U.S. Airways

KingAir

KingAir

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I am interested in flying for U.S. Airways one day and would like to find a current cactus pilot in the western carolinas to connect with and to, hopefully, fly with in a professional manner (I currently fly king airs part 91), to increase my chances of that actually happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
My two cents... I have jumpseated a fair amount recently and by far the most unhappy group of pilots I have met have been on Airways. Friendly with me and all, but damn. Some guys pushing retirement and still stuck right seat put on a forced smile and told me not to think about working there.
 
Happiness in the Aviation industry is a MYTH, I just want an opportunity to fly the mainline birds and US Air is my best bet.
 
KingAir said:
Happiness in the Aviation industry is a MYTH, I just want an opportunity to fly the mainline birds and US Air is my best bet.
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How is that? Just curious why they are the best bet. All the legacies will be hiring like gangbusters in the next few years. And every one of them, including FdX and UPS, not only fly the same type of planes that LLC flys, but they have bigger fleets of them. If your goal is to fly a widebody, you do know that US Air only has a total of 26. 16 A330s and 10 767-200s.

Seems to me that if your goal is to fly for an airline, you should try to get on with one that gives you a better percentage of seats to sit in. But, if it's the paint job that turns you on, it's your quarter. Have a fun ride.
 
Cptnchia said:
How is that? Just curious why they are the best bet. All the legacies will be hiring like gangbusters in the next few yearsl. And every one of them, including FdX and UPS, not only fly the same type of planes that LLC flys, but they have bigger fleets of them. If your goal is to fly a widebody, you do know that US Air only has a total of 26. 16 A330s and 10 767-200s.

Seems to me that if your goal is to fly for an airline, you should try to get on with one that gives you a better percentage of seats to sit in. But, if it's the paint job that turns you on, it's your quarter. Have a fun ride.
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I am open to any major airline connection that I can establish. Just trying to increase my networking capabilities. My current connections are corporate and regional, and I thought I would give this forum a try.
 
JaceTheAce said:
Why would you ever want to fly for mainline US Airways? Serious question.
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Airline careers have zero correlation with anything outside of random chance. So it makes the most sense to buy low and sell high and not vice versa. Usair was the place to be 30 years ago, and Southwest was a place for rejects. If Usair had domiciles where I wanted to live I would apply there, but I would never apply to Southwest. The only predictable occurance at the airlines is cycles of good and terrible times.
 
KingAir said:
That's one reason and they don't have an undergraduate degree minimum requirement.
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Having a degree makes you a better pilot, so go and get one.

KingAir said:
My current connections are corporate and regional, and I thought I would give this forum a try.
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There are a lot of Delta pilots on here. Not only that, but Delta seems to be doing better, and Atlanta isn't too far away. Sounds like a win-win situation, to me.

You never know, though; US Airways might be the "place to be" in thirty years (if they're still around, of course), so you may get lucky should you chose to go down that road.
 
KingAir said:
I just took your advice and went out and got an B.A. in Science Tech, (with a minor in particle physics ), Thank You so much for that solution to all of my life's problems, I mean it was just so simple once you explained it to me. Again thank you.
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Thanks for the test. Now I know my meter is working:

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I know there are some Westies on site, but I don't think I've ever come across an Eastie. I know they're out there but they're under the radar.

On the employment front, when USAir signed up for ACE, before subsequently pulling out, it piqued a surprising amount of interest.

Besides, the entire industry is a crapshoot, along with almost every other industry except political rhetoric.
 
KingAir said:
I just took your advice and went out and got an B.A. in Science Tech, (with a minor in particle physics ), Thank You so much for that solution to all of my life's problems, I mean it was just so simple once you explained it to me. Again thank you.
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Go fly a 747 for Atlas, and work on an online degree while you're crossing the Pacific. They're hiring.
 
coa787 said:
Having a degree makes you a better pilot, so go and get one.



There are a lot of Delta pilots on here. Not only that, but Delta seems to be doing better, and Atlanta isn't too far away. Sounds like a win-win situation, to me.

You never know, though; US Airways might be the "place to be" in thirty years (if they're still around, of course), so you may get lucky should you chose to go down that road.
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How, exactly, does a four year degree in... let's say business management MAKE you a better pilot??? I think teaching as a cfi/cfii/mei has made me a better pilot, and working as a licensed a&p for the last 10 years has made me a better pilot, and the experience that I have earned flying for the last 16 years part 91/135 single pilot and as a crew all over the US, carribean, and canada in thousands of different weather scenarios and twenty different aircraft has made me a better pilot, but I cannot possibly see how fours years of beer drinking and chasing women and an education in somethig non aviation related could make me a better pilot.
 
Long story short, airlines don't hire pilots, they hire employees.

Chuck Yeager is (was?) a great pilot, but no airline on Earth would touch him.
 
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