Can I do anything with 250 TT?

[CDogg]

There are two groups: Those that are in aviation to make money, and those that are in it because they love to fly. The money route might be dissapointing, and the other route will be up to the pilot to make it successful. So stop bashing the the guys who are in it for the love of aviation. Help the low-time pilots, don't put them down.

I'm all about helping anyone I can to make em happy, but lets get real, you forgot one group. Those of us that love to fly, but also enjoy to eat, sleep under a roof and not a cardboard box and have a decent QOL. my .02.

 

[Hootie9750]

so obviously flamebait.

 

[Hadhafang]

Sure, everyone would like to have a nice house and all that. But there has to be a limit. If you live in a million dollar home or have multiple cars or can afford a plasma screen TV and then you come on here complaining about how bad you have it...... That is my point. Seriously, this is the only country in the world where are "poor" people are overweight. If you are after a high paying job, I just don't think aviation is going to be your career. The industry just can't support all pilots making $100,000+ a year. The times have changed and we all are going to have to adjust. I guess my point is that you just have to live within your means.

 

[av8rbama]

I'm all about helping anyone I can to make em happy, but lets get real, you forgot one group. Those of us that love to fly, but also enjoy to eat, sleep under a roof and not a cardboard box and have a decent QOL. my .02.

That's the most concice way to state what I've been trying to say.

 

[av8rbama]

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Every flight is a good learning experience. If you had the opportunity to fly a P-51 as a safety pilot (crazy, I know), would you actually demand that the pilot pay you?
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I believe I said earlier that there are some opportunities to fly along with different pilots on what would normally be a single-pilot flight. For instance, the FBO where we base our planes manages some 400-series Cessnas for different businessmen around town, and a couple of B200 are based here as well and I've come to know the pilots. I fly with these guys whenever possible, often for free [GASP] for the time building and learning experience. We fly like a crew, CRM all the way, and I get to log a good chunk of the time, often as dual with a MEII. Since these are normally single-pilot operations, there is no way I would ever ask for payment. I'm fortunate that they let me ride along. However, there have been a couple of occasions where they were going to busy airspace or in crappy weather, trips where they ususally hire a second pilot to go along. I've never had to ask for payment, these people have always said "send me an invoice" whenever it was a trip like that. I am fortunate in that respect.

There are other people who have asked me to "ride along" on trips where they usually pay another pilot. Ain't no way. If someone is trying to cut corners like that whenever they can, there's no telling where else they're cutting corners.

No one ever said you should never get in a plane unless you get paid for it... it's only a bad thing when you SHOULD be receiving a paycheck and other people are using you to make money for themselves.

 

[BCpilot81]

Not really, but......

To say that anyone really gets a commercial ticket and wants to flight instructing just to flight instruct, either has a death wish or is just a bold faced liar. But, I said the same thing in your shoes. At the risk of sounding completely cheesy, has made me a much better pilot. Plus time build up is second to none when you speak in terms of hours per year. It all depends how bad you want that goal, how are you going to bust your hump now, to get their sooner. Think about it, it is not that bad.

 

[txpilot1974]

He probably washed out of GIA. Pay your dues like the rest of us.

 

[siucavflight]

. There are two groups: Those that are in aviation to make money, and those that are in it because they love to fly. The

There is three groups actually: I love to fly, but I also feel the need to cloth my baby, put a roof over her head, I am not looking to get rich, but a job in which you are responsible for the safe outcome of 100's of people lives everyday deserves more than 14,000 in first year pay.