Salukipilot4590
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Joe CFI can fly freight at 1200 hrs. (w/decent pay) then decide whether he wants the airline life at 1500+.
That's IF the 135 is hiring...right now he's lucky to be a CFI.
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Joe CFI can fly freight at 1200 hrs. (w/decent pay) then decide whether he wants the airline life at 1500+.
Exactly. Most part 135 places aren't hiring at 1200 hours right now, and CFI's flooding their desks with resumes isn't going to bring down competitive hiring times either.That's IF the 135 is hiring...right now he's lucky to be a CFI.
Maybe having to actually have some flying experience will dampen out that shiny jet syndrome and inject some realism, skill, and judgment into the equation.
Um.....same way they did it for DECADES.....Higher time instructors, more experienced instructors, better trained pilots. Nobody guaranteed any high school kid a seat in an airliner with an experience level that wouldn't qualify them to rent a complex single solo. Like many others, I CFI'd for 3 years, did 135 and then got on at a regional with about 3000ttl and 500ME. Was it always fun....no. Did I learn a lot doing it...absolutly. I feel sorry for any passengers in the back of an airliner with a 300 hour wonder in the right seat, and a 1501 hr "captain" in the right.
What is going to happen when they have to build another 1200 hours to get hired somewhere.
Exactly. Most part 135 places aren't hiring at 1200 hours right now, and CFI's flooding their desks with resumes isn't going to bring down competitive hiring times either.