PFI's Ad said:
Every PFI Graduate has been accepted and placed with regional airlines and corporate flight departments.
One of the first rules of life is not to believe everything that you hear or read. I find it awfully hard to believe that they are able to place 1,100 hour commercial pilots in legitimate, viable Part 91 corporate flight departments. Sorry, I know it's possible, but it's just not likely. As far as going to work for a regional - that's believable. Rather or not it's going to be something that you want to do, that's a question that only you can answer.
When it comes to the hiring requirements of major corporations, it's as much who you know as what you know. That being said, in order to be competitive in the real world, you've got to have your ATP and some college under your belt and that's in addition to having 3,000 to 4,000 hours including at least 1,000 multi and at least 500 hours of turbine time. There are guys that will tell you that I'm wrong, but if I were to put the word out that we were getting ready to hire another pilot for our operation I'm here to tell you that I would receive several hundred resumes including dozens with 5-figure total times, 5-figure jet times, with about any type-rating imaginable and an MBA from Embry-Riddle. That's not to say that I would hire any of those guys, but they're out there. This is what you're going to be up against. There are few, if any, shortcuts in this business. One way or another, you're going to end up paying your dues.
I've already told you what I would do. I'd ask around and find the best flight instructor that I could find and start the process. Remember, it's not the school, it's the instructor. The best, most modern flight school facilities using the newest training aircraft can't compensate for a medocre instructor. Good instructors are where you find them - the flight schools don't have a monopoly on them. Do your homework and good luck.
'Sled