I fly for a skydive op a few times a month... I just hung out there and harassed them for a while and they checked me out to fly for them when I had 270tt, they didn't use me that much then. this year I came back with 600 tt and now i'm actually on their schedule. Insurance?! ha, they definitely don't have it. So sometimes when they say for insurance mins you need ___tt, they could be blowing smoke.

It's a fun little gig, they've got a STOL kit, and an stc for wing extensions that raises gross by 550lbs. Make sure if you do fly that you save the engine... Just don't go full power all the way up to altitude and then chop'ndrop back down to the airport. It's a good way to shock cool the engine and you never know when the thing is going to go. There was a DZ just the other day that threw two rods and had to dead stick it, lucky for him he was close to the airport. And on a last note make sure you've got gas too. The same place that blew their engine has also had two dead stick landings because they ran out of fuel (made it back to the airport both times) and then ran out of fuel on the taxiway another time.