Originally Posted by
E170Driver
Can I just ask a question? What about the guys who just want to get out of here. I started at AmEagle and jumped over to Republic only to get furloughed 7 months later. Now I have 2 SIC types, 1150 TT and practically zero Options. I just want to get enough time to get out of here. Go to China or Japan or something. So what now? just sit here and wait for three years for the economy to turn around... Flip burgers? Im not going to move just to become a flight instructor again. THAT IS A COST IN AND OF ITS SELF. Im just currious cuz i feel like im at the end of my freakin rope here. I need to fly.
Cry me a river. I got hired at a 121 company only to then have my class cancelled. I quit a perfectly good job to go to the airlines and then I had to get my cfi and instruct. Now I'm not instructing but still in a 172. You've got to build time somehow and right now it doesn't sound like you'll be doing it at the airlines. Specially with how much PIC time you have. You've got to get it out of your head that you're too good for instructing, because if you think you are now that you've flown a jet I'll remind you there are many other people willing to take the job you don't want with more time than you.
You don't even have enough time to do a 135 op so how have you even put in your dues to aviation as everyone says. Imagine if airlines didn't hire till 2500 hrs you wouldn't even have your types and you wouldn't be wining now. I don't even know what to say to you. It sounds like you haven't tried much of anything besides the airlines.
As far as the pft thing for 250 hrs, even if you have 500 tt and 250 me turbine you'll still have a hard time competing against said guy above with two types and 1150. GL