Executive Airshare
10-25-2016, 09:47 AM
#2072
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Joined APC: Jun 2015
Position: Left
Posts: 1,825
Concerned about schedules or pay at EAS? There are other options out there these days............
Pilots | Envoy Air
Pilots | Envoy Air
10-25-2016, 09:52 AM
#2073
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: yea...CA; RJ driver
Posts: 28
11-02-2016, 09:52 PM
#2074
On Reserve
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 11
Mesa Airlines is now offering a $30,000 new hire bonus. 
Endeavor has bonuses.
Skywest pays well and has brand new E175's.
Other regionals have fast upgrades as soon as you receive 1000 hours Part 121 time.
At Airshare you work a 10 ON, 5 OFF. And don't believe one bit of what you hear about "you'll be home during your 10 days". Yeah....uhh. Don't count on that. Those are Airshare interviewing lies.
So you have 10 days off per month at Airshare. At any regional, even as a Reserve pilot straight out of training, you already have 11 days off. And you can bid a schedule where you can work something like a 4 on, 3 off. After reserve you'll become a line holder and will have anywhere from 12 days off to 18 days off for senior pilots. It doesn't matter how senior you are at Airshare, you're still stuck with 10 on, 5 off.
Try packing for 10 days straight. Better bring some laundry detergent with you and bag of quarters.
Your PIC time at a regional carrier in a 50k-84k MTOW jet will be much more valuable to your resume than a VLJ turbine PIC. You'll log flight time faster at a regional. Up to 800-1000 hours per year depending on how motivated you are. And maybe you'll log 400 hours per year maximum at Airshare, that being aircraft type specific. And much less FBO sitting at a regional.
Let the attacks begin on my truthful post.
Endeavor has bonuses.
Skywest pays well and has brand new E175's.
Other regionals have fast upgrades as soon as you receive 1000 hours Part 121 time.
At Airshare you work a 10 ON, 5 OFF. And don't believe one bit of what you hear about "you'll be home during your 10 days". Yeah....uhh. Don't count on that. Those are Airshare interviewing lies.
So you have 10 days off per month at Airshare. At any regional, even as a Reserve pilot straight out of training, you already have 11 days off. And you can bid a schedule where you can work something like a 4 on, 3 off. After reserve you'll become a line holder and will have anywhere from 12 days off to 18 days off for senior pilots. It doesn't matter how senior you are at Airshare, you're still stuck with 10 on, 5 off.
Try packing for 10 days straight. Better bring some laundry detergent with you and bag of quarters.
Your PIC time at a regional carrier in a 50k-84k MTOW jet will be much more valuable to your resume than a VLJ turbine PIC. You'll log flight time faster at a regional. Up to 800-1000 hours per year depending on how motivated you are. And maybe you'll log 400 hours per year maximum at Airshare, that being aircraft type specific. And much less FBO sitting at a regional.
Let the attacks begin on my truthful post.
11-02-2016, 11:12 PM
#2075
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2015
Posts: 27
Mesa airlines $30,000 bonus; $5,000 after training completion, $5,000 after 1 yr service, $5,000 after 2 years service... 5 more after 3 years and 10 more after 4 years. *unless offered an upgrade for all service years listed above. (Pilots at mesa currently upgrading within 24 months) **FO programs are subject to adjustment if wages go up. (If pay comes above $22/hr first year they may take away the bonus) So now your bonus is really $10,000 or nill if they decide to upgrade the pay to match somewhere like say Skywest at $36.50/hr. Many of the other regional bonuses are similarly structured/contracted..
There are better and worse rotations at Airshare but on average pilots are not working 10/10 year round. More like 16-18 on the high end with some months being lower and some months being 10/10. Day trips aren't uncommon either, hence the base structure. The people wanting to live in KC, ICT, RVS and possibly other bases as well would definitely be commuting to and from regionals. Watch your 11 days dwindle as you end up two legging it home or catching the next one. "Commuting" at AirShare is on company time and the company dime. Not everyone wants to join the airlines, or at the least the regionals and for those people flying 135 on modern business jets is great for the resume. There is certainly room for improvement at EAS but saying the regionals pay, schedule, etc is vastly better is a far cry.
There are better and worse rotations at Airshare but on average pilots are not working 10/10 year round. More like 16-18 on the high end with some months being lower and some months being 10/10. Day trips aren't uncommon either, hence the base structure. The people wanting to live in KC, ICT, RVS and possibly other bases as well would definitely be commuting to and from regionals. Watch your 11 days dwindle as you end up two legging it home or catching the next one. "Commuting" at AirShare is on company time and the company dime. Not everyone wants to join the airlines, or at the least the regionals and for those people flying 135 on modern business jets is great for the resume. There is certainly room for improvement at EAS but saying the regionals pay, schedule, etc is vastly better is a far cry.
11-03-2016, 06:19 AM
#2077
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: Upright
Posts: 120
Right now at Airshare we are busy and down a few pilots, so yes a lot of us are working 8,9 and some case 10 out of 10. It depends on how you may luck out on your rotation. Sometimes I am doing a lot of day trips and home very night, and then there have been an occasion where I was on the road 8 out of 10.
If you are in your 20’s and the 121 world is what you want then by all means head for the regionals, heck I would. Please remember all the incentives that the regionals are putting out all have a catch to them. They are showing you best case scenario. Remember not all pilots in this world want to go to the airlines.
I would say that a majority of the PIC’s here that have competitive time are applying to the majors, so are corporate guys and regional guys, and when the majors come calling we will all make the move if given the opportunity.
I am not a company cheerleader by any means, so the next time you see an Airshare crew ask them what it is really like here instead of listening or reading post from guys that have never worked here or got denied in the interview. Like I have always said Airshare is not the best place to be but it’s by far not the worst place to be. I have flown with and had some of the best times on the road with guys here, stories that will be told for years.
If you are in your 20’s and the 121 world is what you want then by all means head for the regionals, heck I would. Please remember all the incentives that the regionals are putting out all have a catch to them. They are showing you best case scenario. Remember not all pilots in this world want to go to the airlines.
I would say that a majority of the PIC’s here that have competitive time are applying to the majors, so are corporate guys and regional guys, and when the majors come calling we will all make the move if given the opportunity.
I am not a company cheerleader by any means, so the next time you see an Airshare crew ask them what it is really like here instead of listening or reading post from guys that have never worked here or got denied in the interview. Like I have always said Airshare is not the best place to be but it’s by far not the worst place to be. I have flown with and had some of the best times on the road with guys here, stories that will be told for years.
11-11-2016, 10:10 AM
#2078
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 1,192
I believe they are taxed quite high, initially, but once you file you will more than likely get a lot of it back (unless you are in a very high bracket), but for RJ guys it shouldn't be an issue.
Hope things are going well for ya man
Hope things are going well for ya man
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