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Re: Air Partners

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Mrs.Robinson wrote:I spoke with a 200 FO a few weeks back from air partners

I was told that it was 40G to start in the Right seat. I was impressed and considered sending in a CV
I hear one of the new Captains makes $35,000 a year.
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I heard a 200 FO working there they were making 40k a year too... as for a captain making 35k... can't really comment
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$35,000, I find that hard to believe anyone would fly for that.

As a company I would not want a pilot who thinks he is only worth $35,000. Air partners clients are high end, I would not be putting my high end passengers with a green captain (this is all you will get for 35G).
I can see a company flying riggers pay there pilots 35G. I call BS unless they are wanting an accident.
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Mrs.Robinson wrote:$35,000, I find that hard to believe anyone would fly for that.

As a company I would not want a pilot who thinks he is only worth $35,000. Air partners clients are high end, I would not be putting my high end passengers with a green captain (this is all you will get for 35G).
I can see a company flying riggers pay there pilots 35G. I call BS unless they are wanting an accident.
Just rumours I've heard from some of the pilots. Word is alot will jump ship when the economy picks up.
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Welcome to the Ratt Race :rolleyes:
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good friend of mine applied and was told $45K for 200 captain and that he was expected to come in and help around the hangar and wash clients cars.
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merlin wrote:good friend of mine applied and was told $45K for 200 captain and that he was expected to come in and help around the hangar and wash clients cars.

The guy that washes my car has to fly an airplane occasionally, what a coincidence.
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I would be willing to bet that the first cars to be washed would be those of managements..... :rolleyes:
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A pilot from AP was saying that they have been on a wage freeze for over two years plus all the rest of the "new and improved" bond requirements, on-call 24/7, they decide your days off-not you, etc etc... No wonder they cant get their own pilots to apply to fly the XL or the KA.

To top it off, the boss/owner showed up at the hangar driving a brand new Nissan GTR. :shock:

Way to lead by example.... leave the 120,000.00 toy at home General....you may get more loyalty from the Troops. In AP's case, I doubt it. :( :x
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Does anyone know if they hire from the ramp? I'm trying to find a first rung position while I do my training
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simmer wrote:Does anyone know if they hire from the ramp? I'm trying to find a first rung position while I do my training
When hell freezes over. They have a flight school. I assume their instructors want to get on too I don't think any of them have moved up in the past 3 - 4 years.
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15 years ago I considered becoming a pilot, decided to turn wrenches instead, have recently thought about moving to the pointy end, this post made me realize I am not nearly bitter enough for that. $40k for the right seat to start with next to no experience is a place to start, I am guessing that is more than TM got for his first flying gig, everyone has to start somewhere and not everyone has to start at AP/MA. Show up, do a good job, work hard, show initiative and I am sure you won't be a $40k F/O for every. In the 2 years of flying in the King Air you will gain experience that will help you move on once the bond is up. Every where I have been the pilot lounge has had a revolving door on it and even the pilots that were making $90k a year were looking for greener pastures and blew off their bond to move on Can't imagine why companies have bonds?

I take it that 14 and 4 is 14 days on call and 4 off? The pilots I know fly less than 3 to 4 days a week, not all those days could be full duty days. As an engineer I often have worked 20 days straight and 14 hours 7 days in a row have been a fairly regular occurrence, I chose this career knowing this is what to expect and have accepted it as how things work. I do find it funny though that the pilots that whine about how little they get paid usually are the ones that work the least. I love the work and the career I make enough to pay my mortgage and feed my kids, if I wanted to make big coin and work bankers hours I would have chosen another career. Bottom line if you hate where you work and how they treat you maybe it is to move on to a new employer and a new career. Maybe you can convince the "those two" as you call them to give you a pink slip.
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If it's got wings wrote:I love the work and the career I make enough to pay my mortgage and feed my kids, if I wanted to make big coin and work bankers hours I would have chosen another career. Bottom line if you hate where you work and how they treat you maybe it is to move on to a new employer and a new career. Maybe you can convince the "those two" as you call them to give you a pink slip.
Interesting comment. I've run into a couple pilots like this as well that have huge entitlement issues and are so bent on 'greener pastures' that they were down right miserable people. If this career is not what you were mystified into believing it would be, no one is holding a gun to your head to stay.

I chose this job, I make less than a teacher, and I enjoy it. Also, I don't whine and fuss as if someone tricked me about what it would be like.
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they are offering 40-45K for Captain NOT F/O. this is well below industry standard.... you get what you pay for.
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So if they are offering 40K to 45K what did you counter with? As in any business you never start with the number you are willing to settle at, if someone is willing to take the job for 40K why would you offer 50K to start? Pretty basic negotiating I would think.
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If it's got wings wrote:So if they are offering 40K to 45K what did you counter with? As in any business you never start with the number you are willing to settle at, if someone is willing to take the job for 40K why would you offer 50K to start? Pretty basic negotiating I would think.
Yep, I've accepted the offered wage less than half the time in my career. Convince them that you are the person they want, then convince them that they aren't going to get you unless they up the ante. Then once you get in and they are sure they want you, raise.
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So whats the scoop on the Challenger pilot they are advertising for? Do they have it yet and what are they going to pay?
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"We were thinking 5 figures..."
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I see they want a 560 Captain - seems to be some turnover. Wonder why?
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They dont even have an effin OC....

Or so I thought....
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I'm not sure the ads are a result of turnover.

If you check the aircraft registry they added 4 aircraft in the 4th quarter last year and they just added a Challenger 604 a few weeks ago. Looks like business is good.

They are probably just trying to put butts in seats.
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It should be obvious to anyone that when it comes to pilots it doesn't matter how little you are paying (or how much you are charging in some cases), you will always have plenty of applicants.

When you want experience, you have to pay a little more. It's not until you really want quality that you have to start paying good wages.
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Guy Incognito wrote:I'm not sure the ads are a result of turnover.

If you check the aircraft registry they added 4 aircraft in the 4th quarter last year and they just added a Challenger 604 a few weeks ago. Looks like business is good.

They are probably just trying to put butts in seats.
This what I hear from a source on the inside. The are trying to put butts in seats for the lowest possible cost. Low wages, guys with PPC's, and have to be willing to wash cars. No PPC? Sign a 2 year bond which includes hotel, food and travel expenses for sim. You'll owe everything for the first year. A sign your life away contract.

I also wonder what their clients will think when they find out their jet is never in the hangar because they dont have any hangar space.
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Says they were looking for an Ops Manager. Who is the new ops manager and who is their CP?
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So apparently they no longer want pilots washing cars, they have advertised a new job for that under "aviation jobs" :lol:
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