Originally Posted by
Meep
Unfortunately 135 cargo carriers traditionally known as stepping stone jobs don’t pay very well. Especially an FO position, where the whole goal is to get you your 135 IFR mins so you can fly single pilot.
Exactly....as a 135 Capt, many can make $80k with the bonus/incentive programs and sleep in you own bed nightly on some runs, or be home all day, work for 2 hrs, sleep in a hotel, then work 2 hrs, be home, AND be home from late Saturday am till Monday PM....
It's all about location...live in the right place, have an ATP already, and start with a typed aircraft, it's not bad.
Start with less than 135 minimums, and you are doing old school pay your dues type of work, generally not making much, but avoiding time building by being a CFI....so there is a place for it.
The Ameriflight "superthread" if you want to call it that,
has a wide cross section of people who respond, from disgruntled ex-employees, recruiters, line pilots, instructors and chiefs.