AMF 1900's

We're hiring everywhere, for everything, out of senority order. You want it? Got the time? You've got it.

I'm not positive it's that extreme, but it sure seems like it sometimes...
 
1 day to 1 year... Just depends on location, location, location and the time you have when you get hired.

I've heard of 2 year waits in PDX and BFI at one point for a 99. There is one guy from PDX right now who has been there at least 5 years flying the 99 and is just now upgrading to Metro. His choice though to stay at a stagnant senior base.

Or you can get hired into a crappy outstation or a base like BIL or SLC and start in the 99.

Good luck
 
dbrault17 said:
Whats the career progression at AMF? How long until you can upgrade to a turboprop captain?
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it varies
I saw a chieftain capt go to a 99 in two months in BFI
and a chieftain driver under me go outstation in one month to a 99


Citabria what makes SLC so crappy?
 
"Or you can get hired into a crappy outstation or a base like BIL or SLC and start in the 99."

Hey, I would love to work here in the 99. PIC turboprop, and home every night.

"Citabria what makes SLC so crappy?"


Who?
 
JayAre said:
it varies
I saw a chieftain capt go to a 99 in two months in BFI
and a chieftain driver under me go outstation in one month to a 99


Citabria what makes SLC so crappy?
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Nothing is crappy about SLC. I should have worded that sentence differently. Getting hired into a 99 requires you to take a crappy outstation (one nobody already here wants) OR get hired into SLC or BIL which are turbine only bases.
 
citabriapilot said:
Nothing is crappy about SLC. I should have worded that sentence differently. Getting hired into a 99 requires you to take a crappy outstation (one nobody already here wants) OR get hired into SLC or BIL which are turbine only bases.
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gotcha

Ive had my 99 postponed I think 3 times here in BUR because they can't find chieftain drivers
 
Gotta love AMF... Can't find 'Jo drivers, but they can hire 99 drivers off the street to take YOUR opening. Happened to me when I was trying to leave PDX. Awarded the bid in August, didn't get a class till January. In the meantime, Tinman got hired off the street and had a 1900 before I even got to SLC. Oh well, Tinman IS the man... Well, scratch that, it was a 1900 that popped his cherry, not a Tube. :rawk:
 
It's still happening up in Portland, and we're losing pilots over it. That seems to be the way things work; you've got the senority to hold a new piece of equipment in another base, your seat and base lock is up and instead of sending you to school, we'll hire somebody else off the street and send them to plug the hole instead. So then we lose said Chieftain driver out of that base anyways when they quit.

Good stuff I tell ya.
 
people are dropping like flys... phx is also loosing people now at least when I get to SLC i won't be junior.... that would be funny senior to 4 99 drivers with the least amount of 99 experience go figure

ha the other day not enough chieftains for chieftain pilots so they send 99s on a chieftain run
 
Yeah, when I finally got to SLC I was number 3 of like 9 of the 99 pilots. I was senior to one 1900 and one Metro pilot. If they would have transferred me sooner, rather than hire off the street, I would have had a Metro about 4 months sooner. Oh well. Timing ended up working out for the best.
 
citabriapilot said:
Gotta love AMF... Can't find 'Jo drivers, but they can hire 99 drivers off the street to take YOUR opening. Happened to me when I was trying to leave PDX. Awarded the bid in August, didn't get a class till January. In the meantime, Tinman got hired off the street and had a 1900 before I even got to SLC. Oh well, Tinman IS the man... Well, scratch that, it was a 1900 that popped his cherry, not a Tube. :rawk:
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But if I hadn't, we wouldn't have got to spend that quality time together in BUR!:) Must've been when I put down 1)SLC 2)PDX 3)SLC as my bases of choice. They knew I wanted it more:D!
 
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