Alpha and Schedules

[slpilot]

Can you pick up trips there? Or are you only allowed to fly your 7 on and then have to take your 7 off? How does that work? Also do you get to pick which base youd like to have, or do they tell you whats available at the time your hired? Thanks a lot.

[docflyer]

Originally Posted by slpilot

Can you pick up trips there? Or are you only allowed to fly your 7 on and then have to take your 7 off? How does that work? Also do you get to pick which base youd like to have, or do they tell you whats available at the time your hired? Thanks a lot.

We have our 7 on and 7 off and then you can volunteer for overtime on your days off. Sometimes it works out that they use you, sometimes not. It just depends on whats happening with the schedule.
You are allowed to choose which base you want.

[NJA_Capt]

Originally Posted by slpilot

Can you pick up trips there?

Keep in mind fractional companies do not have "scheduled" routes, therefore there are no trips to drop and no trips to add. There is no way to compare or equate, airline scheduling terms and practices. For example, you can't pick up a trip to PBI next Thursday because you don't know that there is a trip next Thursday. Even if you did, the schedulers don't even schedule the flight until the night before. Then you don't know where the airplane to do the trip will be to send to PBI.

[Bama]

You guys were looking at getting some jets right?

What's the latest on that?

[docflyer]

Originally Posted by Bama

You guys were looking at getting some jets right?

What's the latest on that?

25 Grob SPNs. 5 per year/5 years. First one December 2008.

[matteo]

... for the Alpha guys and anyone else who flies 7/7 or that same type of schedule....

what do you guys do on your 7 days off? pick up other jobs? bum around the house?. i guess it all kinda depends on what stage of your life you're at. but i'm a 21 year old, hoping to be at alpha before I'm 22, and I have no friggin clue what I would do with my days off. All I know is that I want them :P

[USMC-SGT]

I do not work 7 on 7 off but typically can end up with 6 on and 2 or 3 off. After working 7 days and being away from home you will NOT want to pick up a part time job or something along those lines.

I suggest-
Get a hobby
Buy fun stuff like a cheap boat or something for the summers
Build an airplane (I did and that kept me busy for 18 months)
Fly the airplane you built
Go on dates
Sit on your couch
Sit in your chair
Finally get in that tip top shape you have been thinking about
Reconnect with old friends
Make new friends
I could think of many more

[matteo]

what'd you build sgt?

i really wanna build a dr-109 (two place onedesign) from aircraft spruce... but i have no more nor patience

[USMC-SGT]

[docflyer]

Some people have side jobs like instructing or part time corporate gigs.
I for one spend the first 5 days sleeping in and relaxing. By day 6 I start to feel like a bum, and day 7 I spend trying to think up get rich quick schemes that I could do on my 7 days off :-)
But seriously it is nice to have those days off to recuperate and get stuff done around the house.

[AJDMakes3]

I hope this isn't a stupid question but who is Alpha?

[matteo]

Originally Posted by docflyer

Some people have side jobs like instructing or part time corporate gigs.
I for one spend the first 5 days sleeping in and relaxing. By day 6 I start to feel like a bum, and day 7 I spend trying to think up get rich quick schemes that I could do on my 7 days off :-)
But seriously it is nice to have those days off to recuperate and get stuff done around the house.

aaahaha yeah... see thats how i can picture myself, exactly. even with the get rich quick schemes on the 7th day.

i think maybe i would try to find a gig doing some multi instructing(or multi flying, if part time stuff like that is out there), or maybe even sub teaching @ a highschool or something?

i mean, potentially there is some good money there... you're only working half the time, so that other half you could be doing a lot of other stuff. real estate (lol), starting a restaurant, friggin anything.

[docflyer]

Originally Posted by AJDMakes3

I hope this isn't a stupid question but who is Alpha?

Alpha Flying = Planesense

Alpha Flying is the parent company for the Planesense fractional program.

http://www.planesense.org

[ander8ae]

Apparently, they stopped hiring first officers. I guess "slowed" is the word they used, but equates to the same. At least that's what the email I got last week said...

[AJDMakes3]

Thanks for the info!

[jr1079]

I fly out of Morristown, NJ (MMU) with American Flyers. I see many PC-12s from Alpha going through MMU almost every day.

[jr1079]

Originally Posted by USMC-SGT

I do not work 7 on 7 off but typically can end up with 6 on and 2 or 3 off. After working 7 days and being away from home you will NOT want to pick up a part time job or something along those lines.

I suggest-
Get a hobby
Buy fun stuff like a cheap boat or something for the summers
Build an airplane (I did and that kept me busy for 18 months)
Fly the airplane you built
Go on dates
Sit on your couch
Sit in your chair
Finally get in that tip top shape you have been thinking about
Reconnect with old friends
Make new friends
I could think of many more

You can instruct if you have your CFI, CFII, or MEI. I am due to take my instrument checkride in a few weeks. I will also be pursuing my commercial license. Afterwards, I hope to obtain my CFI, CFII, and MEI. I was thinking of doing Part 121 flying after getting the experience as a CFI.

After looking at Part 135 and 91 flying, I want to fly for a Part 91 or 135 operator instead of Part 121. I am starting to get a sense that 121 flying is like being a Greyhound bus driver. Everyday seems like a different day with Part 91 and 135 flying.

Alpha seems like a stable company to work for, especially with the new German-made VLJs during the next few years. I was on their web site and looking at their work schedule and benefits.

[docflyer]

Originally Posted by jr1079

I fly out of Morristown, NJ (MMU) with American Flyers. I see many PC-12s from Alpha going through MMU almost every day.

Yeah MMU is one of our "hotspots". It seems like I go through there every other cycle almost.