Originally Posted by
nigelcobalt
I enjoy 121. Wouldn't want to do much else. I wish that experience counted for something. If you get furloughed, it would be nice if you could move to company b, and pick up where you left off (national seniority list).
I think the barrier to enter 121 is getting higher, which is a good thing. I think the way to do flight training is to buy a 152. The local flight school wants $110 for a trainer (plus $35 for a cfi), and the seminole is $240 (plus $40 for a cfi). Do the math on that. Ridiculous if you ask me.
Piper Tri Pacer or Colt, $15,000 and 6 Gallons Per Hour. Worth as much or more when you sell it as when you buy it.
Piper Twin Commanche ~ $50,000 and 12 to 14 GPH. You can find partnerships on Comanches and the remaining Apaches out there.
No one wants to do it that way any more. They'd rather sit in a box bolted to the floor with a CRJ'ish cockpit and pay $5,000 for a week of playing Flight Sim X with some other similarly inclined individual under the supervision of a bored out of his mind flight instructor who endues the box in the hope a real multi engine student will show up.
Wonder what one of these kids would do if instead of the particleboard procedures trainer you took them out of an hour of time in a Citabria, gave them a few spins followed by some stops at grass strips and some light acro? Much more educational than sitting there reading "3 down and green, flaps 40, landing check complete."