Originally Posted by
crazyjeep
How hard is it right now to get into cargo being a lowtime pilot? VFR cargo from my understanding is 500 TT, with roughly 100 night hours. I dont mind teaching, in fact if I did teach I'd aim to be a better CFI than some of the instructors at my school, but the decline in GA is killing those options as well.
I guess I will just figure things out when I am all said and done. I thank you all for your help thus so far.
While there may be some exceptions, most small cargo operators are under part 135....which requires 1200 hours to be PIC. You could theoretically get hired as a co-pilot with less than 1200, but most night freight pilots start in a single-engine, single-pilot airplane...which requires the 1200 hours.
Keep looking for non-cfi time-building opportunities if you like, but you had probably best assume that you will need to CFI for 1200+ TT and 100+ ME before you will be able to get a job doing anything else.