Originally Posted by AliBabba
All right, these are some encouraging replies! Ok, so what is the possibility at a regional of having a second job to bring in some supplemental income for say the first three years? Do you even have the time/energy/flexibility?
Next question, if someone were to go about it the debt free way,you know, slogging to and from the airport 5 mi through the snow and uphill both ways, are there generally accepted mins for small, part 135 operators?
They say officially your not allowed to have a second job when you fly at an airline but I hear some still do work second jobs. You second question, keep in mind that no one will look at you unless you have multi-engine time. What you can do is seach part 135 operators that have their own flight school. that way after you become CFI you can jump right into their part135 flying. To give you an example a charter operation I know flying citations hires their cfis with around 1000k hours vs 2-3000 for street hires. Also you still need around 100 multi engine.