Originally Posted by timeless

I graduated from UND, did my time flight instructing and went straight to frieght. I am a turboprop FO right now, I make more than some regional FOs, I like my job most of the time and fairly quick upgrades are possible. Its a long way off but I look forward to flying something heavy across the ocean. Do any companies flying 747s, DC10s or MD11s hire people without turbojet time?

Pilots at my company talk about good times had when they were stuck in exotic locales like Detroit, Louisville, Huntsville or Dallas. I only get catering when the FBO guy hooks us up with the extras a corperate jet didn't take. Catering and no autopilot is fun.