controller

diesel mechanic

senior accountant

maintenance supervisor

fueler

Allied Aviation Services, Inc.

I worked at Allied for five years on every shift available at one point or another.  It's a solid job that can become a career easily enough.  Management is fine and will work with you on a lot of things.  Unfortunately due to the nature of the job (fueling commercial aircraft), you can be held over and forced to work mandatory overtime, up to an entire extra shift, resulting in a 16 hour day.  This can happen multiple times per week, or you may go a month or more without it happening.  The overtime pay is good if this happens, but if you're working here because it's simply a job and you don't want it to become a career, it's incredibly frustrating when it happens.  Fortunately, the more seniority you get, the less frequent you get held over.

That being said, there is a very old school mentality here.  Seniority is everything, and if you're a new hire, prepare to get screwed over more often than not.  The supervisors, duty managers, and coordinators will have their favorites, and will put you through the wringer until you've paid your dues.  It is a union job and the union reps will absolutely have your back, but things can get contentious sometimes.

Nobody at this job cares for you 

• Managers talk behind new hires' backs, shaming them for being “slow” on their FIRST day out on the ramp after their evaluation 
• The duty managers are rude, most of the supervisors are rude and also completely entitled 
• You get trained in groups of 5 or more people so if you’re a hands-on learner don’t expect to learn much 
• During training, you will be sitting in the training vans which are disgusting and also have no A/C so imagine how that feels in the summertime. You’ll also be sitting in the break rooms for hours on end instead of being trained 
• The job itself is easy as long as you know what you’re doing and if you got trained enough 
• HR told us “We don’t care if you work for us” before we had our evaluation 
• No second chance for more training after your evaluation IF you fail 
• Supervisors tell you to call and ask for help when you need it but then act as if you’re a major inconvenience for them when you do 
•Work-life balance is terrible 
•The trucks are always disgusting and trashy, the pull carts are always broken or messed up and old plus people use them as their trash cans. The break rooms are trashy, small, and gross too
• Extremely high turnover rate because of uncaring and unsupportive management. 

They'll literally hire anybody. It's a union job so expect all the seniority bs that comes with it. They hire dozens of people at a time and most quit before finishing trianing. Even most who start working after end up quiting early on. So you'll move up faster with seniority than you'd expect if you stick with it. It's a physically demanding job, so work smarter not harder. Scheduling early on is basically what they give you. You won't be getting better shifts until you've been there awhile and get earlier access to the t-shirt bid. Other than that it's not the worse. Corporate doesn't care or spends a dime on equipment but that's most companies. It's a steady pay check if you stick with it and get the job done.

Pros: easy to understand what your doing. Steady pay check. Decent amount of overtime available.

Cons: Seniority based. Corporate could care less. Physically demanding labor based job.

Very high turnover but Great coworker and trainers willing to help.
They hire more because they know most people would leave during training and the remaining during winter. 
Noise and fumes from aircrafts, the high octane gas from the Jet fuel causing headaches.but you will soon get used to it. slips and falls.
Exposure to all weather: through out the shift you would be on the ramp', unless its less busy.
They don't allow for part time either. Only full time.
Night and Morning shifts already taken by the few old folks due to less workload on these shifts.
They know exactly how to frustrate you to leave when they get new hires.  
there is a union: they don't want you (wont fight for you) they want your money.

I am thankful to the company because of the different responsibilities I was exposed to  while working at Allied.  I did everything from inventory management, billing, sales, depreciating company assets as well as other tasks that were not a part of my job description.  Unfortunately this was a result of fellow employees resigning under suspicious circumstances and leaving the company abruptly. Instead of hiring replacements immediately, the work load was divided among remaining employees and business went on as usual.  There you are doing your work as well as work of your predecessor without proper training and are still expected to meet all deadlines without any further compensation.

Depending where you where located you usually do 8 planes for a 8 hour shift or 10 planes. I've learned about planes how much fuel they can hold  and how to keep the Wings balance .The culture was loud and fast paced sometimes others can be in your way and you will have to adjust .  The hardest part of my job was something I couldn't control witch was the weather, being next to planes and its hot outside add an extra 10 degrees to the weather. The most enjoyable thing where the people they would look at you cheesing and it just makes you feel great

What is the best part of working at the company?
The daily commute was pretty quick 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The co worker’s were elderly men about to retire and they all were angry all the time 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Schedule constantly changing and a massive amount of paperwork and all could not have a single mistake 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Setting up all paperwork for the day and then setting up the paperwork for the next shift

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company is like you were at home among your family and friends. Very nice work environment 👏 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Schedules but it's personal cause some others may not have this issue with the company 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly and respectful people from the top to bottom 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just don't wanna be at work on Sunday other than that all days are fine

On a typical work day, I would check my log book and structured my schedule to maintain organization, efficiency and accuracy.  I was provided with essential training to perform the tasks and responsibilities ensuring flights departed on schedule especially during inclement weather conditions. The most enjoyable part of this job was the flexibility of the schedule. A new task that i learned was how to fuel and maintain aircrafts.

Job is worth it only if you are willing to do overtime. Schedule you for 8hrs days but expect to stay about 2-8 hours earlier/longer. The Supervisors are a joke, half of them don't know what they doing and rushes you to fuel a plane. Most if not all the trucks are constantly breaking down. Instead of fixing trucks, they just apply a bandage, some tape, n cheap glue to fix the problems.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Controller 38 salaries reported	$137,895 per year
Diesel mechanic 2 salaries reported	$29.50 per hour
Senior accountant 3 salaries reported	$71,667 per year
Maintenance supervisor 2 salaries reported	$30.75 per hour
Fueler 3 salaries reported	$17.38 per hour

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