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Old 04-09-2011, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JJOSH122 View Post
Haha. lighten up guys. I have been blessed. It hasn't been too long ago when I would have given my left arm for right seat king air time. That's why I try to help out and encourage everyone I can instead of pushing them down.

To answer your question: I started working for my company flying a Cherokee with around 500 hours. The owner had plans of learning to fly it himself and use it for business use. What happened instead was he used it as a business aircraft and never got around to finishing his lessons. I ended up flying it all around the SE; it was evident we needed a larger airplane. We soon upgraded to a Baron and flew the wings off it as well. Before I knew it the owner was looking at King Airs. We ended up buying an 81 C90 (great airplane). At this point I had under 1000 hours, 300 me, and 0 turbine. My owner was very aware that I didn't have the experience most King Air PICs have, but by this time he had a lot of trust in me and didn't want anyone else flying him around. So I went back to Simcom, flew 25 hours dual with a high time King Air guy, and off I went.

Now that I've answered your question I'll tell you this. This is my career. Nobody "allows" me to do my job; they pay me to perform a service and I do it to the best of my ability.
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