Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Your previous post showed 370 hrs TT just over two years ago. That's 300 hrs a year. If that's the current flying rate you'll be at 1600 TT in two years and 1900 TT in three years on the C-17.
That's on the low end of the resumes that I've looked at. IMO I'd be trying to get more squares checked off. Type ratings, upgrade, IP, schools, safety/training experience, 121 job, job fairs, etc, etc.
Regional route might get you 500-700 hrs/year plus 200+ (?) C-17? 1000 hrs a year should be reachable. In two years you could be 3000 hrs TT, 1000 hrs+ C-17, and closing in on 500 hrs TPIC. Year three would be C-17 IP upgrade? 500 hrs+ TPIC?
What's your age? I spoke with a 33 yr old guy recently. Less than 5% of the guys hired ahead of him are younger than him. Airline's been hiring for 3(?) years and he'll retire under 100. AA's OTS averaged 37 hrs old. Under 30 is a very small number.
Being such a distance away from my Reserve unit has impeded my participation. I have two children and a wife back home. Time with them is important and I have not been able to fly the 17 as much as I would like because of the distance from the unit. Our move will take care of that.
We are seeing increased tempo at work recently and I think after moving to the city where my unit is it will make it so much easier to fly missions and local training flights. Not to mention have a better work/home balance. Striking the correct balance is important to me but I also do not want to stagnate in my flying career.
I guess the real question here is what do the mainline folks like to see, slightly lower TT and a good amount of PIC time or the opposite? Of course a diversified resume is important also. Perhaps in a year or two it would not hurt from me to go 121 once the pay has come up a bit? Either that or after I have obtained AC?