New bird looking for advice

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I'm a 900+ hour flight instructor (350 ME) looking down the corporate road. I've been given the opportunity (or maybe not) to pick up a citation 500 type for a greatly reduced cost at a place I can safely say gives excellent training. It's not through Simcom or Flight safety. There is an excellent chance that I'll be able to teach in the citation I or IIs (mostly the ground portion). Should I go through with the type rating knowing that most corporate jobs require their pilots to be trained at Flight Safety/Simcom, and furthermore require much higher total times? I am a flight instructor and even a little money is a lot. Appreciate the advice.

Patience will endure.

 

[Shag_McNasty]

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I find it hard to believe that a company will hire a guy with 900TT to give flight instruction in a Citation............unless, of course, your Dad owns the flight school. No offense, it just sounds like the old stick and carrot trick.

I'd wait to get your ATP and then add the type. You probably won't get hired at most corp. jobs without the ATP.

 

[getonit]

I thought you had to have an ATP to fly as PIC in a turbojet anyway. I believe the ATP is 1500 hours?

 

[TAG2]

ATP

ATP is not required for PIC jet. I have worked with Captains that didn't have ATP's.

 

[Fr8Dog]

ATP is required to act as PIC in a Turbojet airplane under part 135 or part 121.