Originally Posted by
Amanda
Hahaha, thanks.. I was thinking that they'd bring me in as Capt, but without the turbine time, I was going to take the conservative route and go for FO.
LinkedIn, huh? I'm kinda behind the times.. guess I should build up a profile!
I think my biggest hurdle is convincing my family. I'm jumping into a jet jockey job close to home and plan to use the time to secretly convince them that the contracts are not a bad thing (I have plans... covert plans!). I'm thinking I'll try to start getting the ball rolling in about 6 months so that if all goes well, I'll be ready for training just as I finish up any contract at this place. Plus it'll give me a nice bit of turbine time, which definitely can't hurt my resume!!
Looks like I'm going to have to get more info on MAG.. I've seen them mentioned quite a bit in recent pages, but they're not familiar to me. In the past, I've looked into Dynamic, Avenge, DynCorp, AAR, and gotten a little bit of info on Berry (waaaaay outta my league!). Dynamic is a fallback I had been considering, but it sounds like MAG is a better deal from what I've seen.
Things change about every 6-12 months or so but the last time I checked:
For the L-3 SIC program you'll need a Clearance.
For MAG you need turbine time since they don't have a SIC gig (and their GFR doesn't like the idea of granting waivers for folks who don't meet the min contract flight time requirements because sets a precedent to lower the standards).
Dynamic you need turbine time for thier ISR job but they have other gigs as well that you might be able to get into.
L-3 PIC you'll need a turbine time but they could get you a clearance (slim chance but it has happened before).
Avenge SIC intro will get you the clearance and the turbine time.