Originally Posted by Captain Tony

Yes, back when we got hired in the 90s, you needed 1200/200 to work at places like Great Lakes. Or you could go somewhere like ASA and pay to play. Also back then Airnet was flying checks and you could get on with any crackpot night freight operation (checks) in a broken down T210 to "build time". Or you could CFI.

Now, checks are no longer flown, and CFI jobs have disappeared since no one wants to spend the money training for a career what won't pay off their loans. Night freight isn't what it used to be, and most of those jobs still require more than 1500 hours if its in a jet. So what's a young pilot to do in order to get from 300 to 1500?