Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
You better be sure before you show up for a job interview. One of the reasons you might be having trouble getting job offers is because the amount of time you have smells fishy to some folks. Better make sure you can explain it or the airlines will show you the door faster than the flight schools.
PS
I was in the same boat and always had more time than my peers because I had gotten my private 2 years before going to UND and then spent about 100 hours tooling around with friends and family. So when most guys were starting with 0 time or 40 hours and a PPL, I showed up with about 175 hours. Raised some eyebrows when I came around looking for a CFI job but since it was properly logged and I could talk about it in detail there was never a problem.
I didn't mean that I wasn't sure of how I got it all, it's all properly logged and such. What I meant was that I have built it up here and there over time, which really isn't that much if you consider the fact that I do have 810 hours w/o instructing but keep in mind, 810 hours since 1993! I mean, the best way to explain it would be that I have been flying for that amount of time and have just been buying almost each and every hour. (W/ the help of some people needing their planes moved around, etc...)
Incidently, I didn't have any problem really finding a CFI job, I actually did get an offer from Pan Am but kind of put it on hold.