flight express??
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mavsfflife
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Yes, that is the way they do it now. I was in the class a couple months ago and they put you up at the extended stay in Maitland and class is at the airport. There is no hotel van or anything, you'll just need a car. Some people rented, other people had their own, but you shouldn't have a problem bumming a ride. They were having the class at the hotel not too long ago, but I think that was only because they were in the process of moving.
I don't work there, however I have spoken to one of the pilots who works for them. As I understand it, get the idea of the Baron out of your head, is what he told me. They're all parked (except for 2 I think). Unless the demand picks up to pull up those Barons, you'll be in the 206 the entire time.
Again, I don't work there, I have only spoken to one of the pilots on the run through here and this is information that he has told me. I'm sure others on here can give you more accurate/up-to-date information.
I'm also interested to know about TPA or ORL as TPA is my hometown. However, from what I've heard, being a new pilot if you are based at TPA you won't be able to make a living. Maybe once you have some seniority and better pay but not at first. I do not know though if it is a junior/senior base. Good luck to you.
braunpilot
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There are a few more than two baron runs but no as many as their used to be. I fly one of those baron runs. We fly the C210 not 206 but that's trivial at this point. TPA is possible. But most people hired are presently going out to California for the new runs we are getting there. ORL is another story and probably unlikely. That would require you to be pretty senior to fly out of there. If you want more information PM me.
braunpilot
What day is it?
As far as I know for now it's just HHR and OAK. But I could totally be wrong. I know for a fact HHR.
Busta McRuffsta
The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla
Are there going to be any new hire classes in the new year? I'd love to get on with Flight Express with a Cali base.
mtsu_av8er
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One was to find out - drop them a resume!
Busta McRuffsta
The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla
braunpilot
What day is it?
Well, the person who takes the resumes just had a kid and he is in and out of the office over the next couple of weeks. Just because you sent it in and did not get a response does not mean that your resume wasn't received.
braunpilot
What day is it?
A function of hours flown. Remember that when I started on average we were changing an engine on a C210 every 11 months (and we have a 2000TBO). While some of that changes with hours flown, I will be happy to discuss how Beechcraft does not provided enough information on changing parts of the Baron landing gear. PM me for more details.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Where are you finding all these engine failures? Searching "Flight Express" in the wildcard box (since it doesn't seem to come up with anything in the "airline" box) from 1/1/00 to 1/1/10 and discarding events in which the FLX guy was not the accident airplane, I find:
210 gear failure
b58 gear failure
210 went to sleep/heart attack/spatial disorientation
210 terrifying engine failure
210 gear failure
210 fatal ???, but certainly not engine failure. There's no radar in that area, so a spatial disorientation would not be noticed by anyone but the pilot. IIRC it was IMC.
b58 gear failure
210 knucklehead ran out of gas
210 guy drove off taxiway
b58 gear failure
So I would rest your head easy as far as engine failures. When you consider how many hours they put on the fleet in those years, to have only one (admittedly spectacular, catastrophic, and terrifying) engine failure (at least only one that ended in an accident) is pretty good.
As for gear failures? In about 2000 hours I had to pump them down once, and I don't remember feeling like it was a problem in the system. One of the baron guys who had the gear fold up posts here, maybe he could tell you.
210 gear failure
b58 gear failure
210 went to sleep/heart attack/spatial disorientation
210 terrifying engine failure
210 gear failure
210 fatal ???, but certainly not engine failure. There's no radar in that area, so a spatial disorientation would not be noticed by anyone but the pilot. IIRC it was IMC.
b58 gear failure
210 knucklehead ran out of gas
210 guy drove off taxiway
b58 gear failure
So I would rest your head easy as far as engine failures. When you consider how many hours they put on the fleet in those years, to have only one (admittedly spectacular, catastrophic, and terrifying) engine failure (at least only one that ended in an accident) is pretty good.
As for gear failures? In about 2000 hours I had to pump them down once, and I don't remember feeling like it was a problem in the system. One of the baron guys who had the gear fold up posts here, maybe he could tell you.
msmspilot
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I get 5 landing gear failures and 2 engine failures in 10 years.
I'm just curious because Key Lime Air gets crap on this forum for poor maintenance, and I could only find 1 gear failure, 1 engine failure, and 1 other accident due to maintenance problems.
I'll let the FLX guys comment but I believe Flight Express flies ten times as much as Key Lime. Key Lime also has pay to play FOs.
msmspilot
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If FLX is flying that much more, that's legit. The pay to play is a totally different issue.
Different issue but if it wasn't there no one would say a hoot about the company. Just saying....
msmspilot
Well-Known Member
Possibly. I won't argue on that one :beer:
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
This seems very true to me. I was looking at going to Key Lime a while back, and upon reading their accident history, it was mostly Stupid Pilot Tricks vol. 40. Not to say it's a great job, and I have heard negative things from guys who have been there, but my general operating theory is that really dangerous places tend to go out of business. (If you want some white knuckle fun, look up Prompt Air...those were the days).
If you want my advice, (or I guess even if you don't) if you get a job offer and you're for whatever reason sketched about it, go visit the operation and see what's what. Don't listen to The Internet unless it's a guy who has worked there.