I literally busted out laughing when I read your post! Not trying to be disrespectful but all of the things u described as not being very desirable to you and your career and you would rather skip. Yes those are all the things that you will need to be able to do as a part 135 pilot. I am sorry but you are a flight instructor demanding that you don't want to fly an older light jet? The market is good right now, but it is not that good! I think you might need to get off this forum because you have a very bad perception of what part 135/91 flying really entails. Next time you are out at the airport and you see one those old crappy light jets come in, jump out of ur 172 and go ask those pilots what it is really like and what it took for them to get to that point. I apologize for the terrible grammar and run on sentences!
Originally Posted by
Midhgardhsorm
Hi everyone,
I'm a new member and after a good amount of teaching and examining (Part 141 Check Pilot) I'm ready to jump into the right seat of a business jet.
I saw a lot of great jobs in Southern Florida but I'd like to stay in Central Florida to keep doing part time Check Instructor (on my off days) while building my time in corporate/part 135/part 91.
I have 1200+ hours, not much multi but a little jet experience, can you please give me suggestions on the best path to take and also if you know any place hiring with "newer" planes?
I don't want to look snobby but I'd rather not fly anything older than a Lear 31A, Citation CJ3, Beech 400XP, Phenom 100/300.
Money is not that important as it is management, quality of airplanes/maintenance, schedule (I'm willing to have no set schedule and leave on a whim but I'd like not to be overworked or fly unairworthy stuff).
I rejected a couple of offers because they were from shady companies with crappy old planes.
If I needed to relocate to Southern Florida where would you go?
Thank you so much for the help.
P.S.
I've did some research in the forum before and I've found mostly outdated references so I'd like an updated situation (since the market is booming now).
I'll post this in the Corporate/Part 135/Fractional and 91 Sections