Aerial Mapping
I am currently employed by one of these aerial mapping companies. Yes we do build time quickly. We fly 7 days a week as long as the weather is good if we are doing photo missions. If we are ferrying from one location to the next we are allowed to go ifr. Typical pay is better than your first year at a regional, but do realize when the wheels stop your day is not over.... paper work to fill out, reports to send, hard drives to ship off. So what was only suppose to be a 9-4 day just turned into a 9-530 day, and as the days get longer so does our availble collection window. But the big thing is I dont have a apartment, car, or other misc living expense bills so we save alot of money in that respect. As to getting a job with these companies most require 500 tt, but the big thing (as we all know in the aviation industry) is who you know. I got on with my current company through a friend who works here and he got on through a friend that worked here. There is also a few of our pilots who have got on by meeting us while working line service at a aiport we based out of while working an area and kept in touch. I would like to pass on what my friend did for me and help you out with my company but I cant cause we are fully staffed and have a couple of relief pilots who are next in line to take over. IF you have any other question feel free to send me a note and I will try to help you out in anyway possible. So feel free to ask more questions.