Most widely used Corporate Aircraft?
12-18-2017, 10:29 AM
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Most widely used Corporate Aircraft?
If I have the opportunity to get typed in a corporate airplane, which type would you recommend for marketability?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
12-18-2017, 11:26 AM
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Do you have a job offer? If so, it’ll be in whatever type the fly. If not, it’s just beyond silly to buy a rating in the hope you’ll find an employer dumb enough to use possession of a rating as the key discriminator.
G650 and Globals operators have the most contractor demand, but they want “time in type”. I could do all the Global and CL350 work I could stomach, but I have slathers of time in both.
GF
G650 and Globals operators have the most contractor demand, but they want “time in type”. I could do all the Global and CL350 work I could stomach, but I have slathers of time in both.
GF
12-18-2017, 05:56 PM
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I would let your future employer pay for your type rating. If you are going for a PIC slot I don't see an employer hiring you just on the fact you have a type rating with no time in type. It seems like you would be attracting the companies that are trying to save a couple bucks if you used the rating as a way into a company. Typically those aren't the companies you want to work for. Maybe you'll get lucky. Good luck.
12-19-2017, 03:58 AM
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C525
A few years ago, I would have said the CE-500 type, because it encompasses so many airframes. However, I might strongly consider the 525 type now. A lot of the airframes that are included on the 500 ticket are atarting to age. When thwy start to get older, they often find new homes in another country. I think in the next several years, the 525 will be the hot ticket to have. As others have stated, that alone probably won’t get you a job.
12-19-2017, 06:26 AM
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How much TT do you have? The failure rate for 1st types at FSI is increasing quickly because of low time pilots with a lack of experience getting hired. There is a major "experienced" pilot shortage for those who say there is no pilot shortage.
12-19-2017, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Aviationluver
If I have the opportunity to get typed in a corporate airplane, which type would you recommend for marketability?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
12-21-2017, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Aviationluver
If I have the opportunity to get typed in a corporate airplane, which type would you recommend for marketability?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
In other words, which jobs would be most available?
Based on some job boards I've seen it appears as if King Airs, Challengers and Gulfstream pilot positions are the most available.
Your two cents?
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