What would you do?

"Art?"

HAHA. No, Art was the ying to Earl's yang. Earl should have let Art just run the place. Art was a good guy, very smart. Another good guy was the mechanic (Sandy). They ran those Cessna's in the canyon for years without any trouble. I heard they crashed on one at Tuweep with only the pilot on board after I left. The guy didn't get hurt and it was pilot error. I thought they took pretty good care of the airplanes.
 
PanJet said:
I'd love to make as much as you do fueling planes, but I do understand your situation.
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Yeah, I know it sounds kinda greedy of me, but $12/hr is still just enough to share a one bedroom apartment on Fremont st. with 3 other guys...

I really should be grateful as the paychecks I get regularly now only came at America West after some looooong days.

It's just that I want to keep flying the airshows, finish up school, etc.
And $10/hr doesn't make up for the scheduling conflicts created by a FT job.

I heard from a pilot there tonight and from his very vague message, I think I might be in for something when I show up 8 hours from now. If I'm fired, then I might just use the time to finish up my commercial.

Anybody have an airplane that needs ferrying? haha jk, that would be "holding out" :nana2:
 
slushie said:
If I'm fired, then I might just use the time to finish up my commercial.

Anybody have an airplane that needs ferrying? haha jk, that would be "holding out" :nana2:
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If you go for that commercial certificate be sure to study up on Part 91 commercial operations--you have a few misconceptions that need cleaning.
 
VicariousLiving said:
If you go for that commercial certificate be sure to study up on Part 91 commercial operations--you have a few misconceptions that need cleaning.
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I was joking.

:)
 
Van_Hoolio said:
Giving away some of the boss' fuel because he was jerking you around? I've never done that:bandit:.
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Speaking of which....

I am out in June. My wife got a pretty good job in the Columbus area, I am going to be looking for a CFI gig there after we move. At the airport we are talking about, once you get on line service you will generally never get off of it. He can't find someone to fully cover the other 4 shifts during the week, let alone my 5.
 
iowapilot said:
He can't find someone to fully cover the other 4 shifts during the week, let alone my 5.
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One could argue that his pay scale is too low to attract people....although apparently he does't care so the following won't work for him:

I used to work at Pizza Hut as a high schooler - I walked into my bosses office one day and said I was quitting to go to best buy and make more $$. I walked out with an instant 25% raise (I was actually hired at best buy...) and stayed. If you do good work, when push comes to shove you'll generally get a raise. Just a few months ago my significant other was offered a 35% pay increase for sticking around because she threatened the same thing. Sad that as an employee you have to make the first move...

Make sure you really do have a backup plan in place, though. It would suck if you said you were going to quit and then backed down, or left to save face without another job as a backup.
 
iowapilot said:
At the airport we are talking about, once you get on line service you will generally never get off of it.
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But you can put on a white shirt and tie and ride in the right seat of a King Air...for free. And according to the boss, you can log time when sitting right seat in a 135 single pilot operation. Everyone does it.
 
wheelsup said:
One could argue that his pay scale is too low to attract people....although apparently he does't care
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No, he really doesn't. His pay isn't terrible, but it isn't great either. As with any other place, linemen are lowest of the low. I have no problem with that as long as I'm not stuck in that position after I have the credentials to make a move up (and believe me, I've paid my dues at this place and worked hard). The last guy before me worked his a hole off for two years on the line while also instructing, basically working 17-18 hours a day and when he had plenty of time to move up into charter they hired people in off the street instead of finding someone to cover the line work.

I shouldn't say that no one can move out of the line department, only the ones who he likes and trusts to run the airport after hours are the ones who are stuck. If you go around breaking stuff and being an idiot you have a much better chance of him wanting to move you out of line and full-time instructing or whatever.
 
Heh, I worked line for 4 days at an FBO for about $6.50 or so an hour. The training consisted of "follow this guy around and do what he does." It became obvious after about 5 minutes the guy really didn't even want me there. I wound up leaving not too long after that.

Another thing to keep in mind is in the aviation industry, that background check can often make the difference between getting a job and not getting it. I wouldn't do anything to warrant a "no re-hire" trigger, just to be on the safe side.
 
iowapilot said:
LOL. Is that what he said? Are you talking about that trip to MI?
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The MI trip was the one I never got paid for. I was encouraged to log the hours when riding along with Mark in the ACT Chieftain.

Well, they made the decision for me. I was fired.
Interesting turn of events.

Oh well.
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Sorry to hear that, but join the club. I was fired. My resume will read:
  • Sh|thole Aviation - 3 summer months - 22 flight hours
  • Current employer - 1 year ++++++++ - XX hundred flight hours
They'll get the idea. Like you said, "Oh well." I felt so good I felt like I could dunk a basketball after I was fired. I knew I would never again break my back doing that kind of work ever again. I don't miss coming home from work smelling like sunscreen, Jet-A and 100LL. I don't miss spraying myself in the eye with avgas and degreaser. I don't miss scrubbing airplanes and polluting the earth with runoff water. I learned a lot though. And I learned a profound respect for what line guys do.

Mike
 
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