King Air minimums?

[BoilerUP]

To all,

Thanks for the replies. I need to try to get me one of those cherry King Air jobs some of you guys have talked about getting with (relatively) low time! I only have 2.2 in the B200, but it lived up to every ounce of praise our King Air ground instructor threw at it. I would LOVE to strap one of these things on as a job.

Also, FYI, according to some people above my pay grade, Purdue is NOT actively seeking another TFO pilot. Despite this fact, the posting is still on the Aviation Technology webpage. Go figure....

 

[Lopaka]

If you want to hear high....

PIC mins for our 200 pt 91:
5000tt/ 3000 multi/ 1000 turbine/ 100 in type/ & of course school.
It may be because our liability is so high.

Limeyflyer who is your insurance carrier?

 

[YaMama]

I know this is a little off topic ...

... but the economist in me can't help but think it's a healthy thing for insurance companies to be setting pilot minimums. I mean, these guys have a real financial incentive to discover what makes safe pilots and set the experience and training requirements accordingly. And if the customer can find another company with less stringent requirements for less money - the free market at it's best, IMHO. As opposed to the FAA, which has the bureaucrats and lawyers pull some numbers out of their a$$, to show off for whichever idiots they're trying to please that day - anyway, just my $.02

 

[KingAirKiddo]

The company I used to fly for required 3000TT and 1000ME for King Air PIC.

 

[Limeyflyer]

I should have stated it is still First Officer PIC time in the KA. I still don't have my name on the paperwork yet but I do get to bounce the guys in the back around. Captain upgrade for the KA comes with about 2000TT and 500 in the KA

 

[Crizz]

How do you guys find these hook-ups?

 

[mike1mc]

Not really a hookup... Started as an intern, got hired working in Operations. I now do a little of both. Its really helpful knowing what goes on behind the scenes.

 

[billy2331]

Just Try

I'm writing for all those out there that think a job is out of reach or they can't get into corporate flying without a couple thousand hours of flight time. Now I realize that there are a lot of qualified pilots out there and times for finding a flying job have been better but it can still be done. I graduated from a college flight program within the last year and basically went out looking for any job-everything from instructing, flying divers and banner-towing. At the same time while I wasn't having luck finding these jobs usually filled by the low-time pilot I also applied to corporate operators with the mentality that it's worth a coverletter/resume and stamp, a office visit, phone call etc. The idea of "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" would fit, I had nothing to lose.

I got my "hook-up" by sending out a lot of resumes and contacting as many people as I could with even the slightest chance of a job lead. As it turns out one of my resumes got to the right person at the right time who needed a co-pilot. He had flown with a person from the same flight school that I graduated from and liked the work he had done so that served as the reason he gave me a call back. I have really enjoyed it since, it was a good fit into their system/culture, which others on the board have noted is so important on the corporate side.

I realize that I am fortunate to be in this type of a position, and the majority of low-time pilots don't get opporunities like this but there are a some that do also. Anyway for the others out there that have the lower times don't get discouraged, don't let anyone tell you that you don't deserve something you want.

 

[Flyingdutchman]

"How do you guys find these hook-ups? "
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Luck!!!



g'day

 

[Low and Fast]

Crizz

I work for the same company as LimeyFlyer.

We start with the company (fractional 91/135) as flight instructors in our Cessna Pilot Center and then when our corporate department needs guys they turn to our Instructor pool and you move into the King Air for 6 months and then into our Hawkers after that.

Our company is a great place to work and lots of room for advancement!

 

[Crizz]

Where is this company?

 

[Low and Fast]

Where is this company

We work for Tradewinds Aviation at Oakland County International in Waterford, MI.

PM if you want more.....(contacts, etc...)

 

[7B2]

Main Entry: qual·i·fied
Pronunciation: 'kwä-l&-"fId
Function: adjective
1 a : fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose

this is out of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I'm speechless with this thread

 

[Crizz]

And how does sitting in the right seat of a 172 while students take layers of rubber off the tires "'kwä-l&-"fI" you more for a King-Air job?

It seems that the time building that is most important to making the first step in one's professional aviation career is the most trivial.

 

[AV8R4]

Yep!

Well said Crizz! I am finding that most of the people that are p!@#$@ off by low timers getting right seat jobs is because it didn't happen that way for them. If a 2000 hour pilot and a 250 hour pilot go to school for the same aircraft and pass the same sim rides, that makes THEM QUALIFIED!!!

You're right 7B2 Fitted (AS BY TRAINING) for a given purpose!