Line pilots/Ram Air Freight

[abrutus]

Company Name Ram Air Freight Contact Name Jerome Eyquem Email Address jerome.eyquem@ramairfreight.com Fax Number 919-840-9218 Address 1425 Meridian Drive City Raleigh State NC Country USA Website http://www.ramairfreight.com Minimum Requirements Part 135 IFR minimums Salary range starts at $27000


Looking for qualified pilots for September
classes.
Ram Air Freight is a growing Part 135 air courier
operator that has been in business since 1982,
with 12 bases scattered throughout the Southeast.
Our regular schedule of Monday through Friday
assignments, the majority of the routes being
day/afternoon runs instead of riding the back side
of the clock, allows you to be home every night
and have a “normal” life outside of your job while
gaining the invaluable experience of single pilot,
multi engine, all weather operations.

There is no minimum multi engine time requirement
for applying.
Thanks to our 65% twin to single engine airplane
ratio upgrades range between 2 weeks to 2 months
after the initial checkride, depending upon the
employee’s flexibility to relocate.
Training lasts a full week and incorporates in
depth ground and flight training, during which Ram
Air Freight provides housing.

In order to qualify applicants MUST meet Part 135
IFR minimums, be actively flying and instrument
proficient, and more generally be capable of
reaching checkride standards within 6 hours of
flight training.

Benefits include Blue Cross Blue Shield, dental
insurance, Simple IRA retirement plan, jumpseat
privileges.
More information is available on
www.ramairfreight.com.
Ram Air Freight also just implemented a
competitive new pay scale, more information at
http://www.ramairfreight.com/employment/faq.html.
Send resumes to jerome.eyquem@ramairfreight.com.
No phone calls please.

[dc3flyer]

Anyone know anything about this company? I see them hiring pilots all the time.

[OldTownPilot]

Originally Posted by abrutus

Salary range starts at $27000

me likey the money for 1200 hrs.

.... jumpseat privileges.
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With Who? Southwest?

[slushie]

Originally Posted by dc3flyer

Anyone know anything about this company? I see them hiring pilots all the time.

I know that I want to apply there as soon as I can.

[CFIse]

Originally Posted by dc3flyer

Anyone know anything about this company? I see them hiring pilots all the time.

To grossly over-simplify, there are 2 kinds of pilots at RAM. Time builders who come and go in as short a time as 4-6 months and lifers.

The lifers enjoy the schedules and have made peace with the operation of a freight company operating on slim margins.

The time builders are looking for multi-time and you can get it quickly at RAM, especially if you are willing to go where the flying is available. That's why they take people with little multi time, they'd like to keep you for at least 400 hours.

That was RAM before they bought Package Express, I assume it's still similar. It's challenging freight flying, you get to fly in all kinds of weather and you shoot approaches to minimums when required - it WILL make you a better pilot :-).

[Astro27]

Originally Posted by CFIse

The lifers enjoy the schedules and have made peace with the operation of a freight company operating on slim margins.

What do you mean by "slim margins"? Is their maintenance bad, they push you to fly in really bad weather, etc....?
Also, would you happen to know what their 'lifers' top out at in pay?
How long would it take to get based in FL?
Thanks for the info.

[CFIse]

Originally Posted by Astro27

What do you mean by "slim margins"? Is their maintenance bad, they push you to fly in really bad weather, etc....?

Their maintenance is adequate. Any cargo operation is operating on slim margins which means every penny counts, so certainly "unnecessary" maintenance isn't going to get done.

Look at it this way - as far as I know RAMs never killed anybody. One guy died in their service, but it was clear blue day, solid VFR and he ran the plane into a tower. I don't really hold RAM responsible for that one, and it certainly wasn't an MX issue.

They will expect you to fly in legal weather, so if it's 200-1/2 and there's an ILS off you go, you don't get to say "I'm not comfortable with that". Many years ago there were stories of RAM pilots opening the door to find the runway to land on - those were likely exagarations(sp?) and they've certainly cleaned up a lot since then.

Also, would you happen to know what their 'lifers' top out at in pay?
How long would it take to get based in FL?
Thanks for the info.

I haven't been on the inside at RAM for over a year, so pay scale and bases I don't really know I'm afraid.