AMF 1900's - Page 2

citabriapilot · June 6th, 2007, 19:26

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Originally Posted by JayAre

it varies
I saw a chieftain capt go to a 99 in two months in BFI
and a chieftain driver under me go outstation in one month to a 99

Citabria what makes SLC so crappy?

Nothing is crappy about SLC. I should have worded that sentence differently. Getting hired into a 99 requires you to take a crappy outstation (one nobody already here wants) OR get hired into SLC or BIL which are turbine only bases.

JayAre · June 7th, 2007, 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by citabriapilot

Nothing is crappy about SLC. I should have worded that sentence differently. Getting hired into a 99 requires you to take a crappy outstation (one nobody already here wants) OR get hired into SLC or BIL which are turbine only bases.

gotcha

Ive had my 99 postponed I think 3 times here in BUR because they can't find chieftain drivers

citabriapilot · June 7th, 2007, 01:20

Gotta love AMF... Can't find 'Jo drivers, but they can hire 99 drivers off the street to take YOUR opening. Happened to me when I was trying to leave PDX. Awarded the bid in August, didn't get a class till January. In the meantime, Tinman got hired off the street and had a 1900 before I even got to SLC. Oh well, Tinman IS the man... Well, scratch that, it was a 1900 that popped his cherry, not a Tube.

jtrain609 · June 7th, 2007, 01:40

It's still happening up in Portland, and we're losing pilots over it. That seems to be the way things work; you've got the senority to hold a new piece of equipment in another base, your seat and base lock is up and instead of sending you to school, we'll hire somebody else off the street and send them to plug the hole instead. So then we lose said Chieftain driver out of that base anyways when they quit.

Good stuff I tell ya.

JayAre · June 7th, 2007, 12:10

people are dropping like flys... phx is also loosing people now at least when I get to SLC i won't be junior.... that would be funny senior to 4 99 drivers with the least amount of 99 experience go figure

ha the other day not enough chieftains for chieftain pilots so they send 99s on a chieftain run

citabriapilot · June 7th, 2007, 13:03

Yeah, when I finally got to SLC I was number 3 of like 9 of the 99 pilots. I was senior to one 1900 and one Metro pilot. If they would have transferred me sooner, rather than hire off the street, I would have had a Metro about 4 months sooner. Oh well. Timing ended up working out for the best.

JayAre · June 7th, 2007, 13:55

I thought the 1900 was going bye bye in SGU with DHL?

tinman · June 7th, 2007, 22:19

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Originally Posted by citabriapilot

Gotta love AMF... Can't find 'Jo drivers, but they can hire 99 drivers off the street to take YOUR opening. Happened to me when I was trying to leave PDX. Awarded the bid in August, didn't get a class till January. In the meantime, Tinman got hired off the street and had a 1900 before I even got to SLC. Oh well, Tinman IS the man... Well, scratch that, it was a 1900 that popped his cherry, not a Tube.

But if I hadn't, we wouldn't have got to spend that quality time together in BUR!

Must've been when I put down 1)SLC 2)PDX 3)SLC as my bases of choice. They knew I wanted it more

!

tinman · June 7th, 2007, 22:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by JayAre

I thought the 1900 was going bye bye in SGU with DHL?

I think it's on a week to week, or month to month contract now.

June 7th, 2007, 01:20	#28
citabriapilot Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 125	Re: AMF 1900's Gotta love AMF... Can't find 'Jo drivers, but they can hire 99 drivers off the street to take YOUR opening. Happened to me when I was trying to leave PDX. Awarded the bid in August, didn't get a class till January. In the meantime, Tinman got hired off the street and had a 1900 before I even got to SLC. Oh well, Tinman IS the man... Well, scratch that, it was a 1900 that popped his cherry, not a Tube.

June 7th, 2007, 01:40	#29
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,869	Re: AMF 1900's It's still happening up in Portland, and we're losing pilots over it. That seems to be the way things work; you've got the senority to hold a new piece of equipment in another base, your seat and base lock is up and instead of sending you to school, we'll hire somebody else off the street and send them to plug the hole instead. So then we lose said Chieftain driver out of that base anyways when they quit. Good stuff I tell ya. __________________ "Jetlink 2940, on another radio, contact clearance for new airways..."

June 7th, 2007, 12:10	#30
JayAre Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Multiple Posts: 1,042	Re: AMF 1900's people are dropping like flys... phx is also loosing people now at least when I get to SLC i won't be junior.... that would be funny senior to 4 99 drivers with the least amount of 99 experience go figure ha the other day not enough chieftains for chieftain pilots so they send 99s on a chieftain run __________________ Im voting for "That one"

June 7th, 2007, 13:03	#31
citabriapilot Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 125	Re: AMF 1900's Yeah, when I finally got to SLC I was number 3 of like 9 of the 99 pilots. I was senior to one 1900 and one Metro pilot. If they would have transferred me sooner, rather than hire off the street, I would have had a Metro about 4 months sooner. Oh well. Timing ended up working out for the best.

June 7th, 2007, 13:55	#32
JayAre Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Multiple Posts: 1,042	Re: AMF 1900's I thought the 1900 was going bye bye in SGU with DHL? __________________ Im voting for "That one"

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