Ameriflight SIC

[Timebuilder]

Good move.

You won't regret what you will learn about flying as a CFI. This will be some of the most satisfying aviation experience you will have.

 

[jergar999]

It's hard to believe you made the right choice without 500 flaming responses.

 

[100LL... Again!]

I am still amazed at how many of you emply a leap of logic to tell these guys that the time is not loggable.

Why would the FAA approve a course of training for an operator for a seat position that the person cannot legally fill?

Cause if you can legally fill it, you can legally log it.

Use your heads.

Part 91 SIC time in a king air? Now we begin to get into questionable territory.

Point is, they are in the airplane, they are qualified for the seat, they are flying the airplane, they should log it.

If an interviewer CHOOSES to disregard such time as not valuable, that is their choice.

Look at Southwest - they would rather count someone's 1000hrs of caravan PIC as turbine PIC, but would not want a 9000 USAIR furloughee with 900 turbine PIC. What does 1000 hrs in a van have to do with flying 121 in a jet.

Pointis, every company has its weird ideas of what makes a person qualified, but in the end, if a person is not THOROUGHLY interviewed and given an extensive sim eval, you really never know.

 

[kailuaboy]

navajo

actually it would have been SIC in a Navajo....

Im choosing not to go this route cause I believe it to be discraceful and a non-respectable position. I just wanted the easy way out an thats not what should be done. Im going to study and be a CFI to establish my flight hours.

Ivan

 

[100LL... Again!]

Good call, and I respect you a lot for this decision.

Just because I argue for the loggability (new word?) of such sic thime, does not mean that I think it is always valuable.

CFI work will be very rewarding.

 

[fr8guy]

Several of the SIC's I flew with in the PA-31 at AMF said they "should have done the CFI thing instead Having a meager income, rather than paying for the time."

The lure of the multi time can be strong, but the CFI time is easy to explain, and you WILL become a better pilot. The quality of the SIC in the Navajo really depends on the Captain you fly with as to how much you actually GET out of it.

Best of luck. Go to AMF as a Captain.

 

[aeronautic1]

Respect...

... you are making the right choice. If this Nava-joe SIC program is a PFT, then you would have gotten ripped off!!! Better to get your MEI. That is a SOLID way to gain multi PIC time and with the new limited CFI-Part 135 rule, you can get some milage. We all wish you the best of luck!!

 

[BritishGuy]

What new CFI-135 limited rule?? Someone please fill me in with this please??

 

[SATCFI]

Check out this link...
http://www.propilot.com/doc/bbs/msgs//10303.html

only under certain circumstances (crew flight time limits, takeoffs less than 1800 RVR (OpSpec issued), and any other operating rule or OpSpec that requires an SIC in order to be in compliance) is a SIC is required, and then he may log the time under FAR 61.51(f).

 

[plunger]

isn't amerifkight one of those places where you have to pay a bunch of cash to be an sic? why the hell would you do that? maybe i'm thinking of somewhere else.

 

[SDCFI]

isn't amerifkight one of those places where you have to pay a bunch of cash to be an sic? why the hell would you do that?

yes it is. I don't know. I guess people seem to think it's some kind of shortcut to the airlines. Save your money and get your CFI, it'll make you a much better pilot anyway.

 

[wingnutt]

while i dont condone it, and the debate rages on...i know of more than one guy that has done it, and moved on with little or no resistance. im not gonna go so far as to say its a viable alternative, but its definately become more mainstream as of late than it has been in the past.

 

[FlyForFood_NOT]

how much does Ameriflight charge for such SIC time anyways?

I'm sure it's good time and experience, but when it comes to interviews I bet it doesn't look so good anymore ...

 

[Dave Benjamin]

The SIC program works out well for foreigners who lack flying opportunities in their home country. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who has the right to work in US.