What was your first Professional Aviator position?

[pilotyip]

Flying Patrols 1968

Flying patrols off the coast of Viet Nam in a
P-3, I had 350 hours total time, my Patrol Plane Commander was 25 years old, he did not have a college degree, got hired by Delta, retired as a Delta Airlines Captain.

 

[mar]

Not just a job; That was an adventure

Holy cats. How old were you? Twenty? Twenty-two?

Did you have any idea what you had gotten yourself into?

Of course when you're 20 you still think you're immortal. I'd be curious to hear the story about when you first realized your own mortality.

Fly safe man.

 

[photopilot]

6-2001: Pt 91 Aerial Mapping 250 tt
I got lucky and found a job in upstate New York mapping right out of school. The owner was the best man I have ever known. He treated me right and paid me well. 9/11 put a hurt on us and we seemed to struggle from then on, but he never stopped giving me raises. I left there making as much as some regional captains. It is the job I will always look back on fondly, as I have never had a boss I respected as much.

4-2004: Pt 135 freight. 1900 tt

 

[Pilot124]

FlyChicaga

How did you get an FO job at 370 hours?

 

[FlyChicaga]

95% luck, 5% internship. No I didn't PFT.