SIC time or PIC total time, which?

[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.