sanford&son
threefeethighandrising
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2002
- Posts
- 29
greetings aviators and others:
before we start, i've read all of the posts of guys agonizing about how they are going to build time, and the rations about how there are really high time guys on the street or flight instructing, or whatever. that is not where i am going with this. i currently have a job, flying airplanes, and making pretty good money. i tend to work about 15 days/mo, so i have some free time on my hands. what i would like to do, is begin to expand my skill set to include more complex aircraft. my scheme for this was going to be that i would offer my services as a contract pilot, part-time, in hopes of getting qualification and occasional work as an sic. is this realistic? would anybody bother going to the trouble of doing an sic check-out with a part-time pilot? if any of you who may read this have done something similar, how did you go about it (networking, application, fbo bulletin boards)? since i have 0 hrs of turbine experience, this may be un-realistic for me, but i had to ask. i figure that my best odds would be with a little bit of personal networking with folks from a single ship part 91 op, but that is just a guess.
i am sure some of you will suggest trying to get a full time job with some place that operates a more advanced type of equipment, but i cannot quit my current job at this time.
any input greatly appreciated,
lamont
before we start, i've read all of the posts of guys agonizing about how they are going to build time, and the rations about how there are really high time guys on the street or flight instructing, or whatever. that is not where i am going with this. i currently have a job, flying airplanes, and making pretty good money. i tend to work about 15 days/mo, so i have some free time on my hands. what i would like to do, is begin to expand my skill set to include more complex aircraft. my scheme for this was going to be that i would offer my services as a contract pilot, part-time, in hopes of getting qualification and occasional work as an sic. is this realistic? would anybody bother going to the trouble of doing an sic check-out with a part-time pilot? if any of you who may read this have done something similar, how did you go about it (networking, application, fbo bulletin boards)? since i have 0 hrs of turbine experience, this may be un-realistic for me, but i had to ask. i figure that my best odds would be with a little bit of personal networking with folks from a single ship part 91 op, but that is just a guess.
i am sure some of you will suggest trying to get a full time job with some place that operates a more advanced type of equipment, but i cannot quit my current job at this time.
any input greatly appreciated,
lamont