Originally Posted by
DryMotorBoatin
And you call yourself a real pilot? Come on man, everybody knows its Illinois Department of Transportation.
Hdark...I realize you have "alot" of multi time. I was in your shoes once as well. I had alot of total time and thought I knew alot. I had a comm/multi/inst...then I instructed for a year and it blew my mind how little I really knew. I hate to throw cold water on your experience but it amounts to borrowing your buddies plane and flying around. In no way shape or form, is Part 121 meant to be an entry level job. If you think you can hack 121 training after 300tt then you run the serious and probable risk of washing out. I had about 500 of cabin class twin time when I rolled into a glass cockpit jet and it still took me a while to catch up. This is NOT a job you want to hurry to get to. At 300tt you have no clue how big of a transition it is into a 121/jet world.
100% Agree. If you are that confident in your abilities as a aviator by all means go ahead and apply. However, being a low time pilot as well (750TT) and a fresh new hire out of 121 training, I can attest to it being No Joke serious sh*t . I had 500 hours in a glass cockpit which im sure helped a ton, but even still the transition to flying a jet is night and day compared putting around in a piston twin at 130kts at 5,500 feet. It is very easy to wash out if your not prepared for it, and that is something you don't want on your record. Anyway good luck to you if you do decide to give it a go !