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Question for you corporate guys who have trained at Simuflite. I have a chance to start their right seat program in the Hawker and probably get SIC typed for free. Have any of you trained there or had experience with this? My only obstacle is trying to get 2 weeks off to do the intial ground school.

Hey, congrats! I applied awhile back just via email and haven't heard back. Any insight as to how they select people for this program? I'm pretty low time (400/20), but sounds like a great program since you can instruct on the side. I'll even be in Dallas over the summer for an internship, and it would work out terrific to hear back from them sometime while I'm down there!

-Brett

One of my flight instructors has been a right seater there for a while in the 700/800XP and is in real tight with the senior instructor there. He has actually picked up a couple of good corporate gigs because of this program, and didn't have to pay for any training :D

Sweet...ever since they used a 800XP on Mythbusters (to test how cell phones can interfere with avionics) I've been in love with it!

Sory to jump in here, but I was wondering if and how long and what it takes to get into the right seat program. I currently have all of my ratings except an ATP, 520 ttl, 155 multi. I am very interested in this type of work on the side. I would like to work at a regional, and then do the right seat program on my off time, this would hopefully open up a few doors in the corporate world!

Looks like a good program, especially for a low time pilot.

I did my initial training at Simcom. If I recall, SIC training was about $8k, way cheaper than FSI. The SIC check ride is to ATP standards, and is the same as a Type ride, except for a few items. The SIC type came about when countries like Mexico started to enforce that pilots must be type rated to enter. So the FAA made the SIC type, nothing different, its just added to your certificate.

Unless your training is in a level D sim, some air work in the aircraft is required to complete your training. This may have changed, but worth looking into.

The bottom line is that anyone who has training completed saves the company money and is therefore more attractive.

Airlines may not allow you to fly on the side, some do, some don't. Corporate operations are wary of 121 guys, but, if you have current training covered, the risk to them is lower.

FYI, a PIC type rating in the HS125 at FSI is around $25k. Also, the insurance industry is the driving force in corporate. 2500tt is the min. for most companies even for a copilot. Unless you know people, you can see why so many pilots go to regionals or haul freight to start.

I don't know about the SIC program but the Simuflite facility itself is beautiful. Got a 604 rating there a few years ago. I have trained at both FSI and Simuflite as well as a few 121 operations and the DFW building and operation are at the top of the scale. Clean, state of the art classrooms, nice cafeteria and pretty good food as well. Instruction for systems was good and all the people I met were happy and helpful. Enjoy it!

It is an awesome place. I go up there just to study sometimes. They have an aviation library there with everything you could imagine in it. There are PC's there you can use for free that have all the CBT courses on them for FMS training and so forth. 2nd floor has a real nice view of rwy 36L when they're landing north too ;)

I went there in Jan. and got a CE500 type. All the instructors I had were great. I also had 3 different Rt seaters, most of which were very helpful. The only issue I had is that for my checkride, I was paired with a person that had VERY low time and had NEVER been in the sim before.:mad: I think I deserve a single pilot add on for that...:D