Originally Posted by
crjav8er
Get 135 minimums then fly freight for a year or so. You will get turbine PIC at most carriers and your airline interviews will be much easier after you get some real world flying experience. You will have a great time as well. Don't rush to get into a regional, it isn't that great.
I second that.
I have gone the non-regional route. I have not qualified for food stamps since I left flight instruction
But, as an outsider, the only thing I have regreted is not making as many quality contacts (it seems) as those who went the regional route, but I was always a bit hard headed and wanted to earn the job on my qualificatiion vice who I know.
Good luck and keep your chin up. Honest work will win (sorry for the protestant work ethic thing).
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