CASW: Central Air Southwest
11-01-2012, 01:16 PM
#32
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: CFII
Posts: 139
Any fresh news on CASW? Looks like a new website and a base in JXN are new to me since I checked last. I tend to my fulltime (non aviation) related job and responsibilities in LAN and now have three CASW bases around me. What are my chances at riding around in an ac500 part-time as needed? Probably not worth their money to train me. But always thought it would be fun to do some part-time VFR 135 (good luck to me) and eventually regular 135. 750/80
11-01-2012, 01:47 PM
#33
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,298
It was written to a guy in this very situation. He had a pay to play SIC program for his 135 cargo op. The letter plainly states that an SIC acting as an SIC on a plane not type-certificated for two pilots and not operating under regs that requires two pilots... CAN NOT LOG SIC TIME!
If, however, he meets the requirement of 135.245 and takes checkrides under 135.293, he may sit in the right seat , act as sole mainpulator of the controls, and log that time as PIC. However, legally, the man sitting the left seat and "acting as PIC" cannot "Log" PIC. They are two different things to the FAA. So if the guy in the left seat knows he cant log it if you are flying it from the right seat, whey would he ever let you have the controls?
If, however, he meets the requirement of 135.245 and takes checkrides under 135.293, he may sit in the right seat , act as sole mainpulator of the controls, and log that time as PIC. However, legally, the man sitting the left seat and "acting as PIC" cannot "Log" PIC. They are two different things to the FAA. So if the guy in the left seat knows he cant log it if you are flying it from the right seat, whey would he ever let you have the controls?
If the aircraft is certificated for only one crew member, then there are two circumstances under which two crew members may log PIC.
1. The flight is operated under regulation requiring a second crew member (135 requirements, 91.109, etc). In this case, the SIC may log PIC (but should not, and will be looked upon unfavorably for having done so, by other employers) as sole manipulator of the controls. The acting PIC (as designated by the certificate holder, or by prior agreement by the two parties in the case of 91.109) may log PIC as pilot in command of an aircraft requiring more than one crew member.
2. The flight is instructional, and the pilot receiving instruction is manipulating the controls. In this case, the acting pilot in command, providing instruction, may log the time as PIC, and the SIC may lot PIC time as sole manipulator of the controls.
You indicated that you think that if the SIC is logging pilot in command time, the acting pilot in command can't log the time at all. That's incorrect.
12-01-2012, 12:50 PM
#35
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Position: Jets and Props
Posts: 188
I would guess the important numbers would be PIC and Multi PIC. any single pilot IFR time? From what Ive seen/heard, even great regional FOs don't always translate to good freight dogs. Single pilot IFR at night in the weather with no autopilot is very different from autopilot on try not to fall asleep at FL380. that being said I don't know your background but applying couldn't hurt.
12-04-2012, 04:42 PM
#36
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2010
Position: Captain
Posts: 71
Is it hours that make you overqualified? I'd put my frieght dog skills up against a autopilot 3 bar guy anyday. Pay depends on the route, CASW needs pilots right now in El Paso and MI. Typically you could expect double what a first or second year regional guy takes home. Most of it is all third shift flying.
12-05-2012, 10:11 AM
#37
Line Holder
Joined APC: Nov 2012
Position: lapsed medical
Posts: 65
My friend, Brian Quinn, used to be director of flight training for this company, until about 2005. I wish he still worked there, and so do they. Brian was killed 11/6/2012 in a FedEx Feeder flight - turbine seizure which obliterated his visibility with oil. He landed in a field OK, but rolled into a tree he surely could not see.
Anyway, I understand if you work there long enough, they give you a vanity tail number. Brian's tail number was 23BQ. Andrew pledged to keep that tail number as a memorial to Brian.
Anyway, I understand if you work there long enough, they give you a vanity tail number. Brian's tail number was 23BQ. Andrew pledged to keep that tail number as a memorial to Brian.
12-06-2012, 05:15 AM
#38
New Hire
Joined APC: Dec 2011
Posts: 9
My friend, Brian Quinn, used to be director of flight training for this company, until about 2005. I wish he still worked there, and so do they. Brian was killed 11/6/2012 in a FedEx Feeder flight - turbine seizure which obliterated his visibility with oil. He landed in a field OK, but rolled into a tree he surely could not see.
Anyway, I understand if you work there long enough, they give you a vanity tail number. Brian's tail number was 23BQ. Andrew pledged to keep that tail number as a memorial to Brian.
Anyway, I understand if you work there long enough, they give you a vanity tail number. Brian's tail number was 23BQ. Andrew pledged to keep that tail number as a memorial to Brian.
12-06-2012, 06:54 PM
#40
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2012
Position: BE40 Left
Posts: 145
I normally meet up with some of their pilots in the middle of the night in Ohio. Their most senior pilot is topped out in pay at $35K. Their AC50s are pretty old, and from what i've been told by some of their pilots, their mx is kinda shady. They do have TKS systems and no radar; only a G396 w/Nexrad. I believe they have around 30 planes. Their schedule is not bad though. Those guys might only have a 3 hr run up to 10 hrs. Paid hourly. Also not sure about how they're doing financially as I do know their credit cards were getting declined for fuel.
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