Low Time Pilot Looking for a Job

[skootertrash]

You have two options.

1. Pay your dues (like everyone else) Instruct, then find some multi time whatever. But honestly no one will be impressed that you have 737 sim time. The real world flying is much diferent that the Sim. Also the Frasca time, that just means that you had a lot of time on your hands and didn't have to pay for the frasca. When I got hired at an airline I must have had about 200 hours of frasca time but I didn't embarrass myself and put it on a resume.

2. Buy some knee pads and don't drag your teeth.

Bottom line. Pay your dues. Pilots who get jobs with low time do not have experience. You need experience to stay alive!

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Re: Re: Low Time Pilot Looking for a Job

I'm confused why anyone would spend 52 hours in a 737 sim when what they should have spent their money on is a rating that they could make some money with.
CFI jobs are always out there even in tough times.
Who sold you on the idea of a "jet orientation course?" They're doing you and your fellow newbies a disservice.

The biggest disservice is all that 737 sim time is useless unless you are using it for JAA purposes. The FAA wouldn't approve the sim because WMU cut corners in building it and didn't use some approved parts to save costs. None of that sim time is loggable, the Frasca 142 you did your instrument lessons in is more usefull as far as the FAA is concerned. Granted it seems like good training but I'd rather spend 10k on an actual type rating. (it was originally meant to only be for the European training contracts that have all dried up since 9/11 instead of being smart and getting a King Air 90 for everyone to fly)