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I agree with the members of the board that you should get paid for your flying skills. You have spent money on getting to where you are - you need to be paid for your time.
With that being said, some of the members had some very good ideas of what to do besides instructing. However, if you could possibly do what some of my clients have done, i.e., working as a traffic watch pilot in the morning and late afternoon, while instructing during the day, that would be my suggested route. Let me tell you why I make this statement - keep in mind I am not a pilot - but I did do hiring for a major for several years.
While you are instructing, you can get great experience in the "crew concept," which is very valuable once you start working for an organization that requires two pilots. Further, while you are instructing, there are many times that a student will get you both into trouble, and you need to think quickly before they kill you! You also get exerience working with many different types of personalities, which will be helpful whereever you go.
While you are flying traffic watch, which of course happens in large metropolitan areas, you get experience flying in congested air space. This is helpful later in your career.
As someone else pointed out, you can also fly the pipeline / powerline patrol or do banner towing. These also provide invaluable experience.
I also encourage you to fly as many different types of aircraft as possible. One thing that I have seen is individuals getting hired straight into a CRJ at a regional and they fail out of training because the aircraft was too advanced for them. That becomes hard to explain later.
These are just my opinions!
With that being said, some of the members had some very good ideas of what to do besides instructing. However, if you could possibly do what some of my clients have done, i.e., working as a traffic watch pilot in the morning and late afternoon, while instructing during the day, that would be my suggested route. Let me tell you why I make this statement - keep in mind I am not a pilot - but I did do hiring for a major for several years.
While you are instructing, you can get great experience in the "crew concept," which is very valuable once you start working for an organization that requires two pilots. Further, while you are instructing, there are many times that a student will get you both into trouble, and you need to think quickly before they kill you! You also get exerience working with many different types of personalities, which will be helpful whereever you go.
While you are flying traffic watch, which of course happens in large metropolitan areas, you get experience flying in congested air space. This is helpful later in your career.
As someone else pointed out, you can also fly the pipeline / powerline patrol or do banner towing. These also provide invaluable experience.
I also encourage you to fly as many different types of aircraft as possible. One thing that I have seen is individuals getting hired straight into a CRJ at a regional and they fail out of training because the aircraft was too advanced for them. That becomes hard to explain later.
These are just my opinions!
