Mesa Pilot Development

[skydrvr]

I just wanted to thank everyone for all their advice. I started down the CFI path here in Portland, OR. The market here is dismal. Lots of CFI's and few students. So I dropped the idea because of the expense and just kept flying. I have been trying to get on with the 135 operations but have had no luck. My wifes getting tired of all the money I've spent. My thinking was one last program that could get me on an airline sooner rather than later.

ONE OTHER THING ...Understand that if there was ever a bad time to be in the industry now is that time. If your wife has the patience there are many a corporate job that will hire you. But...as I said before the pay will be not so good again look into air ambulance. Its hard work but the pay is not too bad and the benefitts are pretty good. Very demanding but yet a very rewarding job.

Good Luck

 

[WrightAvia]

Corporate doesn't pay good? Dude, try starting out at Alliant Energy at better than 60,000 a year right seat in the King Air 350. You can bet that there are better than 500 resumes over there right now also.

My friend that manages the hawkers over at a fortune 500 company, is getting 12,000 hour hawker typed pilots walking resumes in for right/left seat jobs.

There may be some jobs in corporate that don't pay that much to right seat in...but even those are going to be pretty guarded right now.

I offered to contract fill in at a place that has a King Air 350 and is getting a jet. I know the captain pretty good as well as the full time copilot. The captain said he's got "resumes up the WAZOO!".

If you think that it's that easy to just get a low paying corporate job...please list those jobs here for all to see.

If your wife has the patience there are many a corporate job that will hire you. But...as I said before the pay will be not so good

 

[bobbysamd]

Bad Corporate Pay?? I ... don't .. think .. so.

[T]here are many a corporate job that will hire you. But...as I said before the pay will be not so good . . .

It may depend on the situation, but I don't think that's true at all.

I know of corporate pilots who make $50K+, and with good health and other benies. That doesn't sound like altogether bad money to me, not to mention the fact that many corporate pilots fly to all kinds of interesting places and build international experience. Sounds like a great job to me. Corporate jobs take some doing to get, but seem like they're worth it once you get them.

You know, as I think about it more, maybe corporate might be a good direction for you, though it may take a while to land the right job. Given your situation and understanding it well, I feel that it may be worthwhile to give corporate some thought instead of trying for the commuters.

Good luck with your plans.

 

[skydrvr]

Re: Bad Corporate Pay?? I ... don't .. think .. so.

It may depend on the situation, but I don't think that's true at all.

I know of corporate pilots who make $50K+, and with good health and other benies. That doesn't sound like altogether bad money to me, not to mention the fact that many corporate pilots fly to all kinds of interesting places and build international experience. Sounds like a great job to me. Corporate jobs take some doing to get, but seem like they're worth it once you get them.

You know, as I think about it more, maybe corporate might be a good direction for you, though it may take a while to land the right job. Given your situation and understanding it well, I feel that it may be worthwhile to give corporate some thought instead of trying for the commuters.

Good luck with your plans.

Let me rephrase....Many a good job as a Corporate Pilot with great pay....but many with not so good....with the potential to be great pay.