dcramer16
Well-Known Member
I talked to her last week and she said they weren't hiring right now, just accepting resumes to put into a future hiring pool.
Ameriflight, Cheiftan, BE99, and SA227 Captains....
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I talked to her last week and she said they weren't hiring right now, just accepting resumes to put into a future hiring pool.
skatergeek
Beet Farmer
I talked to her last week and she said they weren't hiring right now, just accepting resumes to put into a future hiring pool.
Well I called again today, and she said that she has not got the list of interviews yet. She also said she hopes to have it today and will be calling for interviews as soon as she gets it. She never said if it was for a class or a pool.
skatergeek
Beet Farmer
Hmm..she didn't tell me that but I am pretty interested! hehe. How many BE99 capts are they looking for and where at?
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Apparently they're undergoing a pretty significant expansion. That's second hand info, I have no idea.
Piperflyer
Well-Known Member
Spoke with Sylvia today, she said they will be setting up interviews for the next 2 weeks.
looking for CA and OR Chieftain pilots, CVG EMB FOs, and SJU, also some Metro pilots.
looking for CA and OR Chieftain pilots, CVG EMB FOs, and SJU, also some Metro pilots.
E_Dawg
Moderator
Turnover is high. Some positions/bases/assignments are like black holes, you can get in but can't get out. That's why they advertise for pilots regularly. A good number wash out of training - sounds simple but: make sure you're up to speed on basic IFR stuff if you go there. That cannot be emphasized enough.
murphfly
Well-Known Member
What time have you been able to get a hold of her. Is she in the office during the day or night? Thanks!
HVYMETALDRVR
Well-Known Member
Come November when I get current again and everything I'm definitely shooting my app that way, I hope they're hiring!
ljg
Well-Known Member
You getting back into the game for 3 more weeks?
Piperflyer
Well-Known Member
I called her at 8:00 am here in Hawaii, but this is about the 6th time I tried and it really was just luck that I got her. She was really nice though.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
Exactly. Guys will jump on an out station based 99 run thinking to themselves, "Alright! Turbine PIC time! w00t!!!! I'll be at Southwest in no time!" After 6 months of flying the same run and only building 200 hours, they're ready to kill themselves and have to quit the company to leave the out station.
The deal with out stations at Amflight is that if there isn't somebody willing to fill the position, you're stuck there; you can't simply "bid out" of an out station.
Ed's also spot on in that the wash out rate is incredibly high.
CDNPilotDave
Well-Known Member
Is anyone familiar with Amflights policies/procedures on a) training washouts and b) quitting to get out of 'black hole outposts', and subsequent attempts at being hired?
murphfly
Well-Known Member
Are you in some kind of contest to see how many times you can make pointless replies to my posts?!
FYI Their training is longer than 3 weeks...
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
A. When I was there (I left the training department in July of 2007) the general policy was that you'd be given 6 months to go brush up on your skills and then you could re-interview and attempt training again. If you wash out a second time, you were done. I'm sure you could come back in a shorter period of time, but 6 months seemed to be the average I saw.
B. If you quit because you were stuck in an out station nobody wanted, and attempted to get rehired I'd guess that you'd be shown the finger and the door, quickly. It would be obvious that you were attempting to subvert their system and they wouldn't be too happy about it, but that's just a guess.