Hello all,

I am currently not a pilot, but I am thinking about pursuing this as a career. I have a question about first jobs after undergoing flight training.

Aside from flight instructing for a little while, I am wondering if companies like Hawker-Beechcraft and Cessna actually hire pilots to deliver planes to customers. If they do, I would guess it`s on a contract basis, not permanently.

I am aware of third party companies that do this, but I am specifically interested in whether the OEMs do this.

Also, I am lucky to not need any type of visa to enter the US, the EU or Brazil (perhaps all of Mercosur countries as well). I would think this makes any planning for international deliveries somewhat easier, and perhaps gives me an edge on getting a ferry job. However I know very little about how these flights are planned, and I was wondering if you all agree or if it`s really not that big of a deal?

Thanks for any help! Just trying to have some sort of plan before paying an arm and a leg to a flight school!

Thanks again!