Originally Posted by
DANCRJ
Northwest727: Also, I would be aiming to have at least 1200TT by the time you graduate, those are the mins to be PIC 135. A job flying light twins overnight could be a great experience and give you an edge among the other 1000s CFIs competing with you for the job. More or less, the cargo and freight industry is going to recover before the pax industry, usually cargo operations have a better chance of passing cost of fuel on their costumers. Just my advice. Good luck and don't stress about it...........
Very good advice. When times are tough, cargo usually is doing much better than passengers. There are many well respected 135 operations with turbo props and jets that have sent some of their employees on to the majors without ever carrying passengers before.