Warm Body 4 RT Seat

[Doogie]

Anyone have any info on anyone looking for a warm body to fill the right seat? Looking for east Tx but will consider other areas. Previous experience is 200 hours in a king air before the company went out of business.


Thanks for the help
Doogie

 

[Dr4uh60l]

You do 2 things by wanting to be a "Warm Body".

1. You underestimate your abilities and worth as a crewmember.

2. You make it hard for us who need to get paid in order to
support our families!!!

If everyone worked for nothing, that's what you would have!!

 

[Doogie]

I am not saying that I will do it for free. I would just like someone to take a chance with a guy that doesn't have 1000tt. I need to build some hours and its hard to do.

Doogie

 

[IP076]

Hate to be the jacka$$....

Try flight instructing....and believe it or not, you may like it!

I've yet to find anyone to take a change with a guy who has just less than 2500TT, so, good luck.

 

[Thedude]

I never forget this day.

I was workiong at a small 135 operator in DAL and some guy lookng for a job walks in. Of course he is looking for a job and hands me his resume he then porceeds to tell me that he has NO instructor time and that all of his time is real (1200 TT and 450 turbine). I almost punched him in the bean bag. Wow, the arrogance that the guy looked down his nose at instructing. I didnt want to instruct either but I did Learn alot.

Warm bodies are ok if the aircraft does not require at SIC. if it doesn't require one I still say you CANNOT log it. If it requires an SIC then you must be paid...

 

[Captain Morgan]

The only time I have never gotten paid to fly was when i had about 230 hours and got lucky flying a 182 for an aerial photography company. They said once I got my commercial, they would pay me. So that I would be only one of very few instances that it would be ok to be not paid. But yah... flight instructing at least do a little of it if you can, like IP076 said, you may like it.

 

[Znobrdr]

Flight instruction will really sharpen your skills, trust and decision making skillls.

When is too far? How do you recognize the signs? Can you keep cool when the other guy/gal looses it?

Real IFR instruction (when they are ready) - you get to do it all - except touch the controls. Refinement of skills to the budding commercial pilot.

Oh and don't forget multi instruction with the "switch grabber" in the cockpit with you. Vmc demos, stalls hot high and humid

I can tell you every time I climb out at 250 kts I am happy for all my flight instruction time and very appreciative of the $200,000 all those students spent on flight instruction to get me here!

 

[8HourPilot]

Hey IP....thats a basa$$ avatar......

 

[IP076]

Hey IP....thats a basa$$ avatar......

basa$$??? Uh...was that bada$$? If so, thanks! Apparently you get the meaning? PM me.

 

[taxicabdriver]

I would have to say that doing the cfi route will sharpen your skills more than anything else. You really learn a lot from the other side and your scan will improve dramatically. I know of a B-58TC job coming up before too long in the CLL area, but when I flew there the insurance required 1200-200. Get that cfi and build the total time up, I think its a natural progression to the pilot career. Pay your dues, it will pay off a lot in the end.