Getting turbine PIC

[H25BCPTN]

Stay where you are flying. When looking for someone to hire they look at how many jobs you have had in the last ten years. I would think it is hard to explain that I left to fly jumps from a RJ to better prepare myself for a job. Second I have to agree that you will need at least 5000 to be competitive for a good airline job. I hope this helps.

Fly Safe



Grass is always greener on the other side but it tastes the same.

 

[marqmarq]

flyin' jumpers

Hey folks,

I think there might be a mis-understanding here. One should never give up a safe 121 gig for flying jumpers. That said, flying jumpers can be done 'part-time'. As long as it doesn't screw you up with your current gig, you can fly jumpers on the side. Check your company rules, contract and with the chief pilot etc. and the usual warning is not to violate rest and commercial flying limitations. If so, JungleJetFO can pick up a couple hundred hours turbine PIC per year while doin' his 'day-job'. Then if he sees an opportunity, at least he has some time in the PIC column. We all know that times like 1000 this or 5000 that are arbitrary and change with industry demands or insurance requirements.

Good luck and be safe,

Marqmarq

 

[JungleJetFO]

thanks

I'm definitely not going to change jobs unless it merits a change. But the flying on the side thing has gotten my interest. Hey, the sooner I get my PIC the sooner I leave so that the next guy can get in my seat. Thanks for all the posts.

 

[PA-44Typed]

As far as getting a job at a drop zone, there are two ways…
Know someone or be a skydiver, at my drop zone we get 2-3 pilots walk up each week and ask about flying for us. But with several skydivers that are qualified to fly our aircraft we rarely take a guy form the outside.
On another note, I can’t even imagine leaving a steady 121 JET job, even if your in the right seat.

 

[MECH]

Just read the FOM before you take this side job. It is against company policy for you to fly for hire any where else. All flying you do using your commercial license counts towards your 121 hours. That means that if you fly 10 hours flying jumpers one weekend then Monday start a four day worth 22 hours you are in violation of the FARS. If you get caught that 1000 hours PIC will be worthless.

 

[NJA Capt]

Anybody know how I can get into the left seat somewhere so I can get that elusive 1000 turbine PIC and then be eligible to apply somewhere that actually pays a good salary.

Hmmm.
*1000 turbine PIC = approx 1.5 years.(Full time)
*Not many places will hire someone into a PIC position without serving as a SIC first. (Approx. minimum...another year)
*After obtaining the 1000 PIC, you apply to a major (I assume) and serve another 8-10 years as a SIC. (IF you're not furloughed once or twice along the way.)



Most guys with 2600 hours would be "happy as a clam" sitting in the front of an ERJ. Especially in this market. I think I would sit tight or find a part time non aviation related job.

 

[ratings:all]

sure fire way

sure fire way to get hired at a drop zone-take em a case of Killians and keep em coming. worked for me.

 

[buzzer]

Someone may enjoy this...just remember I was about 17yrs old.

My first flying job. I heard about the skydiving operation looking for a pilot, so I call the owner/pilot up and ask about it. He tells me I need X hours in X type of plane (I don't have it and never flew an airplane that big). I lie and tell him that happens to be exactly what I have. I'm excited as he tells me to come on down and he will check me out. So I show up and we jump in the plane. I ask him how he would like me to fly this thing (cause I sure as heck don't know) and he really gets into it, telling me just how to run and handle it. Off we go and I fly the airplane around for awhile and then make some touch and goes on this short, bumpy dirt strip. After we stop and shut down the engine he tells me I'm hired and that maybe I could teach him how to fly sometime.....WHAT? I thought this guy was a pilot! Here I am letting him show me how to fly this thing that I know nothing about...and to make it worse, there was only one seat in it.

That's how I got my first flying job and it was a blast. I did give the guy some lessons (3) before I left the outfit. A couple of months later I get a call from a friend who (after seeing this on TV) tells me that some news team heard the owner/non-pilot mentioned above was flying his plane for his operation. The news team went up there and filmed him getting in, flying and getting back out of the plane. The news team then asks him point blank as he is walking away (film still rolling) from the plane if he has a license to fly and he tells them he wasn't flying. I never did find out what happened to him, but I bet he found another pilot quickly.

 

[wingnutt]

holy cow man...i dont know if thats the kind of story id be posting for all the impressionable youngsters on here to get their paws onto

...even Beavis and Butthead has a disclaimer

 

[PA-44Typed]

is your current job that bad?