Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Yet if they didn't have a training contract then you would like to work for them?
Did you turn down GLA or were you eventually not offered a position there - at least yet?
And this other Aerial Survey company that you turned down after they offered you a position. You said that you decided to keep this pretty good paying job that you have right now and are you still flying the C90, building some good ME Turbine time? Is it the draw of the airline type flying - even for ones like GLA and GIA - that are keeping you on the edge?
Thanks for sharing the interview process. I hope others can draw something from it.
USMCFLYR
I don't know what your motives are behind this but I'll answer.
First off GLA hasn't given me a yes or a no, but I'm probably not going to take it even if I am offered the position. If GIA didn't have a training contract then yes I would like to work for them more so than GLA and here is why. They pay more per hour on the same A/C and given where I live the commute is easier on myself and family.
The Aerial Survey gig was at a good company. Some personal family issues arose that made this good job not so good for myself for many reasons that I will not get into, but the main one was money.
My current job pays very well for someone of my age and where I'm at in life. Likewise on the side as I'm needed I fly a C90. It's not much, but it's something and it gives me the turbine fix I love plus the resume experience so it's a win win!
I want to fly in the airlines plain and simple, but I am in no rush to go off and be some broke pilot all because it's "cool" to fly a jet. Flying turbine powered equipment is freaking awesome, but at the end of the day it all boils down to a job we do for a paycheck. So I've decided I'm in no rush to turn my hobby/passion into a job and this affords me to wait for something better to come along rather than the first offer I get. All too often I see friends and people on forums do this and within 3-5 years it's the same story. I like my job, but it's turned into just that. So what's the rush?