Emerald Airways

[Gym]

Any one starting at Emerald in the near future?

[EGDR]

No

[aerostude]

nor me

[Pielander]

Me neither.

[SkyCruiser]

No thankyou......

[trolleydollylover]

soz... not me old chap, Hey pielander where is your signature gone, very funny.

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Whoa there bigfella, whoa!

[nunos]

I'm not but I know someone who is !why ?

[Pielander]

Aaaw! You've spoilt it now! :)

[HomerSimpson]

Gym,
I guess you are. When is your course date? April or August?

Homer ;)

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Duff, Duff, that Wonderful stuff. Ummmmm Doughnuts

[Big Mo]

More to the point, anyone elso leaving Emerald in the near future?!!!

[RVR800]

Many leaving soon for more money

[expedite_climb]

Do you get a nice Gemstone for a thankyou muchly leaving present ?

(Sorry that was bad....)

[EGDR]

Green is'nt my colour, does'nt go well next to my skin, saphire would be better

[BJF]

Know of plenty leaving, none joining.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Another course starts next week with courses each month up to september - courses average 4 victims - at least 3 of whom are F/Os

[hugh mastby-jocan]

Exactly how shagged are those Gemstone 748's?

[Captain Spud]

In my experiance the Jemstone 748s are well maintained and "go tech" only as often as you would expect given the incredible ammount of short sectors they undertake.

[hushkit77]

I'm starting at Emerald but don't have a start date yet !!.....I look forward to it.
They seem like a nice bunch of people..

[boxjockey99]

Emerald 748's seem to go tech all at once, one day they're all flying and the next.. well they ALL go bang and need their elastic bands changed. in the main they are pretty reliable though. The crews seem pretty good guys as well but I only get to see a few of them as I ain't at LPL.

[CreepMark]

started on emerald 748's in 1995, midland 737's in 1997 and monarch A300 in sept 1998.

dont knock em, turbines a turbine.....mcc is mcc.....flying hours are flying hours.

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Climb Aboard, lets have some fun.

[Capt PPRuNe]

Well, I am suprised at the number of you who knock a company like Emerald, probably without ever having been there.

I worked for Emerald for two and a half years and got my first command there. You couldn't ask for a better break into flying turboprops. The a/c may be old but they are well maintained, built like the proverbials and when I was there only a few had autopilots and most had instruments dating back to WWII but you learnt to fly heavy turboprops on short sectors, hand flying down to minima in crappy weather.

Overall pay was average for the type of flying and there were a few nightstops (daystops) which accrued flight duty pay. The crews were all a great bunch and many of them are still there today.

Any wannabe who gets an offer to move on to the HS748 could do a lot worse and can rest assured that they will accrue experience that will serve them well later on in their careers. Hone up your IR flying skills as you will probably be doing a lot of hand flying in the dark and often in marginal weather.

CreepMark, howya doin? Still on the A300 then? Not seen you since I brought you back from Puerto Vallarta. ;)

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Capt PPRuNe
aka Danny Fyne
The Professional Pilots RUmour NEtwork

[Mr Tuck]

It appears Capt Pprune that you have an advantage on the number of posts.
I thought perhaps after a while modesty would prevail.

[freightdoggy dog]

But would you belive "Dusty" if his lips moved?