Originally Posted by
fenix1
Thanks and great point regarding a likely training contract at a 135 carrier. Do most 135 carriers impose a training contract for their initial training given to FO’s if any applicable type rating is SIC-only? Or are training contracts usually only required by 135’s following upgrade training and/or full (PIC) type rating training?
To your point about seniority, someone (outside this thread) also shared that building time toward ATP mins as a CFI would almost certainly happen faster than at a 135 (ie, hours per day). I’d like to get some experience managing operational risk & seeing the world go by a lot faster by doing something other than instructing, but Part 91 when possible (while instructing as my main/primary role) may well end being a better way to go than 135.
You definitely build time faster as a CFI but the experience at a 135 is more useful overall I believe. The people with previous type ratings and/or 135 training seem to have an easier time in training from what I've seen. Big difference between an ILS at 90 knots under the hood and doing them in IMC down to minimums (what seems like every day in ACK) at 130 knots. Not sure how it looks on a resume for moving on. I'm not that far yet. Overall I'm glad I did it that way. I still instructed on the side on my days off and made up the time difference that way so it didnt take as long. Either way in the beginning you have to put in the work and grind to get to that first airline job as soon as you can.