Bexair

[chia]

Bexair of Bahrain's Challenger 601 was seen the other day in Dubai with hail damage to the radome and windshields. Their 604 was also seen in Dubai with oil all over the bottom of the rear fuselage. These sort of issues are pronounced as Bexair's Marketing Department has complete control over Flight operations and the Maintenance department, resulting in the priority of customers first, flight attendants second, maintenance third, and the pilots fourth, who in the end pick up the pieces, or the way Bexair's operation is going, will at some point in time be part of the pieces. Besides the above issues, Bexair pilots are comforted knowing since so many Bexair pilots have quit, or been fired, Bexair's management is paying 30 day contract pilots twice what a fulltime Bexair pilot is making.

[Kopeloi]

Just for your information. There can be spilled oil from APU in any Challenger. Don't quite understand what your post is trying to say. For me it kind of indicates that company is busy flying and maintenance is completed at Dubai.
Enjoy the life.

[chia]

Their maintenance is not done in Dubai unless their aircraft is broken. The APU is a loaner from Berlin and is leaking oil like a seive. I have seen this Challenger operator put a quart of oil in their APU after every couple of sorties. When a Challenger APU is blowing oil which results in the bottom of the fuselage consistantly being covered in oil is not normal for any challenger. If you have ocassion look in their log release sheets you would find this is obviously the finest challenger in the bombardier fleet as nothing ever breaks, for you will not find any writeups. The company needs to return to Berlin and either get another loaner or get theirs repaired and reinstalled. The LVC valve is also on its last legs. The company is too cheap to fly this aircraft to berlin and get it fixed. You ignored the other statement of hail damage on the radome and windshields on their challenger 601, besides the main body of the original statement. By the way i am an A&P with an inspection authorization so i do not take back seats.

[Kopeloi]

You sure sound like a man on mission. So, tell us what the hail damage has to do with the management? Are you trying to tell that Bombardier is not able to provide a good APU as a loaner because a bad management team also at Berlin? As an A&P you should know what the limits are on APU oil consumption/leaks.
Most repairs on airplanes usually happen after the breakage and I assume that Dubai is authorized for such....
Nikolai

[chia]

Suggest you read previous posts since the beginning of june, all self explanatory. Management has everything to do operation and safety of an aircraft. If you were a professional pilot you would never have made your management comment.

Berlin installed an airworthy APU 3 months ago, but that was 3 months ago. Since you are defending bexair, why not fly for them on a full time basis and then you can negate my comments intelligently.

[Kopeloi]

I would love to, are they hiring this moment? I have flown Challengers, 601&604's , with Apu's lasting much longer than 3 months. Still do not understand what the management had to do with hailstorm.

[chia]

As a former pilot for Bexair i feel my posts are of interest. all my posts are self explanatory and i stand by them. So in all fairness to the rest of the readers interested in Bexair operations, since you indicated you would "love to", (then go to work for Bexair as
(they are short of rated Challenger pilots today) and at some future time report back on this board to counter my posts with the intelligence of having been there, rather than propagating posts having never been there. I did not say an APU lasts 3 months (you did). Management has everything to do with hailstorm damage on an aircraft, as Bexair hires the pilots and set the ground rules, or lack of ground rules. Your statements sound just like Bexair's management mentality, in the end if something goes wrong blame maintenance or the pilots.
By your last post you have been called, so your next post will be to advise the readers of this board of your employ by Bexair, or your next post will be known as one whom doubletalks without merit.

[Kopeloi]

I had a pleasure to work short stint with them few years back. Don't know what is the exact situation today. I will send my application and will let you know by PM. It looks like we better stop this kind of useless conversation in public.
If a job was not right for you it doesn't necessarily mean that they are no good. Like it is not a mirrows fault if you do not like the picture...

[chia]

I left bexair 1 June, my posts are based on fact, up to date, not useless conversation, and this is a public board. You have continued to counter my comments with suggestive statements with no factual basis. Once again as stated in my last post, when you are in the employ of Bexair you can then report back to this board with statements based on fact. It is not necessary to PM me as this board will hear from you when you are employed.

[chia]

Bexair is advertising again for 604 current pilots. Just to remind the new applicants to ask Bexair the following questions.

According to the Bahrain CAA ANTP regulations, and the Bexair operations manual, Bexair pilots are not allowed to fly more than 30 flight hours in any given 7 day period. Ask Bexair if they are complying with this rule? Also one is not allowed to have more than 100 flight hours in any 1 month. Ask them if they are complying with this rule.

The Bahrain CAA ANTP lists duty times, etc. No matter what Bexair says, they can not supercede the Bahrain CAA.

According to the Bahrain CAA ANTP regulations, and the Bexair operations manual, Bexair pilots are required to have a 24 hour rest period in any given 7 day period. This means by regulation, Bexair must inform a crewmember when his 24 hour rest period takes effect. Sitting in a hotel waiting for a trip assignment does not count as a 24 hour rest period unless Bexair informs you by phone or fax you are off for 24 hours. Anotherwords in plain english, they are required to give you 1 day off every 7 days. Ask Bexair if they are complying with this rule.

Bexair will tell you the normal employment period is 60 days on, wityh no days off. When they tell you this they are already in violation of the regulations.

Bexair never does weight and balance on their 604. You will fly overweight. According to Bahrain CAA ANTP regulations and Bexair operatuions manual, a W&G is required before every flight.
Ask Bexair if they are complying witrh this rule.

Bexair can not supercede the Bahrain CAA ANTP regulations, no matter what the Bexair operations manual says or their internal correspondence says. If you do not comply with the above you are in violation. If an accident happens Bexair management will be able to absolve themselves by blaming you the pilot as not complying by the regulations.

Bexair's duty time starts 1 hour before a scheduled flight, and ends 30 minutes after completion of a scheduled flight. Ask Bexair for example if you go to the airport 2 hours before a flight, instead of 1 hour does this then count as duty time? Or, if you leave the airport 1 hour after completion of a flight instead of 30 minutes does that count as duty time? Ask them if travel time is part of duty time or rest time. My point being you will be "shortchanged" on your rest periods, and times between flights.

Get Bexair's answers in writing, as the more people who stand up to illegal operating procedures by Bexair, in the end you are making this industry a better place. In the end is the other issue of contract 2 week and 30 day p;ilots receiving over twice the pay you are receiving as a full time Bexair pilot. You will find the part time 604 pilots they use could care less about any rules. Kind of shows Bexair's character of buying off people, and the true character of these part time pilots.

[chia]

Bexair is looking for pilots. Excel, Bravo, and Globel Express pilots.
Probably the usual 2 months on and one month off. This also means Bexair once again is not complying with their own Bexair Operations and Bahrain CAA manuals. (ie. 1 day off in every 7 days of duty time-so one works every day for 2 months) Bexair will provide one with a coach round trip airfare to home every 60 days. The Citation applicants might enquire where the current Bravo and Excel pilots have gone, either fired or just quit, as Bexair was sending a Jourdanian to Excel school in July, and had enough Citation people at the end of May. An apartment will be furnished in Moscow, and i believe the salary is 4,500 a month plus 1,200 perdium for Moscow.

Global Express pilots will start out at 6,000 a month, and after 3 months salary to 6,500 a month on a straight yearly salary. Will be based in Ryiah, Saudi. Probably wil be furnished with an apartment equal to 3 months basic salary. 100 dollars a day perdium while flying out of the middle east. This new ad says one must move overseas, this is a first, so maybe Bexair will have 2 full crews based in Ryiadh for the Global, and the above 60 on and 30 off may not apply, but rather guarantee one 120 days off a year. If one has never worked or lived in Saudi, one is going to have an awakening as the lifestyle is quite different, and not westernized as in Dubai or Bahrain. You might enquire if this gig includes ones family. I believe this global is one already on line with another managed company, so you might enquire if Bexair takes over this contract, what will happen to the current global guys? A couple of them may just stay on if the owner is happy with them, so you need to know the pecking order. Also enquire who will perform the maintenance on the aircraft, as their challenger 604 maintenance leaves things to be desired.

Again go back through the Bexair posts and see if you can live with working for a company with rules they do not comply with themselves, or expect you to comply with either.