Need advice.. Is this a good idea?

[taxi1wire]

2nd try

Your plan is sound and that is what I'd do if that was my situation. Always explore/spend what you think you need when going for the job you really want. Sounds pretty simple, but the payoff is usually a job offer.
When we were all leaving the Navy 10 years ago to join the majors, we all paid for sim time and interview prep. The vast majority of us got the jobs we wanted. But ahh the good old days. Now that industry is a shambles.
Best of luck to you,

paul

 

[RNObased]

No one who has flown anything beyond a CE-500 has every referred to the DA-20 as a Rocket. Cruise FL 330, .68M, 45 minutes to FL 350. Flies like a trainer, no real bad habits, easy to land, very stable, trims up nicely. But it flown as a true two-man cockpit with explicit crew duties, calls, profiles and it flies like a bigger jet. Our pilots go from the DA-20 to the DC-9 with few problems; we have moved pilots into the DC-9 with right around 1000 hours TT.

Interesting, thanks for info.

 

[RNObased]

As for flyzimex, keep your chin up. Most people in this industry have been rejected at one point or another. I have always found that it is sometimes for the best, when looked back in hindsight. When one door closes a lot of times several others open.

 

[cherry20's]

Hey Mex, whats up buddy. Sorry to hear the bad news. As for Simuflite, the only stick time you will get is the initial training. Then you just become a gear swinger and checklist runner, which is still good CRM training. If you are going to do the sim thing, check into Flight Safety. They actually pay the right seater like $10 an hour. I know the guy in charge of the Falcon's there who might be able to set up an interview for you. Either way, Good Luck!

 

[flyzimex]

Cherry, you've got mail..

FZ

 

[CRJFlyer]

I'd have a hard time paying for any more training if I had a descent amount of flight time and ratings....

Instead of paying for jet SIC time I'd apply to a regional at the very least. Regional life sucks but you'll get a lot of sim time/CRM training/ and when you get online you'd get 80+ hrs per month of practice for any future interview. You'd be making crap wages but it would be better than paying for practice, plus you'd get some travel benefits while your at it.

Also people quit the regionals daily so you wouldn't have to feel too bad about getting hired an leaving too soon.

Just my opinion

 

[blueridge71]

Don't go paying for jet SIC time. Get a job at a regional or a 135 outfit and let them pay you!

Havn't you heard? There's a pilot shortage going on!

 

[blzr]

Why were you at "bat outta hell" speeds for an interview prep? Do they have a rapid descent portion? Also, a sim is not an airplane. It takes me a few minutes to get the hang of the sim every year for recurrent even though I have 1500pic in the plane.

 

[flyzimex]

Not pay for SIC time

Don't go paying for jet SIC time. Get a job at a regional or a 135 outfit and let them pay you!

Havn't you heard? There's a pilot shortage going on!

Yes, I have heard about the "pilot shortage".

The SIC programs at SimuFlite and FlightSafety are not pay for flight time schemes. In fact, last I heard you will get a type rating at SF upon completion of 400 hrs in the sim and FS pay you $10/hr. I'm not doing this for the money, simply to gain experience on my time off from my (well) paying job.

I never have and never will pay for flight time. The only time I have paid for is the very same time we all had to pay for when getting into professional aviation. I intend to do what I can to bring back some of the compensation and respect most of us, if not all, have lost in the last few and not paying for flight time/type rating is a start.
Hopefully the newbies can follow suit, we will all benefit from it.

FZ

 

[flyzimex]

It's all relative..

Why were you at "bat outta hell" speeds for an interview prep? Do they have a rapid descent portion?

Well, after some five years in the Twotter where we are happy to see 100 kts IAS with a 1000 fpm climb pretty much any jet will seem like a "bat out of hell" .
Don't even talk about a TO with 55 degrees C OAT .

FZ