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Old 12th Nov 2010, 10:14
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Facts about AMC

NG walker, you said it all.

I worked for them-few years back-they paid well for the first 6 months, then salary delays and allowance cut offs were kind of routine.
I will put my evaluation for this company in points below:

The good points:
1- Very friendly atmosphere through the admin and crew.
2- Good salary as long as the planes are flying at full capacity.
3- Good hotels in HRG, SSH and LXR.
4- Not so strict in flight rules, you can do what you want as long you are safe.(I don't know if I should put this in the good or the bad side, but it worked for me, except for smoking the cockpit-that was difficult)

The bad:
1- Lies are normal behavior throughout the management( nick name is AMC Air-lies).
2- Over time payment is usually paid about 2 months late.
3- Any drop in traffic, expect a salary cut & allowance reduction and forget about the unpaid -but flown-overtime allowance of the previous months.
4- No respect for the contracts, regarding the pay, days off, notice period...etc.
5- It is a family business, the owner have 3 sons, pilots and an engineer, with all the key posts held by brothers and cousins, so if you piss off any of them, you are blacklisted within the whole family circuit.

Final conclusion:
Don't work there unless you are unemployed, running out of cash and no other options available.
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