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Old 12-28-2017, 07:06 AM
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dera
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Originally Posted by mayanflyer View Post
Can any other current or recent pilots give any additional info on pay, hours/mo, and schedule. I'm sitting at 1200 hrs ASEL/AMEL, CFI/CFII, Instrument and would like to build the next 300 hrs as multi turbine in the Otter. Trying to determine if this would be a good jump to make?
I know a few of them and we have a few pilots here who used to fly for GCA. Pay is around $1900/month for Otter SIC, more in the summer when you can break guarantee. You'll be sitting idle in the South Rim for the winter, maybe flying 20-30 hours a month. Summer is much busier.
Otter has a 12 month training contract so probably not a great choice for you if airlines and 1500 hours is what you're looking for. You can build that 300 hours much faster elsewhere and not be tied with the contract.
"multi turbine time" isn't that valuable when it's turboprop SIC 99% VFR.
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