Originally Posted by
floridaCFII
When I refer to a legit way of building time I mean any job where we are paid as a professional to fly. If you don't want to be a CFI, then get a job flying traffic watch, towing banners, flying jumpers, etc... just don't pay for your hours or your job.
That is a ridiculous statement.
What about the person that works their tail off in a non-aviation field so that they can afford to pay for their training and then build some multi-time? This is not legit?
What about the person that comes from an aviation family and has access to lots of planes to build time in? This is not legit?
These people are not "stepping on your back." They just have had a different path than you did. And if all of the up and coming pilots out there were trying to get instructing, banner towing, skydiving, etc. jobs then I think that we would all be worse off because supply would greatly exceed demand and we would really have a hard time getting hours. Isn't it hard enough to get multi-engine students as it is?