The probelm seems to be this. The CFI's in SLC are already hurting for customers. The charter guys have all said things are really slow for them as well.
There's not much corporate here in Salt Lake either.
So many pilots come from pilot mills and go straight to the airlines anymore without ever having to do any 135 or part 91 flying. When we get furloughed we don't have any experience in 135/corporate aircraft and they say we're not qualified. Gotta luv this career.
That's exactly the attitude and responses I got when UAL furloughed me 7 years ago this month. I spent about 3 or 4 weeks pounding the streets looking for "anything".... but the reality is that you don't find most jobs - they find you.
Here's the deal - if your not INSIDE you're OUTSIDE.
I didn't get a "job" as a CFI, I found someone willing to let me hang out with their instructors and drink their coffee and eat their doughnuts. I helped out the CFI's by taking a student when someone had a dentist appointment, or whatever. I was the go-to guy who had no "real" students.
But not only did that keep me busy and at the airport, it kept me in a position to be lucky. The same can be said about today as was said in the days after 9/11. It took about 6 weeks of "instructing" until I "got lucky" and saw a buddy flying a Lear for a 135 shop on the field. I interviewed against 2 other UAL furloughees - but they were just collecting unemployment... so was I , but I was humble enough to be in the right seat of a C172.
There are ALWAYS jobs, but as an "outsider" you'll never hear about the 91 or 135 jobs unless you're at the airport and in a position to knock on doors with fresh resumes and CURRENCY.
-fate
