Airnet

falconvalley · June 14th, 2006, 12:57

Common, people! We're interviewing like 6 people a week and I know some of ya'll read this board! Let's hear about it. How are we doing? And if your on aviationinterviews.com, post there too!

This is more for me. I wanna hear about my tour. I'm getting better at it every day...

atpwannabe · June 14th, 2006, 22:56

falconvalley:

Are you with Airnet? If so, a couple of questions?

What are hiring mins?
Is everyone based out of CMH? If not, where else are they based?
What is your a/c mix?
Do you have two man flight crews? If so, what a/c?
How does scheduling look? 4 on 3 off? etc.
Starting salaries?

Thanks for your help.

atp

JEP · June 15th, 2006, 00:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by atpwannabe

falconvalley:

Are you with Airnet? If so, a couple of questions?

What are hiring mins?
Is everyone based out of CMH? If not, where else are they based?
What is your a/c mix?
Do you have two man flight crews? If so, what a/c?
How does scheduling look? 4 on 3 off? etc.
Starting salaries?

Thanks for your help.

atp

make note to self.....use internet for stuff besides reading forums:

Answers to your questions:

http://www.airnet.com/Careers/Flight...ewoverview.htm

atpwannabe · June 15th, 2006, 19:22

JEP:

Thanks for the info.

atp

falconvalley · June 17th, 2006, 14:34

yeah, what jep said, lol. i typed airnet.com but realized that jep got it already!

B · June 17th, 2006, 23:07

I have the mins but not the competitive hours. Will a Masters in aviation help in making up the diffrence? What abput 141 check pilot.

averyrm · June 17th, 2006, 23:59

I'm no higher-up but I'd say no. 1050 hours or so to attend training from what I'm hearing.

Hootie · June 18th, 2006, 11:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by B

I have the mins but not the competitive hours. Will a Masters in aviation help in making up the diffrence? What abput 141 check pilot.

Masters degrees are a must for flying freight. Doctorate preferred.

sargeanb · June 18th, 2006, 12:31

Dr. Fr8 Dawg

B · June 18th, 2006, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hootie9750

Masters degrees are a must for flying freight. Doctorate preferred.

Obviously not, but a lot of employers look highly at pilots with advanced degrees. In some cases, depending upon the company, this can get you in the door with lower hours. That is what my question was asking.

Hootie · June 19th, 2006, 02:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by B

Obviously not, but a lot of employers look highly at pilots with advanced degrees. In some cases, depending upon the company, this can get you in the door with lower hours. That is what my question was asking.

oh, i see. yes a lot of employers will break 135.243(c) mins just to hire somebody with a masters in basketweaving.

jtrain609 · June 19th, 2006, 09:45

Screw instructing, I'm going back to college!

falconvalley · June 19th, 2006, 20:58

Yup, 1050s about it right now for when training starts. You can get hired with lower TT, but will be told to build up to 1050 before starting training.

And while everyone banters about what they did at Delta House

, degrees don't seem to make a difference here with new pilots, but more importantly how you use what you've learned in life will help you through the interview. Airnet wants pilots who are not afraid to hand-fly an airplane, by themselves, at night, in weather (too include icing or turbulence or both) and be able to fly an arrival and an ILS to 1800 RVR ceiling obscured 100VV at 330 AM like that's the kind of flying they intended to do since they first learned to fly. So, if the idea of that excites you don't be afraid to apply now, whether or not you are at minimums. Being familiar (from applying early and updating your resume often) with any recruiter helps, especially at Airnet!

Propilot · July 5th, 2006, 11:40

I got a call from Airnet a week ago about my online application. It went to my voicemail though...

I have not been able to get ahold of them since. I have left a message and have called every day, twice a day (morning and evening). It always says there is no one availible and then goes to a message service....

Whats up over there?

Propilot · July 5th, 2006, 11:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Herreshoff

Screw instructing, I'm going back to college!

You instruct? I thought you were a management pilot?

;]

falconvalley · July 5th, 2006, 18:22

Keep calling. They'll get back to you eventually. I know vacations have been running rampant lately. There's only two people under Craig and they have to run daily interviews and make phone calls. It's alot of work!

Propilot · July 19th, 2006, 00:30

Ok, so I got the rejection email a while ago. Sucks :{ I wasn't prepared for the phone interview and missed some technical questions...I know I can do better.

Does this mean that I am blacklisted from being considered again? I dont see anything on the website that talks about reapplying. I want to work for Airnet so bad.

I have one semester of college left. I intend to finish that up by December and would like to apply again.

Anyone know if you can apply again and if so how long you have to wait?
Should I just keep updating my application?

Thanks for the info.

mikecweb · July 19th, 2006, 00:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Propilot

Ok, so I got the rejection email a while ago. Sucks :{ I wasn't prepared for the phone interview and missed some technical questions...I know I can do better.

Does this mean that I am blacklisted from being considered again? I dont see anything on the website that talks about reapplying. I want to work for Airnet so bad.

I have one semester of college left. I intend to finish that up by December and would like to apply again.

Anyone know if you can apply again and if so how long you have to wait?
Should I just keep updating my application?

Thanks for the info.

Wait 6 months and apply again.

surreal1221 · July 19th, 2006, 02:25

Falconvalley,

Silly question coming from me, so excuse any ignorance.

I'm going to be living in the Atlanta area, what are the possibilities of being hired into the BHM base, and commuting from ATL to BHM for my flights?

Commuting, bottomline, would be a headache. . . but if I were "lucky" to get based at BHM, the ATL commute would be reasonable. Moreover, do you know of any plans for Airnet to have a prop base at ATL or PDK in the future?

dpilot83 · July 19th, 2006, 07:33

It could have been done in the past, but I haven't heard much of people being hired into bases. Usually after you complete training you bid on whatever base is available at the time. (I have noticed some recent exceptions though). Since you're on the bottom of the totem pole when you get out of training, pretty much anyone else that bids will get it instead of you. My understanding is that most BHM runs are somewhat sought after so I would imagine it's not incredibly likely that you'd get to go there, at least initially.

falconvalley · July 19th, 2006, 10:18

Yeah BHM hasn't been very junior, lately. I doubt we'll be opening runs in GA anytime soon. Oh, and don't even bring up commuting in an interview. Commuting is not recommended. I know people do, but it's at your own risk.

Here are the junior bases at Airnet from the last few months:

TEB
BDL
AGC
OPF

These next bases have been junior sporadically, but not all the time:

LUK
MEM
MKE
STP
LCK (floater)
IND

The rest seem to hold pilots well. Some are "cult classics" and some are just well liked by everyone:

BHM
BNA
BUF
CPS
DTW
ORL
PHL
RIC
SDF

It actually depends more on the run itself.

Teterboro is in a crappy location, but has a couple decent runs, so it has it's senior moments. OPF is in FL, but the run is horrible so no one wants it. You'd figure PHL would be junior, but it has a sweet run, so money talks!

surreal1221 · July 19th, 2006, 16:08

Thanks for the info Falcon.

atpwannabe · July 20th, 2006, 20:59

Falconvalley:

I would assume that the southern bases are all pretty senior? Right?

atp

averyrm · July 21st, 2006, 09:25

If you stay long enough, you'll get the south. I'd say 3-5 months and you'll get an opening.

But as in all things dependent on seniority, YMMV

Adam2006 · July 22nd, 2006, 04:13

YMMV????