7500 Bonus to 135 pilots as well?

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01-09-2018, 01:06 PM

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TroutBum

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Originally Posted by JKSees

If you went AF UPT and tracked heavies you should have a BE-400 type. Thats how I got my $7500. Ironically the C-17 doesn't count because there is no civilian equivalent (type).

Thanks -- I come from the Navy P-3 world, which does have a civilian type rating (L-188). I will dig deeper and report what I find.

01-10-2018, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TroutBum

The company website also states the bonus is available to "qualified military pilots." Any one know what "qualified" means?

Asked a buddy on the recruiting team. "Qualified" means a military trained pilot that either has a DD-214 and some kind of proof of training or proof of current military service. Rotor types and turbo prop types don't count, but if you were/are a military pilot you don't need a jet type rating to get the bonus, you qualify for it based on military training.

The other possible qualification is previous 135 or 121 experience.

01-10-2018, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyhawk121

They are counting Rotor. I have a buddy that was told that it counted, so I made him get it in writing.

01-10-2018, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyhawk121

Thanks for the info. That means I am eligible, but will definitely get that in writing from the co. if I get to that point.

01-11-2018, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WaterRooster

They are counting Rotor. I have a buddy that was told that it counted, so I made him get it in writing.

So I got the number of the manager that runs the bonus program from my friend and called him to ask a few of these questions and just said I wanted to know so I can do some "side recruiting" and collect on the referral bonus. A general helicopter type rating does not count for the bonus, nor does a turboprop type. If they are a military pilot it doesn't matter if they have a type rating or not, as long as they were a military pilot (lots of military pilots don't bother to ever do the paper work to get the type rating put on their certificate). If they fly helicopter in the 135 world that qualifies them under the 135 experience. Same goes if they fly a turboprop in the 135 world, they qualify for previous 135 experience.

01-12-2018, 11:27 AM

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TroutBum

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Thanks for getting the info from the horses mouth. The company website has no contact information for pilot recruiting. I tracked down an email and got no response. I then messaged pilot recruiting on Facebook and got a response that they would be emailing or calling me shortly. Never heard a word. You would think they would be more responsive in today's job market.

01-12-2018, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TroutBum

I simply called recruiting (Spencer St the time) and asked him about it. He said it would go into my account the following pay period, which it did. That was almost two years ago so I don't know if they changed the process.