What's the better time?

[tinman]

In a perfect world, you have been offered a great corp. job. Only two problems, 1) it doesn't open for one year, 2) your TT is short by about 700-1000hrs (depending on insurance req. at the time).

Do you stay at your current gig getting turbine PIC, but possibly come up short on the time. Or do you jump ship and get a 121 job that will all but gaurantee the required time. 135 turbine PIC vs. 121 jet SIC? All three jobs would not require moving. Staying with the current job would also involve getting another type(Metro), but with it comes a one year contract and long duty days. Getting on with the 121 would mean flying a similar plane that the corp. currently flies.

Thoughts? Thanks for any and all.

 

[FlyFlyFly]

"A bird in hand is worth two in the bush"

Unless the offer is in writing with a surety bond, I would not go making career changes to meet it.

The real question (and one only you can answer) is: what do you want to do?

If you pick A, and the offer falls through then what? If you pick B, and the offer falls through then what? I think most on here will respond that when it comes to jobs, new airplanes and school, it exists when the job is offered in writing, the airplane is on the property and you are in class.

My advice is to do what you want to do, and that which moves you in the direction you want to go.

That being said, I do not know of any corporate operators that would view going to an airline and becoming an SIC to build flight experience when you are already a 135 PIC as a very smart move.

 

[Problow]

If you want the "great corp. job" whether this one works out or the offer down the road stay away from the airlines. I don't care if Delta hired you to be a 777 capt. Stay away and continue down the current path if you want corporate. If ya want the airlines then go and join there lovely union but don't come back crying.

 

[veneratio]

Fly as much as u can with ur 135 PIC turbine gig and whatever time u have left just build in a cessna 150 splitting the cost with some stupid student time builder. TT is TT dont matter if it's a ********************ing 777 or cessna 150 for insurance reqs.

 

[tinman]

Thanks for your opinion fellas. My first big decision in this business.