Originally Posted by
Flyer117
Ah okay. My thought process was to use the higher number of flight time, not to deceive the hiring managers, but make it known that I have over 1000 hours of flight experience. If I apply stating that I have 1000+ hours of flight experience, clearly separated into two sections on my resume, and my logbook reflects the legal total, I’m not sure if I see the issue with it. It would be a different story if I was deceiving them, with a resume and logbook reflecting 1000+ hours. Thoughts?
Only list the legal flight time that you have. Then under experience where you would normally list past jobs, include your apprenticeship (or whatever you want to call it) with a brief description and mention those hours there. I wouldn't even put the exact time, I'd just put "175+ hours". Make it look the same as you would list community service or something similar. Your resume should not ever anywhere combine these two numbers into one. You do not have 1000+ hours, no matter how valuable you think those extra hours are. I do agree that you have gained more experience than just being a passenger, but the FAA doesn't see it that way, and you want an interviewer to see that you are representing yourself in the same matter. The interviewers will see this "apprenticeship" on your resume and surely ask about it. Then you get to tell your story about how valuable that experience was to you and your professional development as a corporate pilot.
I think doing it this way, nobody could by any stretch think you are being misleading about your actual legal flight experience, while still giving you an opportunity to talk about job related experience that has value to you.