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Old 04-20-2019, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Swedish Blender View Post
Realistically, how much does a feeder really fly a year. 2 hours a night?

Some fly short routes, some fly longer stuff. Not sure how much express mail or first class is flown in AK still? But, you can crank out some good hours flying down the coast. Lots of UPS routes have 2 stops out and two stops in. I don’t think 700hrs a year is unreasonable. Figure in 0.0 days on reserve, 0.0 days commuting a year, all PIC time. Speed you up to pass 121 training down the road. I just think it provides some easy boxes to check. A lot of people in 121 are trying to get LCA, seems like reserve times are trending up at the desirable carriers, a lot are waiting for flow too. 135 can sling shot you to LCC and better ACMI too.

Who knows what it looks like in 2 years? 5 years? I’d be cautious of stagnation though. I’d guess that all of the majors have stacks of resumes that say

College: Professional Pilot Program
1st Employer: My College, 1 year
2nd Employer: Regional XX 9 years
3rd Employer:...............


Might look better with
College: Accouting
1st Employer: CFI at local 141 1 year
2nd Employer: Feeder 135 LCA 2 yrs
3rd Employer: Regional XX 1 year
4th Employer: LCC xx 4 years

Just my opinion. Would be nice if the people who make the call would give what they think is ideal.
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