Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
Yes, you may be able to fly 120 hours. But I have yet to meet anybody who can sustain that kind of load for very long.
Rather than go there, why not wait for a company that either pays fairly well or at least has a base you can drive to?
(About the training contract, I have signed one every where I have worked, so I am not inherently against them. But 24 months? At three times the cost of a type rating? That is ridiculous.)
I agree, the contract is quite steep, and designed to people there because they might otherwise leave.
My question is regarding not being able to sustain 120 hours a month. I routinely fly 100-120 hours a month working 6-7 days a week as an instructor. I'm not being a smart a$$, I was seriously wondering if there is any reason why flying that much at an airline would be more difficult than instructing.
I'm not waiting for another regional simply because I don't have time. I have applied to every single one and talked to recruiters, chief pilots and CEO's. No one, except for Great Lakes and Pacific Wings, wants to give me a shot because I can't go to Canada. I can't go corporate because who needs a pilot that can't go to Canada. The Canada thing is going to take another 1 1/2 - 2 years to resolve. I'm just not content building 2000 more hours of piston time that nobody is going to care about. While I'm not ecstatic about GIA's history, from what I've heard things are looking better and they're giving me a chance to prove I can handle the part 121 experience. The pay sucks but as soon as I make Captain I'll be back to where I am now, and if I'm going to fly 100 hours a month, I'd rather be getting experience that counts.