Approaching ATP, what to do next.
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Approaching ATP, what to do next.
So a little background here, i am a CFI, CFII, MEI and am currently a 91 corporate pilot. Will be at ATP minimums very soon. Flying Single engine props currently. Lots of IMC and night time. All XC of course. Logging 600-800 hours a year. Pay is great, better than a first or second year as FO at a regional but I am not logging any multi engine or turbine time. I am at home almost every night, but i work most days of the week. Will be at ATP mins here very soon.
I do get to sit right seat in a King air 350 but wont get a type rating for another year or two and even then would only log a few hundred hours a year, maybe less. However i have a hundred "experience hours" in the right seat, and flying about 1-2 hundred a year in the right seat.
My question is, would you jump to the regionals? Or Cargo? Pay isn't a huge thing for me now, I would rather spend my time getting good experience in a larger multi engine, preferably turbine aircraft that i can actually log, rather than sitting in a single engine piston for the next few years and not being able to actually log my time in the King Air.
I am single and am willing to move anywhere in the world, so for me it seems like a good idea to go put my time in at a regional or cargo outfit.
Although it seems I have already made my decision, I just want to see what you guys and gals would do in this situation in case I'm not seeing something.
Thanks!
I do get to sit right seat in a King air 350 but wont get a type rating for another year or two and even then would only log a few hundred hours a year, maybe less. However i have a hundred "experience hours" in the right seat, and flying about 1-2 hundred a year in the right seat.
My question is, would you jump to the regionals? Or Cargo? Pay isn't a huge thing for me now, I would rather spend my time getting good experience in a larger multi engine, preferably turbine aircraft that i can actually log, rather than sitting in a single engine piston for the next few years and not being able to actually log my time in the King Air.
I am single and am willing to move anywhere in the world, so for me it seems like a good idea to go put my time in at a regional or cargo outfit.
Although it seems I have already made my decision, I just want to see what you guys and gals would do in this situation in case I'm not seeing something.
Thanks!
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Are you a Rockefeller or do you simply place no value in your skills?
I am single and am willing to move anywhere in the world
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Who starts a career with the phrase "pay isn't a huge thing for me?"
Are you a Rockefeller or do you simply place no value in your skills?
Not saying you can't meet your future spouse somewhere other than the US, but is flying more important to you than family and friends. Moving anywhere is the world has huge implications.
Are you a Rockefeller or do you simply place no value in your skills?
Not saying you can't meet your future spouse somewhere other than the US, but is flying more important to you than family and friends. Moving anywhere is the world has huge implications.
my current job pays ok, but id be taking a slight pay cut the first year or two in order to get better flight experience. Clearly, i wont be getting any better experience in the near future than a single engine piston. So i am questioning leaving that job for a job with better flying experiences for my future.
And yes, I do value my family very much. And my current job actually is proving to be difficult to have enough time to see them. I typically have 3-4 days off a month...sometimes 8. And home is not nearby.
But i also value my career. And need to gain experience in order to make a better future. And lets be honest, how many pilots get a job flying in there hometown? Of course there are implications to moving to another state, or even another country. But it is something i am willing to do just like the vast majority of pilots.
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