ackeight
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As long as I'm happy with my job I don't care what I fly. It doesn't need to be a nice shiney jet.
Is it even worth mentioning?
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Blip16
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that is how i have always felt. only problem with freight is the pay doesn't really improve that much
i am not looking for 100K a year, but 50-60 would be nicethat is how i have always felt. only problem with freight is the pay doesn't really improve that much
I've been here 18 months.
Blip16
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so what am i missing? feel free to PM if you don't want to discuss in the open
I'm not going to throw my paychecks up here but just like the regional rats have their stories of making WAY more then what is on APC, you can make some good change in a short time flying freight.
Blip16
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i understand your reasoning. isn't there a max amount of time you can work a year in 135 just like in 121? Airnet pays for duty time though and not flight time correct?
can you give out the approx. hourly? (PM would work too, i won't give it out)
Yes.
Correct.
Pay depends on equipment, seat and seniority.
What I wish for is a higher max for prop pay...if the prop pay maxed out higher, I'd be a lifer in the props...I don't need to fly a jet.
Especially if some of the more exciting rumors start to come true.
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ackeight
Well-Known Member
*cough* 1900 *cough*
ackeight
Well-Known Member
Mike your just the exception to the rule.
18 months is nuts..... I'm hoping for the same though.
bhh1128
New Member
That must be a big part for a lot of people. Perhaps there's a freight equivalent to SJS. I've had my eye on Airnet ever since I figured out why I'd hear some lonely piston twin flying overhead every night around 2... regardless of the weather.
I'd really like to work my way there in the next year or so.
averyrm
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Shouldn't it be, "mount by the fireplace"?
ackeight
Well-Known Member
Put it where you want. I'll put mine it in the bedroom
I'll believe it when they're leaking oil on the ramp. Until then...I'm not getting excited.
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bumflip
New Member
My question is this...If you have a wife and family and cannot afford to move (because of her job), is Airnet agood place where I can be home (Dallas) a couple of days every week? Utilizing caas of course...
I am leaning heavily towards freight because I enjoy flying at night, and don't necessarily want to deal with the pax problems or scheduling issues, that come up at an airline. Airnet is becoming more and more appealing to me.
You guys should hear the way that my fellow helicopter pilots talk about there jobs...it is almost as if they hate them! And to hear you guys saying what your saying about the company, well, that's what I'm looking for!
BUM
"future OOTSK member"
I am leaning heavily towards freight because I enjoy flying at night, and don't necessarily want to deal with the pax problems or scheduling issues, that come up at an airline. Airnet is becoming more and more appealing to me.
You guys should hear the way that my fellow helicopter pilots talk about there jobs...it is almost as if they hate them! And to hear you guys saying what your saying about the company, well, that's what I'm looking for!
BUM
"future OOTSK member"
My question is this...If you have a wife and family and cannot afford to move (because of her job), is Airnet agood place where I can be home (Dallas) a couple of days every week? Utilizing caas of course...
I am leaning heavily towards freight because I enjoy flying at night, and don't necessarily want to deal with the pax problems or scheduling issues, that come up at an airline. Airnet is becoming more and more appealing to me.
You guys should hear the way that my fellow helicopter pilots talk about there jobs...it is almost as if they hate them! And to hear you guys saying what your saying about the company, well, that's what I'm looking for!
BUM
"future OOTSK member"
If you got an 8/6 floater position you could do it, although the travel would eat into your days off. You'd have to be prepared for the possibility a floater position might not be available at the time you complete training. If that were the case you'd have to bid a run and wait until one came open. These days they don't seem hard to get, but you never know how it'll be in the future.
And people at Airnet DO complain. Some don't like the job at all. Here at JC you generally have people who are positive about the company, but to some it's not all roses and sunshine. It seems Airnet pilots on JC don't typically whine about the small stuff - at least in public.
I'm not around the flagpole enough to know even what the latest complaints are, but the guys who roll through LCK probably know a whole bunch of that stuff.It's not all roses.If you got an 8/6 floater position you could do it, although the travel would eat into your days off. You'd have to be prepared for the possibility a floater position might not be available at the time you complete training. If that were the case you'd have to bid a run and wait until one came open. These days they don't seem hard to get, but you never know how it'll be in the future.
And people at Airnet DO complain. Some don't like the job at all. Here at JC you generally have people who are positive about the company, but to some it's not all roses and sunshine. It seems Airnet pilots on JC don't typically whine about the small stuff - at least in public.
#1 complaint of the pilot group. They are sick of flying at night.
Most of the others stem from communication issues between management and the pilots. Pretty typical with any job.
Most runs are at night. There isn't a "typical" schedule - runs start and end at all different times. There are some day-ish runs.
Most runs are multi-leg trips, and most runs start and end at your base. But again, runs are individually tailored, so it's pretty hard to generalize.
:yeahthat:
When I first started here I had a 2-leg day run that ran 3 days a week.
11am show time done by 6pm.