Seaport Airlines hiring 500hr mins

Korey said:
The Seaport business plan is to suckle off of the government teat with essential air service contracts. The only legitimate operation they had going for them was the Wings of Alaska outfit in SE Alaska...and they ran that into the ground fairly quick. Seaport either needs to die out like the dodo or give its management over to a competent group of people.

Pilot shortage? Im sure they have one. Most companies nowadays have a pilot shortage due to how the industry has been as well as new government regulations. The pilot shortage at Seaport won't get any better with their atrocious pay and treatment of the employees. I've seen a loyal company pilot be grounded, not once but several times in a summer due to lost paperwork by the company CP. But the company was gracious enough to pay him his daily pilot salery ($160/day) if he would go sling bags with cargo (which was also horribly understaffed).

As for Wings of Alaska, I am glad to see that it will no longer be “A Proud Part of SeaPort Airlines.” Being a part of Seaport was a joke. The company ruined a good company. I was happy to see that it was sold and hoped that it could once again become a valuable asset to SE Alaska. Then I saw whom it was sold to. The new owner (as named in the news article) was the manager at Wings a few years ago. Shady is one way to describe him. I have seen him try to push some unsafe situations. The only reason he didn't is because employees pushed back. Now as the owner, woe to anyone who works there. Wings could be a great place to work and fly now that Seaport is out of the way. But with the new owner, I would doubly suggest that people stay away from working there.
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They were done in Juneau when they moved their dispatch to Portland. They should have just cut bait then.

Letting go of the girls prior to that was also an attack of dumbass.
 
ctab5060X said:
http://bizbuzz.djournal.com/2015/08/21/seaport-agrees-to-withdraw-service-from-tupelo/

From the article:
Last week, the Tupelo Airport Authority asked the Portland, Oregon-based airline to end its federally subsidized, two-year contract, citing poor performance problems since service began last October.


Nash said the airport authority asked SeaPort to end its service in 90 days.
The airline also agreed to withdraw service from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, whose airport also asked the airline to end its service early.
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Set-match-point. Proof. Facts. No arguments. Case closed @Av8tr1
 
"The Airport Authority had wanted SeaPort to end service at the end of the month, but decided the 90-day option was a better choice.

“We wanted them to at least finish out the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30,” Nash said. “That also gives us a little more time to transition over.”

With SeaPort withdrawing, the Transportation Department will begin the process to ask for new bids to provide service in Tupelo.

SeaPort’s subsidy, through the Essential Air Service program, paid the airline $2.5 million annually to provide 30 round trip flights between Tupelo and Nashville (18 flights) and Tupelo and Memphis (12 flights)." Source.

Talk about a buzz kill! Thats a lot in lost revenue. They said We Want You Out by the end of the month, well be nice about this and give you 90 days though.
 
ScorpionStinger said:
"The Airport Authority had wanted SeaPort to end service at the end of the month, but decided the 90-day option was a better choice.

“We wanted them to at least finish out the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30,” Nash said. “That also gives us a little more time to transition over.”

With SeaPort withdrawing, the Transportation Department will begin the process to ask for new bids to provide service in Tupelo.

SeaPort’s subsidy, through the Essential Air Service program, paid the airline $2.5 million annually to provide 30 round trip flights between Tupelo and Nashville (18 flights) and Tupelo and Memphis (12 flights)." Source.

Talk about a buzz kill! Thats a lot in lost revenue. They said We Want You Out by the end of the month, well be nice about this and give you 90 days though.
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http://www.timesdaily.com/news/seap...448-8dea-5529-a968-f3442279c0ee.html?mode=jqm

DOT is ordering SeaPort to continue serving MSL while they look for a new operator to take over the service.

I'm pretty sure that TUP might be something similar.
 
A80TRACON said:
I'm confused. Granted I'm just a lurking retired 30+ year controller, but you've been reading the thread about stay as far away as you can.....right?
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It's hard to take advice sometimes when you're desperate for a job. Some people just have to take that path and find out for themselves that they should have listened to the advice of others.


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A80TRACON said:
I'm confused. Granted I'm just a lurking retired 30+ year controller, but you've been reading the thread about stay as far away as you can.....right?
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Yes I have but I prefer to make my own judgements. I have had many jobs some good and some bad or as they say individual results may vary.

GreenWater said:
It's hard to take advice sometimes when you're desperate for a job. Some people just have to take that path and find out for themselves that they should have listened to the advice of others.
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Hardly desperate for a job I have a job that pays quite well. I am close to early retirement age with 23 years with the same company a large aircraft manufacture located principally in WA state. I would be taking a greater than 50% pay cut to retire early and take to the sky.

I just want to fly.
 
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Pilotlynn said:
Yes I have but I prefer to make my own judgements. I have had many jobs some good and some bad or as they say individual results may vary.



Hardly desperate for a job I have a job that pays quite well. I am close to early retirement age with 23 years with the same company a large aircraft manufacture located principally in WA state. I would be taking a greater than 50% pay cut to retire early and take to the sky.

I just want to fly.
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I was in the same boat as you (but without CFI) almost exactly 1 year ago today... rotting away in a cubicle, wanting to actually earn money with my commercial certificate.

One of the lessons in life is that you must always make YOUR OWN decisions- and follow your own path. What worked or didn't work for one person does not necessarily mean the same will be true for you. In many cases yes, but just as often no. You must fully understand the reasons behind why something works or does not work for a given person.

One of the other lessons in life is that you must often make decisions that other people do not understand or agree with- because they are not familiar with your particular situation.

My advice to you- listen to the people on this message board. They (often) do know what they are talking about.

But.... at the end of the day- it's your decision and no one can cast shade on your decision because it is YOUR decision.
 
futurevagabondpilot said:
I was in the same boat as you (but without CFI) almost exactly 1 year ago today... rotting away in a cubicle, wanting to actually earn money with my commercial certificate.

One of the lessons in life is that you must always make YOUR OWN decisions- and follow your own path. What worked or didn't work for one person does not necessarily mean the same will be true for you. In many cases yes, but just as often no. You must fully understand the reasons behind why something works or does not work for a given person.

One of the other lessons in life is that you must often make decisions that other people do not understand or agree with- because they are not familiar with your particular situation.

My advice to you- listen to the people on this message board. They (often) do know what they are talking about.

But.... at the end of the day- it's your decision and no one can cast shade on your decision because it is YOUR decision.
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Sure I totally understand where you are coming from about listening to the consensus opinion. I have and most certainly my opinion of SeaPort has been tempered by the posts here. May all be a rather moot point as I still haven't heard anything about my application one way or the other. Just trying to shake the trees and see which ones bear fruit.

Thanks for your suggestions one and all
 
Pilotlynn said:
Yes I have but I prefer to make my own judgements. I have had many jobs some good and some bad or as they say individual results may vary.



Hardly desperate for a job I have a job that pays quite well. I am close to early retirement age with 23 years with the same company a large aircraft manufacture located principally in WA state. I would be taking a greater than 50% pay cut to retire early and take to the sky.

I just want to fly.
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Hey I have 16 years at that place, although the STL version before jumping to a Large Engine Mfg :) Get my MDC retirement in 2021, can't wait!
 
jskibo said:
Hey I have 16 years at that place, although the STL version before jumping to a Large Engine Mfg :) Get my MDC retirement in 2021, can't wait!
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I am looking at Jan Feb 2017 that would be 24 3/4 years. I will do what I can until then and the best I can for a flying job after. Countin the daze........
 
From SeaPort web page

"SeaPort Airlines will start service from Port Angeles, WA and Moses Lake, WA to Seattle, WA beginning March 1, 2016. Additional service will be offered between Moses Lake, WA and Portland, OR. Reservations will be available to purchase beginning November 15... "

They also list they are hiring pilots in case anyone here wants to know
 
When I lived in Portland, I remember them getting the boot from Astoria and Newport for lack of performance.

av8tr1 said:
No he is referring to me.

The base chief pilot and the company chief pilot are both working hard to support the pilots. Both fly the line regularly. Both are good guys.

We are not a perfect company but there are a lot of great people working hard to make us a safe and fun operation. We do have a couple of nuckelheads who can make working there a struggle but for the most part it's a great opportunity. I can't argue with what striker172 said. In all honesty that has happened. I got a time and duty violation and accept full responsibility for it. Yep I got one of those letters. But SeaPort, specifically our chief pilot, went to bat for me with the FAA through our ASAP program. The company is on the hook for as much as $50,000 as a result. I screwed up and will take my licks for it. I had as much responsibility as scheduling did for the assignment.

But pilots are given the same training to know when they can and can't fly. To my knowledge no one is forced to fly unsafe aircraft. And no one is forced to fly out of compliance with regs. Our dispatch has some training issues that are being reviewed for improvement but pilots are given the training needed to know when to accept an assignment and when not to accept and assignment. At no point are they forced to accept anything not in compliance with regulations.

135 is not for everyone. It can be a chaotic environment. if you can handle the change then 135 aviation is probably not a place for you. SeaPort isn't any different from any other 135 operator, we are probably better than most due to guys like Noel and Bebe looking out for thier pilots. if you can handle the change and are on top of your regulations you'll do just fine here. And probably have a great time doing so.
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You don't know how happy I am to hear the FAA actually took action against an air carrier for rest and duty violations. It's unfortunate that you never learned the regulations prior to acting as a pilot for an air carrier and I guess it could go as a lesson to others.
 
You misunderstand. There was no enforcement action by the FAA. And there was no actual violation. I got a letter from the company in my file for not catching the scheduling error before accepting the assignment. I did not fly the violation flight. Had I flown the flight I the company would have been on the hook for the 50K but since I didn't fly the flight there was no violation.

I learned the regs in ground school as does every other pilot we have. Since I didn't catch it first I got a letter if reprimand in my company file.

The company didn't get hit and our ASAP program would have protected me should there have been a enforcement action.

Look I've said it before and I will say it again. We are not perfect but we are a great opportunity and the company is growing.
 
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av8tr1 said:
You misunderstand. There was no enforcement action by the FAA. And there was no actual violation. I got a letter from the company in my file for catching the scheduling error before accepting the assignment. I did not fly the violation flight. Had I flown the flight I the company would have been on the hook for the 50K but since I didn't fly the flight there was no violation.

I learned the regs in ground school as does every other pilot we have. Since I didn't catch it first I got a letter if reprimand in my company file.

The company didn't get hit and our ASAP program would have protected me should there have been a enforcement action.

Look I've said it before and I will say it again. We are not perfect but we are a great opportunity and the company is growing.
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Wait, wait...

What?

You caught the error before you accepted the assignment and you got a letter of reprimand??

Is that correct?
 
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