Starting training on 3/7/2011 from Charlotte NC area

Welcome aboard Chris- we all are through Trenton alot so look for us. Let us know if you have any questions along the way.

 

Yes welcome aboard Chris. I am an ex aircraft mechanic myself. 11 years as crew chief in the Air Force and 10 1/2 years at Delta in Atlanta. The airline industry isn't what it used to be. I hope you feel good about your decision and best of luck.

 

Small world. I was at Delta for 23 years. Your right, it not recognizable to me.

 

Yea small world, I lived by you too lol. I lived in Newnan on the north side close to Sharpsburg.

 

good luck to you chris.....i can echo the sentiments of several of the others that dealing with those airplanes just isnt what it used to be......i've watched my end of it in air cargo steadily go downhill for the last 15 years, both from the left seat and from the management side as well....been there done them both.....funny that i see from reading alot of other posts from other companies as well that alot of us are trading in our wings for wheels.....starting my school next monday here in nc but going the pay for it myself and then choose my company route.....i can't see being bound to a company for a period of time just because they trained me but that's just me and i am lucky enough to be in a position to do it....i hope seeing such a relatively large number of former pilots in the mix lately means we're going to be alot safer and pay alot more attention to detail than some of the other newbies i see so many complaints about....

 

OK. Maybe that's you who parks on Raymond Hill some times. I park there to when I have time to stop over for the night.

 

flew the three-holer on postal contracts until fedex basically wrote their own contract and stole it away from all of the contract operators earlier in the decade....what a hot rod that thing was.....durability of a tank with corvette performance lol they just don't make them like that 727 anymore.....most stable instrument platform i've ever flown in any conditions and catIII certified too....been general manager for one of the cargo outfits out of GSO for last few years.....higher up i go less airplanes i see so it's time to get out....yeah who would have thought those kids in those regionals are only making 18k and paying for training? not me. let you know where i end up in a couple month maybe we see each other on the road.