| | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | Interesting! I ran across this on Craigs List: Full time part 135 freight operator seeking pilot, Monday-Friday Schedule. No overnights, off weekends. We operate Beechcraft Baron and Cessna 210 aircraft and our current fleet totals nearly 100 aircraft. Minimum of 1200 hrs TT, 500 X/C, 75 Instrument. A/C is known ice. Call Adam for all details. 800-677-5675 EXT 612, (may have to leave a message) NEED PILOTS NOW. Other Positions in BNA, ORL, TPA, CRG, OPF, FXE, MKC, FTY, LIT, CPS. Pay ranges from 23000-51000 depending on run and base. Ground Training class starts on 7-7-2008. Please do not apply if you can not start on that date.
Location: CRG jacksonville
Compensation: 23000-51000
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Please, no phone calls about this job!
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PostingID: 730696835
If only I had my commercial and instrument!  http://jacksonville.en.craigslist.org/trp/730696835.html | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 $ Member/10,000+ posts! | | $ Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 | Fright express... yikes!
No, no, that is probably the one outfit I do NOT want to fly for.
Jeff Hersom N3740J '67 150G "Gremlin" Hangar W-6, Helena Regional Airport Places I have landed Gremlin: ![[Linked Image from visitedstatesmap.com]](https://visitedstatesmap.com/image/ALAKFLGAIDILINIAKSKYLAMIMNMSMOMTNENCNDOHOKSDTNTXWIWYsm.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.cessna150152.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=29260&filename=VisitedProvincesMap.jpg) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | Why do you think they call them "Freight Dogs"?   | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,810 Likes: 927 Member/7500+posts | | Member/7500+posts Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,810 Likes: 927 | Why do you think they call them "Freight Dogs"? .  A couple of us out here resemble that remark. 
Mark Buchner East Coast Outkast Fearless Leader and Cessna 150-152 Fly-In Foundation Director of Operations ![[Linked Image from visitedstatesmap.com]](https://visitedstatesmap.com/image/ALAZARCACTDEFLGAIDILINIAKSKYMDMIMNMOMTNENVNJNMNYNCNDOHOKORPASCSDTNTXUTVTVAWVWIWYsm.jpg) | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | Yeah, I know!  Sorry! Facts be known, I wouldn't mind resembling that remark myself! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 $ Member/10,000+ posts! | | $ Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 | Please, Carl. Not Flight Express. Anybody but them. I'm a freight dog at heart and I would fly for ANY operation but them.
Jeff Hersom N3740J '67 150G "Gremlin" Hangar W-6, Helena Regional Airport Places I have landed Gremlin: | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,852 Member/2500+posts | | Member/2500+posts Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2,852 | ... Fright Express...
they all have names...
Labor omnia vincit.
KDAL/KGKY and beyond.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 $ Member/10,000+ posts! | | $ Member/10,000+ posts! Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 10,729 Likes: 105 | Yes, but these guys have more than earned their moniker.
I know of a crash, 1/2 mile short of 18L at KTPA... C-210. Had an extra stop on their route, but since they didn't have contract fuel they told him not to buy gas. Ran out of fuel and bit it. It is still PIC's problem, should have never taken off without enough fuel, but if they were putting the pressure on him about something as basic and necessary as FUEL?!
Not going to subject myself to that. Just a bunch of ice.
Jeff Hersom N3740J '67 150G "Gremlin" Hangar W-6, Helena Regional Airport Places I have landed Gremlin: | | | | | Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 Member/15,000 posts | | Member/15,000 posts Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 18,962 Likes: 3 | From what I read about trucking, that's exactly what I'm in for... pressure (for at least the first year, anyway!)
The old-timers handle it easily! If the Driver Manager (who likely has never been a trucker) keeps pushing, you just mention a phone call to the safety office or DOT and they change their tune real fast. NOBODY ever has to do anything unsafe or illegal... that's a personal choice.
In most company trucks, communications are handled by satelite over the internet, and everything is digitally recorded and documented. Dispatch can't say they didn't push you to run unsafely or illegally if there's any trumped-up suggestions later concerning work ethics, safety, or legality.
Fright Express might pressure their employees, but their employees let them do it! If it were that easy to find replacement pilots, they wouldn't have an ad in Craigs List 3 months running.
I don't have the qualifications required, so it's a mute point anyway!
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Fright Express might pressure their employees, but their employees let them do it! If it were that easy to find replacement pilots, they wouldn't have an ad in Craigs List 3 months running.
That's right. Most of them are young and desperate, though...and that can and does sometimes lead to bad things. It's all a matter of knowing you have a choice.
Labor omnia vincit.
KDAL/KGKY and beyond.
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