I don't have first hand experience working for flight express, however I did make their website and have a close working relationship with their hiring guru, Gary.
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Originally Posted by rickyrhodesii
From what i understand, Flight Express has hubs in Tampa, Nashville and St. Louis and many other "bases". When you get hired on, do you choose where you'd like to fly out of?
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Check out this page for where the domcilies are.
http://flightexpress.com/domiciles.htm
You will live nearby in one of those cities. I think the response to you at Flightinfo explained how you get to pick where you are based. The company furnishes a list of open positions and you depending on your ground school score where you want. If you don't get it, you don't get it. That's aviation, sorry. There is an opportunity to get to where you want it opens up while you are working at Flight Express, I'm not sure how the process works, but the general rule of thumb is don't count on it. Unless you plan to spend your career there (not likely) you will just have to suck it up and live where you are based for the year or so you are there.
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Where do you live...say if you had a family? Do you live in the hub city and commute to the base/domiciles every day?
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You will live in one of the bases listed here. It could be ANY ONE OF THESE CITIES, not just the 'hubs'.
http://flightexpress.com/domiciles.htm
Flight Express doesn't operate like a typical hub and spoke 121 airline. They fly point to point, hence you won't be going to the hubs most likely if you live at one of the other cities.
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What is the average day/or week life as far as scheduling goes?
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The duty day will vary greatly with the run you are on. Plan to spend several hours a day flying and 5-8 hours a day sitting at an outstation. You are paid for all this time, not just flight time. M-F is the general rule. From what I've heard most runs don't go overnight but terminate late evening or eary morning (a bit after midnight). Normally, the duty days are in the 10-12 hour range.
According to your profile on Flight Express, you've got about 70 hours? You are an EXTREMELY long way away from working at a 135 company. I understand you are trying to learn more about it now but they won't even touch you unless you have 1190 hours right now. Use that time to learn more about the industry in general, which will help you understand the different type of companies out there.
Good luck,
~wheelsup