52Vincent, as I expressed earlier I work for a training company in a simulator. I just told Throttlebender that I still went through the same intitial as the guys with thousands of hours. It's quite possible to do, and he'll be fine.
As far as working in a simulator, I keep the time separate and although it counts as total time it does not count as butt in real airplane seat time. I log all my time legally and one day it will add up, and hopefully I'll be able to get one good job instead of the four part time jobs I work now.
I also agree with Bandit. Many a time have I met corporate flight departments that would rather hire guys who you can sit next to for hours, rather than guys that can spit the FARs word for word in their sleep. In the words of one chief pilot, "We can teach monkeys to fly, but we want someone who can represent the company and we can sit next to all day and not want to kill them at the end. A friend of mine just got typed in a DA-10 at around 900 hrs. Corporate flying is more who you know rather than how much time you have. Remember the FARs aren't the problem it's the friggin' insurance companies that are keeping a brother down. If you want your flight time to really matter, go airlines and become a number on a paper rather than a living, breathing person. Keep in mind though there are perks to both. Really good jobs are hard to come by.
As far as working in a simulator, I keep the time separate and although it counts as total time it does not count as butt in real airplane seat time. I log all my time legally and one day it will add up, and hopefully I'll be able to get one good job instead of the four part time jobs I work now.
I also agree with Bandit. Many a time have I met corporate flight departments that would rather hire guys who you can sit next to for hours, rather than guys that can spit the FARs word for word in their sleep. In the words of one chief pilot, "We can teach monkeys to fly, but we want someone who can represent the company and we can sit next to all day and not want to kill them at the end. A friend of mine just got typed in a DA-10 at around 900 hrs. Corporate flying is more who you know rather than how much time you have. Remember the FARs aren't the problem it's the friggin' insurance companies that are keeping a brother down. If you want your flight time to really matter, go airlines and become a number on a paper rather than a living, breathing person. Keep in mind though there are perks to both. Really good jobs are hard to come by.
