Where to go after 135 cargo?
08-09-2019, 08:16 PM
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Where to go after 135 cargo?
After doing part 135 cargo in a turboprop, maybe gaining a couple of thousand hours total time, what are the options available to move forward?
Majors? LCCs? Will either of those take someone like that? Or must one go to the bottom of the regionals?
Majors? LCCs? Will either of those take someone like that? Or must one go to the bottom of the regionals?
08-10-2019, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
After doing part 135 cargo in a turboprop, maybe gaining a couple of thousand hours total time, what are the options available to move forward?
Majors? LCCs? Will either of those take someone like that? Or must one go to the bottom of the regionals?
Majors? LCCs? Will either of those take someone like that? Or must one go to the bottom of the regionals?
08-10-2019, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ByrdmanFL
Are you 135 cargo now? If so, can you tell me how you got into 135 cargo? I live in Central FL and just finished ground school for PPL, but that is the direction I want to pursue once I get my certs. TIA!
08-10-2019, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
After doing part 135 cargo in a turboprop, maybe gaining a couple of thousand hours total time, what are the options available to move forward?
08-10-2019, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ByrdmanFL
Are you 135 cargo now? If so, can you tell me how you got into 135 cargo? I live in Central FL and just finished ground school for PPL, but that is the direction I want to pursue once I get my certs. TIA!
There are a few FedEx and UPS feeder airlines that are mainly using turbine planes.
A few of the UPS feeder airlines hire FO's. Ameriflight is probably your best bet for getting on with low hours. They have Embraer 120's that they hire FO's for and the FO's normally get hired with around 600 TT.
The quickest way to get into a cargo job is to get your instrument, than commercial, than, CFI. If you do not want to be a CFI you could maybe find a skydiving job with low time, but the CFI route is the most dependable way to go in my opinion.
08-11-2019, 05:52 AM
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Originally Posted by NatGeo
You need 1200 TT, 500 CC to fly single pilot cargo.
There are a few FedEx and UPS feeder airlines that are mainly using turbine planes.
A few of the UPS feeder airlines hire FO's. Ameriflight is probably your best bet for getting on with low hours. They have Embraer 120's that they hire FO's for and the FO's normally get hired with around 600 TT.
The quickest way to get into a cargo job is to get your instrument, than commercial, than, CFI. If you do not want to be a CFI you could maybe find a skydiving job with low time, but the CFI route is the most dependable way to go in my opinion.
There are a few FedEx and UPS feeder airlines that are mainly using turbine planes.
A few of the UPS feeder airlines hire FO's. Ameriflight is probably your best bet for getting on with low hours. They have Embraer 120's that they hire FO's for and the FO's normally get hired with around 600 TT.
The quickest way to get into a cargo job is to get your instrument, than commercial, than, CFI. If you do not want to be a CFI you could maybe find a skydiving job with low time, but the CFI route is the most dependable way to go in my opinion.
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