those "junior" bases?
pilotx86
Well-Known Member
ha! i live in brooklyn, NY...i actually used to fly out of TEB when there were still flight schools there..what a shame..but i do miss TEB..."gate hold" in a cessna 172..i always found that amusing =P thanks for the info!
falconvalley
Absentee Dad of the OOTSK, Runner, Cat Frustrator
Movement tends to be quick. Some people stay for a few months. On the other end, I had a friend get awarded a junior base and fly one trip outa there and get awarded another base with the same equipment within a week.
Blip16
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thanks. hopefully within the next 10 months i will be there, hopefully sooner
Any SICs going to airnet training just remeber they will train you to and you will have to be just as proficient as a 135 IFR PIC. Meaning stay current and keep flying instruments. If you have just a few hours of instrument in a 172 you might want to think about getting some time under the hood in a lot faster airplane with someone next to you who will drill you into the ground (hopefully not really). My advice is take a couple of flights at night and do holds, work on NDBs, 3 or 4 approaches at airports that are very close. Your profile is 150 kts to FAF so if youve been flying a plane that wont even push 150 in a straight dive Id advise you do something that speeds up your thinking.
Its a great place to work for from what I gather but dont just go in thinking that since you made it to training and youll be an SIC that youre in. I went to training completly unprepared and did not make but learned a hell of lot. So much that my training at Flight Express was a walk in the park.
Also, while flying the line stay current on the profiles and if they train you in another plane dont fail that checkride. One of the guys in my class who passed with no problems on the baron failed two checkrides on the Caravan and they let him go (if they are so short on pilots whats up with?).
Its a great place to work for from what I gather but dont just go in thinking that since you made it to training and youll be an SIC that youre in. I went to training completly unprepared and did not make but learned a hell of lot. So much that my training at Flight Express was a walk in the park.
Also, while flying the line stay current on the profiles and if they train you in another plane dont fail that checkride. One of the guys in my class who passed with no problems on the baron failed two checkrides on the Caravan and they let him go (if they are so short on pilots whats up with?).
I understand where youre coming from but if he was fine single pilot in the baron, completly competent, been doing it for several months, it just doesnt make sense to me for the them to completly cut him loose and have to find another guy who may or may not cut it in training for a baron run. Letting him go after failing a Van checkride says nothing about his single pilot IFR flying in the baron. That is assuming all the above and I proly dont know the whole story.
Stone Cold
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I'd definitely want to find out more of this story as something doesn't add up...why did he fail a Van checkride, muchless 2 of them? I think if they thought the person was having problems with the Van they shouldn't be out in a Baron (just a guess). I'm still not sure how you pass a 135 Baron checkride, then fail the Van ride?! There's definitely more to this story...
AHHHHHH welcome to airnet. They like to fire as much as they like to hire. Its understandable why, but for guys thinking of coming here just know they aren't going to hold your hand at all. You either cut it or you don't. 50% washout rate right now, according to and IP. have a great attitude and instrument skills and its all good. Lacking in either department? Go to the regionals, they will hold your hand
That's their policy.
If you choose to transition or upgrade you are basically putting your job on the line. They give you two shots at the same checkride. If you can't pass a checkride in two tries I'm sorry but the writing is kinda on the wall. Caravan is an easy plane to fly. He either didn't study or caught a bad break tough deal either way. Buuuuuttt Airnet isn't the end of the road so I'm sure he'll find somethin else soon enough.
If you choose to transition or upgrade you are basically putting your job on the line. They give you two shots at the same checkride. If you can't pass a checkride in two tries I'm sorry but the writing is kinda on the wall. Caravan is an easy plane to fly. He either didn't study or caught a bad break tough deal either way. Buuuuuttt Airnet isn't the end of the road so I'm sure he'll find somethin else soon enough.
Stone Cold
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Yes, new guys, remember, if you're on the line for a while and come in to take a checkride...it is possible to fail it. You get 2 shots. Period. Not sure what you're wanting here, but seriously, that's stupid if you think somebody should get more than 2 chances for a Van checkride of all things.
I'm sure he feels more comfortable being in the right seat, if he was having trouble with the Van. Seriously, it's a 172 on 'Roids.
Not really arguing you here on this one. No proly shouldnt get another chance to upgrade for awhile. That was alot of time and money wasted on him. What I dont understand is why would they just send him on his way for not making the cut in one airplane when he could have went back and been perfectly fine flying the line on the baron (assuming he was fine remember). That sounds like even more money wasted training another pilot who may or may not even make it to a Baron.
What I want from telling this?- Let new people know about another reality of flying thats all. Before going to Airnet I never even thought about failing a checkride (or a couple
) and what the consequenses where at an air carrier. Knowledge is power right?So now my question is this at some of the bigger airliners-If you get upgraded to captain or to bigger equipment and fail (assuming the same variables as our "friend here")what happens? Do they cut completly or do knock you down to your old posistion?
(And before anybody thinks but no Im not trying to suggest or argue if Airnet is a bad or unfair company-I think quite the opposite really.)