Anyone????

[Timebuilder]

Sorry if you feel insulted.

It IS greed that will bring down the industry. The greed of a flight department or school to pay minimum wage, taking advantage of young pilots like yourself who think they HAVE to work for that wage.

But greed is a two way street. If no one takes them up on it, then they'll have to pay a decent wage. This happend to the fast food operators near universities in Boston. They had to offer over $12/hr because students REFUSED to work for less.

You just have to say to yourself "I'm worth more".

 

[bobbysamd]

HAH!

Does anyone know of any company that is willing to hire a 260hr pilot? I just got my Commercial/Multi w/instruments and want to avoid the whole CFI thing and fly for someone pretty much anywhere.....preferably Georgia.

Maybe the question that should be asked is, are there any companies that are willing to hire 4000 hour pilots who have 3000 multi PIC, ATP, type ratings and 121 experience. Clearly, my point is there are legions of pilots who are more experienced than you who are looking for companies to hire them. Rotsa ruck getting the opportunity you want at 260 hours.

Maybe you believe that there is a pilot shortage. There is no pilot shortage. Fresh pilot graduates such as you have trouble finding jobs even in extremely good times. Even somewhat better-qualified pilots than you have trouble finding work and/or moving up the ladder.

For some reason, so many new pilots do not want to be flight instructors. I believe that it's because they had so much fun having their hands on the stick during training that they can't fathom the notion of someone else doing the flying, especially after they just spent so much money to learn. The practicality of the situation is there just are not many jobs for 260-hour pilots save for flight instructing. And even instructing jobs are in short supply and are hard to get. Flight instructing jobs are the easiest to get for new pilots because more experience is required for most non-instructing jobs. Also, so many people who do not want to instruct are competing for these jobs. Therefore, as a practical matter, you should consider getting a CFI. You'll go to work sooner. I second Tso's comments about instructing. You can meet some pretty helpful (to your career) people as a flight instructor.

I also second Timebuilder's comments about giving away one's services for free as being a form of professionalism. Even 260-hour pilots deserve to be paid.

Good luck with your plans.

 

[sf3boy]

My advice, get to flight instructing as soon as possible. While doing that, always be on the lookout for other types of flying such as 135 cargo, charter, corporate, etc...Flight instructing will give you some experience, but not enough in today's pilot market. You need have the experience of actually flying and not jusr talking while someone is doing touch and goes. Keep your eyes peeled and look around and be persistent and good luck to ya.