I am preparing for leaving the Air Force next spring and I am interested in a corporate job. I am looking to relocate to a small city in the West (maybe Twin Falls, or Pocatello, Idaho, or Grand Junction, CO) so the opportunities to get flying jobs may be limited. My plans are to pick a location, settle in, and then look for a job (nonflying or flying).
The other day a coworker told me a story about a friend of his who had recently retired from a VIP transport job in the Air Force. This guy retired to Tennessee and built a house and settled down with the family with no particular employment plans. At church one Sunday, he was talking to a fellow member of the congregation when the guy said, "Aren't you the pilot?" He had evidently heard about him moving into the area. He then proceeded to tell him about how this "old boy" (Southern for "very rich gentleman") had just purchased a Citation X which he was going to use some of the time and lease out to a company the rest of the time. The guy told him there were already two pilots (including himself), and asked if this retiree wanted to be the third pilot. The story goes that he was offered a minimum of 10 hours a month at $500 an hour, and it turns out that he averages about 12 hours a month.
Are there really these kind of jobs out there or did I get told a whopper/urban legend/friend-who-knows-a-guy-whose-cousin...? Is it common for pilots to get hired like this, particularly in rural areas?
The other day a coworker told me a story about a friend of his who had recently retired from a VIP transport job in the Air Force. This guy retired to Tennessee and built a house and settled down with the family with no particular employment plans. At church one Sunday, he was talking to a fellow member of the congregation when the guy said, "Aren't you the pilot?" He had evidently heard about him moving into the area. He then proceeded to tell him about how this "old boy" (Southern for "very rich gentleman") had just purchased a Citation X which he was going to use some of the time and lease out to a company the rest of the time. The guy told him there were already two pilots (including himself), and asked if this retiree wanted to be the third pilot. The story goes that he was offered a minimum of 10 hours a month at $500 an hour, and it turns out that he averages about 12 hours a month.
Are there really these kind of jobs out there or did I get told a whopper/urban legend/friend-who-knows-a-guy-whose-cousin...? Is it common for pilots to get hired like this, particularly in rural areas?
