Originally Posted by
skylover
^Above is exactly what I'd like to do...Private before college, Instrument/Commercial/2 years of flight instructing at college = 1,000 hours. Add some kind of bridge to regional airlines such that one can begin immediately after college, and it seems like the most sensible option to me.
As Judge Judy says, "I wish I were 5'7"."
Whenever I hear about how few low time jobs there are, I look at the orange site and Will Fly and others and see many jobs. Yes, if one lives is Back Water, USA, there may be no low time jobs, but one needs to go where the work is (think the "California or Bust" folks in the depression). Admittedly, getting from 250 to 500 TT is tough (Instructing is about all there is), but after that, there are jobs. I know of several places that are ALWAYS looking for pilots, the jobs are not sexy, the pay ain't great, and you may need to live in Armpit, Oklahoma, but they will give you hours. If moving a few times in the first few years of your career is unsatisfactory maybe flying isn't for you.
The field of aviation isn't like preschool T-ball: we keep score and don't give out "participation awards". If that is too tough, then go elsewhere.
(For those of you who don't know me, I have done my share of "time building" jobs. I'm not a check airman and no longer a CFI, but when I get a wet behind the ears 500-1000 hour guy who has never flown as a check hauling PIC or other "I really signed for the plane job", I might as well be back instructing. The best FOs I have flown with have all done single pilot 135 stuff.)