Any Flight Expres pilots????

Texasspilot

Texasspilot

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I've just started seriously looking for 135 cargo operators to start sending resumes to and saw that Flight Expres appears to really need pilots. What I was wondering was about upgrade time and pay. On the website it gives a salary range and says its based on the length of the run. Do any of you current or former pilots have any idea on average salary and lenth of run. Also is it mostly night operations or daytime? Any info you guys can provide I'd really appreciate.
 
Flight Express pays $10 per duty HOUR...i.e. you're sitting at an FBO sleeping waiting for a courier, you're getting paid. You could luck out and get a run making $140/day (the max) or you could luck out (in my eyes) and get a run that's 3 hours long from door to door and make the minimum $75/day. And of course there are runs in between. As far as I know the runs start in the afternoon generally and go through late evening/early morning (like most check/freight runners). They get the annual salary by multiplying the daily salary by 260, which is the amount of days you'd work if you worked 52 weeks per year with Sat/Sun off. I believe there is 2 weeks paid vacation after 1 year but I'm not sure.

They've recently added more barons to the fleet and I'm not sure what the current upgrade time is. Keep in mind, Flight Express has no employment contract to sign. The company is VERY open to pilots interviewing and moving up, and won't blackball you.

I am good friends with the recruiter, gary, and even re-did their website. He's very upfront about the recruiting process and doesn't try to sugar coat the job. It's a good company to work with. Had I stayed in ORL I'd probably be there.

Hope that helps, good luck in your job search. Just make sure you're happy where you end up, as you could be there a bit!

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Pretty good website too! I like the idea of paying for duty hour as it's a lot more 'realistic' than just paying for straight flight time.

Also, it gives the employer the incentive that if they're going to drag you out of bed at o'dark thirty, they're not going to use you inefficiently.
 
My first CFI was flying for Flight Express for a while. He was doing a 210 run from Jackson, MS to Shreveport, LA that left in the morning and flew back in the afternoon. I checked, and it looks like that's a Baron run now. Not sure if he kept that run or got moved to another one. I need to call him anyway.....
 
Wheelsup the new website looks nice! Much better than the old. Now if they just hired people with 1000 hours.
 
FE is a good company. Just be sure to have balls of steel doing that type of flying. It is one of the more risky flying jobs you can do so get your time and get out.
 
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FE is a good company. Just be sure to have balls of steel doing that type of flying. It is one of the more risky flying jobs you can do so get your time and get out.

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What does everyone think of Amerflight? It seems to me that this would be the cargo place to work for.
 
I've read a lot of great things about ameriflight.

Again, you'll be flying old airplanes through sometimes mountain terrain in IMC during winter (no thanks) but would make you one hell of a pilot!!!

I would recommend that you all know what you're getting into when choosing to fly freight. Call me a chicken, but I found it to be dangerous and not worth the risk (especially night IMC in a single). But I understand the need to get multi time, believe me!!!
 
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FE is a good company. Just be sure to have balls of steel doing that type of flying. It is one of the more risky flying jobs you can do so get your time and get out.

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What does everyone think of Amerflight? It seems to me that this would be the cargo place to work for.

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Here is a career journal from a former AmeriFlight pilot. Really provides some good insight to his "journey" through freight. He is a JC member but hasn't been around in some time.

journal - click here
 
From the Ram Air Freight site:

"And while the Lance can't fly during icing conditions, it is fully capable to fly through almost all weather."

hmmmmm...
 
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I've read a lot of great things about ameriflight.

Again, you'll be flying old airplanes through sometimes mountain terrain in IMC during winter (no thanks) but would make you one hell of a pilot!!!

I would recommend that you all know what you're getting into when choosing to fly freight. Call me a chicken, but I found it to be dangerous and not worth the risk (especially night IMC in a single). . .

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Man, I LOVE night IMC in singles!!!
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Wheelsup the new website looks nice! Much better than the old. Now if they just hired people with 1000 hours.

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1200 = 135 IFR mins. They cannot hire at 1000 hours unless it is for VFR operations, and operationally that would not work with their schedule.
 
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Wheelsup the new website looks nice! Much better than the old. Now if they just hired people with 1000 hours.

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Thanks for the comments!

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1200 = 135 IFR mins. They cannot hire at 1000 hours unless it is for VFR operations, and operationally that would not work with their schedule.

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Actually, they are hiring at 1100 hours for VFR flights if you meet the other minimums. It used to not be so but has recently been changed.

Incidently, is this ER from Air Orlando?

~wheelsup
 
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Wheelsup the new website looks nice! Much better than the old. Now if they just hired people with 1000 hours.

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1200 = 135 IFR mins. They cannot hire at 1000 hours unless it is for VFR operations, and operationally that would not work with their schedule.

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They are hiring at 1100, though . . .
 
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