Old 12-28-2016, 10:42 PM
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awax
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Well, and then what?

Zero to Commercial is 250 hours at a minimum, most students take longer. Hiring minimums at airlines require an ATP which is 1,500 hours of flight time, at a minimum.

If you can self-fund 0 to 1,500 hours, you'd probably would be better off investing the $200,000 that would take to reach ATP rather than working for $30/hr. I'm sure you could find a spreadsheet to help calculate the opportunity cost.

It would be very unusual to find a (rewarding and sustainable) pilot job that would only require a Commercial license.
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