Falcon Air Express

[Akitakona]

Does anyone have an info on the atmosphere/working conditions at Falcon out of Miami and Mesa, Az?

[ChallengerCapt]

Falcon Air is Expanding in the Caribbean. They need pilots, but the Venezuelan owner, Mr. Ramiz is cheap and does not believe on taking care of their pilots during training. I know pilots that are presently in ground school who have not being paid their first $750 per Diem check for successfully completing their first phase of training. They were supposed to be paid two weeks ago. The same situation happened with the previous class which received their first check three weeks later, as well as the class prior to them. When the pilots complained that they could not afford to keep training without pay, they got the excuse from Rick Semon, Director of Training, and Tom Olsen, Manager of Flight Standards, that the owner was very concerned because he had to replace an engine. The same excuse and lie was given to the previous classes. My friend is about to quit the job with three other pilots for the same reason. Falcon usually hires 10 people per class, but they loose pilots during training due to their lack of integrity.

Even though Falcon sent the following information prior to ground school, the pilots do not get paid on time. It is ridiculous since they also ask you to sign an 18 month non-prorated contract for 20K non-rated MD-80 pilots and 6K rated pilots.

Falcon Air will pay fifty dollars ($50.00) per day during training to pay for a pilot’s meals and
other expenses for the period of time from the first day of ground school until all simulator
training is complete. This pay will not be paid for any periods of time where training is
suspended or an individual is not in MIA and available for training for any reason. The
reimbursement for expenses will be paid in the following manner:
1. Upon successful completion of the first 15 days of training, the initial increment of
$750.00 will be paid.
2. Upon successful completion of the second 15 days of training the second increment of
$750.00 will be paid.
3. Upon successful completion of all simulator training the third increment will be paid up
from the 30th day of training until the last day of simulator training. The Company will
make a good faith effort to see that this increment is paid before the student’s departure
for Operating Experience.:ugh:

[grounded27]

Is not Emilio not the current owner anymore? I had some very close people people work there over a decade ago. Their claim to fame was a wet T-shirt contest enroute to a spring break destonation enroute. People worked there to log experience, it was a fun young crowd. Not for everyone. From what I see on google it is still a family run airline. Cheap, yes, depends on your interests.

[captjns]

Look at Airline Pilot Central's Charter Section. Many posts about that bottom feeding airline. One is better off for not signing on with FAE.

[ChallengerCapt]

Last week a group of Falcon Air Express pilots decided to get paid, and went to the US Department of Labor in Miami to make a formal complaint after not being paid for more than a month for the completion of ground school training. The Owner, was so mad and scared at the whole situation. He had no choice but to pay the whole class. Several pilots left the company after getting paid.

The great news is that Falcon is now under investigation. It is about time !!! This company is trash!:D

[Newgenerator]

This email shows how he feels about his pilots :{

Subject: From the Desk of Nelson Ramiz JR
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:55:45 -0500

While screw ups and thievery are bastard children which no one admits to, Falcon has to continue to pay for both broken and "missing" headsets.

We will now tie them to the side of the aircraft as if this is the way one would like to resolve a situation like this.

This is neglect at its best and thievery at its worst. We will protect our interests against those that seek to harm or steal our equipment. This equipment feeds you. Feeds your families, why on earth wouldn't you treat it as such??

Will we have to start doing random checks of crew member and mechanics bags to look for stolen equipment?? That is the type of place this is going to turn into??

We all work too hard to have this place turn into a prison, so I suggest that if you see someone abusing our equipment or God forbid attempting to stealing it, let them know they are harming all of us.

For those that would never thinking of doing either, I apologize for even having to write this email.

I am embarrassed to even have to write this.
Forwarded
From the Desk of Nelson Ramiz JR

[filejw]

Hey the guys mad because somebody is stealing his stuff, what would you expect. I know this place is low end but you need a better example .

[NG ExPat]

Several employees have reported that FAE has failed to report their wages to Social Security.