Hiring situation at AirNet?

[ljg]

[quote=invertmast;887676] but i was still plugging away at getting some more turbine PIC time (i'm hoping i can "negotiate" my way straight into the lear. haha, fat chance from what i hear though)quote]


I will find you and I will slap the taste out of your mouth .


EDIT: that was a joke, but seriously. Did they say anything about upcoming classes? What are you flying now?

[invertmast]

[quote=ljg;887690]

Originally Posted by invertmast

but i was still plugging away at getting some more turbine PIC time (i'm hoping i can "negotiate" my way straight into the lear. haha, fat chance from what i hear though)quote]


I will find you and I will slap the taste out of your mouth .


EDIT: that was a joke, but seriously. Did they say anything about upcoming classes? What are you flying now?

LMAO! from everything i have read about airnet, it seems they very rarely (read that almost never) hire straight into the right seat of a lear. But i'm hoping for an exception in my case. haha

I didn't ask about class dates, didn't think to, as i was currently at dinner, and was starving! But IMO, if they are still calling around "asking" guys if they are still interested to interview, they must still be needing some.

Currently flying in a Kingair 90 w/ about 200 turbine PIC roughly. Should have another 100 - 200 to add to that if my next trip works out

[murphfly]

Originally Posted by invertmast

LMAO! from everything i have read about airnet, it seems they very rarely (read that almost never) hire straight into the right seat of a lear. But i'm hoping for an exception in my case. haha

I didn't ask about class dates, didn't think to, as i was currently at dinner, and was starving! But IMO, if they are still calling around "asking" guys if they are still interested to interview, they must still be needing some.

Currently flying in a Kingair 90 w/ about 200 turbine PIC roughly. Should have another 100 - 200 to add to that if my next trip works out

Don't worry about the Lear right now no one gets hired directly into it (read NO ONE)...get excited about flying a Baron, Navajo, or Caravan b/c that's what you'll be flying. At least 1-1.5 years for the Lear SIC spot. Good luck!

[invertmast]

Originally Posted by murphfly

Don't worry about the Lear right now no one gets hired directly into it (read NO ONE)...get excited about flying a Baron, Navajo, or Caravan b/c that's what you'll be flying. At least 1-1.5 years for the Lear SIC spot. Good luck!

see, thats where my predicament comes in. I'm up for Captain upgrade at my current job in august/september in a King-Air 90.

Decision is.. stay where i am, which is a 60/40 job (60% ground/ 40% flying) and get turbine multi PIC, or go their which is a 100% flying job in a piston twin...

ohh decisions decisions..

[flyingmaniac]

Originally Posted by invertmast

i was called this past friday asking if i was still interested (did the phone interview with one of the recruiters late april early may) 2 days after i sent in my resume. I told them i was, but i was still plugging away at getting some more turbine PIC time (i'm hoping i can "negotiate" my way straight into the lear. haha, fat chance from what i hear though). And that i would call them back when i returned back from my 7 week long trip to austraila, in august.

DO IT!!!

[averyrm]

20+ year veterans of airnet who left and want to come back go into the props. Don't get your hopes up too high.

[invertmast]

Originally Posted by averyrm

20+ year veterans of airnet who left and want to come back go into the props. Don't get your hopes up too high.

no high hopes here, just thought i'd give it a shot. As its been almost 2 years since i've flown a piston twin... so it'd be surprising if i new how to start the thing. haha j/k

[mninstructor]

Think about the many senior prop guys at airnet that have already put in way too many nights slugging it out in the props waiting for a jet that you would be jumping in front of. Sound fair? No jumping in line!

[Stone Cold]

yeah, you just brought up the Starecheckers' second most hated topic...trying to get straight into the jet. First worst is bringing up spouses not being able to ride but people get observation rides if they want to see a freight dawg work all night.

[murphfly]

Originally Posted by invertmast

no high hopes here, just thought i'd give it a shot. As its been almost 2 years since i've flown a piston twin... so it'd be surprising if i new how to start the thing. haha j/k

I'm was trying to kindly let you know that it doesn't happen. Not even a possibility. You're digging at a nasty sore if you keep mentioning it. Just a friendly FYI...

[invertmast]

Originally Posted by murphfly

I'm was trying to kindly let you know that it doesn't happen. Not even a possibility. You're digging at a nasty sore if you keep mentioning it. Just a friendly FYI...

Like i've mentioned many times. I realized from the tone of the recruiter that they do NOT hire straight into the lear. Every comment i've made in-regards to straight in the lear has re-itterated that comment. Everyone keeps telling me "dont get high hopes" which i never said i had any, except for once which had a "haha" at the end. which was meant as a joke.


The lear isn't even at the top of my list right now. My main decisions is: Do i want to fly piston twins 5-6 days a week every week doing the same thing. OR Do i want to continue flying the king-airs i'm in now, making slightly less in a slightly cheaper cost of living area, flying off and on through-out the year, but getting to see the world at the companies expense.

[ljg]

Say you were to say flying the KingAir for 2-3 years, where would you be then? Say you were to stick it out at Airnet for two to three years (somewhat common), where would you be then?

[fly02]

Also weigh how much you are flying the king air vs how much you would be flying at Airnet.

[minitour]

Originally Posted by fly02

Also weigh how much you are flying the king air vs how much you would be flying at Airnet.

Depending on what he wants to do with his career, the more important thing to look at may be quality, not quantity of flight time.

If you want to fly king airs, they aren't going to care that you put in 1000 hours in Caravans, Barons and Chieftains. That 400 hours of King Air (make and model) time you get might be the difference though...especially if you're getting simulator training out of it too. Not that the TT isn't important too, but at some point you're going to need M&M.

OTOH, if you want to fly lear jets (or any jet), slugging it out in the props for a while and then hanging out in a lear may be just what you need to do. If you want to get into a jet, King Air time is nice, but jet time is better.

Depends on what you want to do, where you want to do it and how willing you are to changing your thoughts on how to go about getting there.

-mini