SIC time or PIC total time, which?

[Timebuilder]

Jergar is right.

Under 91, you can log when you fly PIC. Some future employers might prefer to see you having worked 135, but if you stay in corporate and keep flying it probably won't matter too much.

Are they going to pay for the type?

 

[Thedude]

I am gonna upset the apple cart on this one and this is based on personal experience. Total time is not always the name of the game. Go for turbine time first...hopefully jet time. Believe me on this one it will open many doors. In my opioion and experience, right set jet time can be more valauable than left seat turboprop time esp when you have less than 3000 hrs. I have been in interviews where I had more than twice the other applicants TT and more that 2000hrs PIC t'prop in an a/c requireing a type but almost ZERO jet time. Guess who got the job(s)...the guys with jet time....and it has happened to me more than once. If you have more that 1000 PIC I would really suggest that you take a jet job....more benifical in the long run.

 

[scubabri]

My take on this is not so much the type of propulsion, but that these are faster aircraft and the interviewers are looking for people who have experience thinking well ahead of the plane.

Is this correct?

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[Peter Gibbons]

Take the JET job. It may be less TT but the previous post was correct. JET time will open doors for you. Find students on the side and explain to them your situation and offer them a discounted rate for their instruction. That way both sides win. They will understand if they accept up front. I did some right seat Citation work when I was a CFI and some of my students were more impressed because their CFI was also a jet pilot. It sounds pretty lame to you and I but to the guy just starting out on the street its pretty neat. Think back to the days when you were a student and how you looked at jets. They were it for me and I did everything in my power to get there as fast as I could. I'm rambling now....Tell them up front and offer a discount. But don't shark other CFI's though.

BTW---good job on resisting the PFT....many people will suffer for that in the future...don't be one of those.

 

[scubabri]

Thanks for all your responses... um.. I think I've got those TPS report covers somewhere around here.

Hopefully, the jet stuff will come up so I at least have to make the decision. I suppose on the brighter side, I'm not being overwhelmed with CFI or any other jobs right now, but I'm gonna keep looking in the mean time.

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[BigFlyr]

I don't suppose I'll be flying more than 30 hours a month, probably less.

That's still a lot more than a furloughed airline pilot! About 200 hrs in the last 12 months is usually what your next employer would like to see as a minumum. Part 91... not as good as 135 or 121 but not as big a deal as the fact that you'd be flying a jet.

 

[135fr8r]

If you take a different job than the one you mentioned, you will be sitting in the right seat for at least 3 years anyway. Get the jet time. It will pay out in the long run even if it is SIC. I flew Lears for 2 years for a 135, and never saw the left seat. Due to the fact that I gained 1300 hours of experience in Lears, I was recently offered a chance to obtain my type, and fly left seat for a corporate operation. Like you said, alot of this depends on who you know. Meet every Citation operator you can, and if in 3 years you see no sights of the left seat, maybe someone else will have something for you.

 

[Fokkerflyer]

take the job
take the job
take the job
take the job

'nuf said.



FF

 

[Peardc10]

Take the Citation Job!

I was in the same boat as you when I had around 1000 hrs, instructing and wanted to go to the next level. I pursued a Citation type with the hope it would help me get a job. I pounded the corporate world with resumes and eventually was offered a few jobs on the east coast. This was in the mid to late 80's-the aviation industry was in a recession,-of course not as bad as this one. I was finally offered a corporate job in the midwest with a fortune 500 company-didn't know anyone and was very lucky to land the job-sitting right seat in a KingAir 200 and within six months-I was sitting right seat of a Hawker 400.

The Jet experience is so important! If I were you, I would take the Citation Job. #1-you get a type rating on your certificate, and your building jet time. Flying 30 hours a month is not a lot of time, but I was only flying 35-45 hours a month. I will bet you will meet and talk to some companies that will need a pilot and you will be in the right place at the right time.

PS>Being at the right place at the right time and our good friend Mr. Luck also plays a role!!!!!!!

Good Luck.