I worked for Tim Pacini and Aerial Messages in Daytona Beach Florida. I went there in February because Tim told me I would be flying "at least" 100 hours a month. I spent a lot of money on a UHaul moving my family all the way from the west coast to Florida.in the last 3 months I have flown 10 hours. I got the ten hours because I paid $2500 for banner tow training to get my endorsement. This is a scam, there is no such thing as a banner tow endorsement. All the company has to do is put you on their company waiver.
Tim owns a generator sales and repair business. He asked me when he hired me if I wouldn't mind working a few hours in his shop helping the mechanics repair, build and install generators to "supplement" my income. I told him sure, I don't mind hard work. Since February that is all I have been doing. Oh, and his Dad brought in his boat the other day and Tim had me sand the interior, it took me a week to work on. He also had me in a yard the other day digging holes and planting trees. If I'm really lucky, I get to mow his lawn. No flying at all, just working for $6/hour changing oil filters, getting greasy, doing b! Tch work at the shop. Everytime I would talk to him, he would always say, "Yep, have a lot of banners to be flown coming up." I heard this for 3 months. He also ripped me off on my paychecks and still owes me $275, which I will never see.
He was basically using me for cheap labor in his generator/sweat shop. Before you go here, check out anyother place you can. Working drivethrough in McDonalds is better than working here. Luckily I got a great job flying pipeline that pays great, and I don't get yanked around, and get 30 hours a week. Go anywhere before you go here. I don't care if it's bagging groceries! You will be sorry.
We had a guy come from Kansas to do the training and was planning on moving down in May. He called me the other day and said he could tell from when he was down there that something wasn't right, and wanted to check with me before he moved down to make sure I was flying. Luckily he called me because I lost his number, and I saved him from this dead end job. He will be looking for something else, and he could see this job was a rip off from only being down there a few days.
Go somewhere else!
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