Hi everyone, I am looking at possibly proceeding in the direction of corporate flying as opposed to Airline pilot. I have investigated all the aspects of the commercial airline industry and have decided that is not a direction that would be smart for me to go. Mainly because of the low pay at first, job security, exhausting travel schedules, and bad management. Several pilots I have talked to tell me that if I truly have a love for flying(which I do), that I should consider the corporate route. The company I work for has a fleet of Citation Encores, many of which I have traveled on several times. I believe that a corporate route is something I would enjoy, not as much as commercial airlines but still....it's flying.

I would like to get tips from some of the regulars to this forum. That being said.....some things I will state that I am already aware of: corporate jobs are hard to land, and it's about who you know & being in the right place at the right time, often times at first the pay is still low, and the job security is can be bad, in several cases you have to start out with a company flying a prop, and then transition into turbine, your a slave to the pager, and you also don't fly nearly as much because the job duties are much move involved that just showing up and flying, you also have more responsibility & oversight of the companies plane(s).

Currently I'm in I.T., good pay, good company, good job security, but I dislike it very much. My passion has always been for the sky, ever since I took that first baby step as a passenger on an Eastern Airlines DC-9 at MCI airport....I was hooked!! Any ideas my good fellows? I am up for it!