azbulldog

I have thought about going the cargo route, have looked into Airnet. I know there are other threads on this board about them but I want to ask you guys, is this a smart route to take to build the time and get to a regional?

Anyone know much about Eagle Jet?

freezingflyboy

Airnet is a great company to work for but I believe they require you to have at or near 135 IFR PIC mins, since you will be flying single-pilot IFR at night in Barons. I think I heard of them having an SIC program if you were low on time but I think that was if you only needed 100-200 hours. They want you in the left seat of that Baron ASAP. Really there are not a lot of jobs out there for the 200-600 hour guy except CFI unless you get lucky and find one of those VFR jobs (skydivers, traffic watch, pipeline patrol). Still not a good reason to go pay for a job. If you work at it and find a good flight school, it is not uncommon to fly 60-100 hours a month instructing. You're not gonna build time faster than that at a PFJ outfit. When I left instructing I was billing about 150 hours a month (50-80 of that logged flight time, depending on weather of course).

PS. Eagle jet is a joke. Once AGAIN, you are PAYING to work.

Rama

You really need to get some pic time making your own decisons an such. Starting out in the right seat of an rj or something will just get you used to being spoon fed.

azbulldog

But with instructing you are not getting PIC time either, and aren't the regionals hiring with that in mind?

azbulldog

I thought I had read on their website that you are getting paid during this training time. I thought they may be different from GIA.

freezingflyboy

Where did you get that idea? Acting as a CFI is 100% loggable as PIC.

freezingflyboy

From my understanding, which is limited to a quick scan of the website, you still have to pay up front. And what I saw made it look to be several thousand dollars. I think that should really be your acid test: am I having to pay for this "job"? Then its PFJ (Pay For Job).

atpwannabe

You know...I just looked at Piedmont Airlines' website in reference to hiring FO's....300TT/40ME. Shoot, that's doing the Prof Pilot course @ AriBen in Ft. Pierce, FL. After finishing their CPL w/instr/ME ratings I would have just about 300TT but over 200ME.

Wow; seems like everytime I'm leaning toward a particular route to take I always come across something new.



atp

freezingflyboy

You may get hired with those mins but getting through training is a different story. A washout from a 121 training program is a big black mark on your career and will take a lot of time and effort to overcome. I'm not saying that you aren't capable of doing it, I'm just saying that there have been MANY that have come before you that haven't made it. One guy in my class at XJT was a career changer, 400-500 hours total time and an RJ course. Failed out during sims.

Not trying to put any one down, just providing some perspective.

atpwannabe

You're right! Training is another whole ball of wax. In addition to having the TT & ME time, I have got to have "a made up mind." There is no doubt in my mind that I can do this. I "see" myself flying for a regional whether it's a Dash 8, Q-400, or -900. I also "see" myself flying either the A-300/310 or 767. Those airlines that use these aircraft and others types that I like are the ones I hoping to get on with.