need some advice

[Casper]

Hey out there,
can anyone give me a little bit of advice ? I am 38 and it has been a long haul but I am just at the point that my flight time is letting me be somewhat marketable I have 1700 total time and just over 200 multi hours I have been looking for a job now for weeks pounding the pavement and knocking at every charter company form the south of California to the north, some people are telling me to spend more money and buy a type in a citation but I am pretty drained from all the flying I PAID FOR in the mean time I am stuck in the mortgage buiz to pay the bills but it just don't do it for me While all my bud's are flying I am pushing paper and it really SUCKS . I am so frustrated..

Please HELP !!!

Casper

 

[Gulfstream 200]

I would NOT buy ANY type rating if I was you..

I would just keep looking..

have you considered some regional airlines? all the posts around here indicate they are hiring (?) (Im dumb on this subject, I admit)

With 1700tt you also may be a little low on hours in a competitive market - as we have now.

Keep building time and be ready for the next hiring run...it WILL happen sooner than one thinks and you want to be ready for a good spot...

then people will pay YOU to go get a type rating. (IMAGINE THAT!)

I am just not fan of places that promise you a job if you fund your rating. If a place cant invest 10-20K of thier own money on a new employee I personally dont want to waste my time there. I have kept that attitude all along and it has kept me away from 99% of the rat$hit operators.

Good Luck

 

[Whyzitsokold]

I'd try to get on with a regional and get some turbine time, or a cargo ops and receive PIC twin time. Do a good job for them and receive good experience for a couple of years to make yourself more marketable.

 

[7B2]

looks like you have the perfect hours for airnet; that is if you meet the part 135 requirements.
Other than that, keep looking, it is out there, especially in the south where you are.

 

[vossdr1]

AirInc does Ab Initio for Air Nippon. They are in Bakersfield. Pay is pretty good for instructing and you can build multi time in a Baron.

Seems to me there was another place in Arizona that did training for China Ab Inito and they had a King Air 90 for the advanced students. IFTA I think.

AirNet is a great place to work at but you would have to move the whole family to see them on a regular basis (no props in CA) and the starting pay is likely well below what you are now making.

Are there corporate types in your area? From time to time, they may need someone for a day trip. Send every corporate operator in your area your resume and then go and meet them. You might land a gig in a King Air.

Keep instructing and keep yourself current.

 

[Timebuilder]

Speaking of buying a type rating, I hear that Air Whiskey is doing that with pilots from Regional Airline Academy in Florida.

RAA has PFT with Colgan and this other program with AW.

 

[cvoav8r]

This gentleman is called natural selection. If you have to ask people to reassure you to be persistant, you dont have a clue and should not make it anyway.

 

[Canucit]

Hang in there it's tough and itis going to get tougher keep pounding away and stay on the internet and keep looking
the freight dawg way is a choice or flight instructing
but things seem to be improving and for everbody that moves up it lets other people move into their positions
good luck and network network network