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03-21-2011, 10:09 AM
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Howdy I’m currently a sophomore at Texas A&M University and about to start the process of getting my PPL at the beginning of the summer with the hopes of one day flying cargo. I am wondering if anybody has trained at Brazos Valley Flight Services or know of anybody who has and what their experience was? Thank you for your time.
03-21-2011, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie 13
Howdy I’m currently a sophomore at Texas A&M University and about to start the process of getting my PPL at the beginning of the summer with the hopes of one day flying cargo. I am wondering if anybody has trained at Brazos Valley Flight Services or know of anybody who has and what their experience was? Thank you for your time.
03-21-2011, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NERD
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In all seriousness, great school. Last time I was in CLL there were some Aggies working at the FBO down there (maybe owned or managed by you guys?). Could be a good idea to make a drive down there and talk with them a bit as well.
03-21-2011, 07:20 PM
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Yes sir the school actually owns the airport and they seem to have a pretty good club and do teach students how to fly but Brazos Valley Flight seems like they keep a tighter schedule and would be able to get it done within a summer. (2 or 3 months) Glad to hear it’s a good FBO though.
03-21-2011, 08:24 PM
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Just for anyone else (like me) who hasn't heard of it:
Brazos Valley Flight Services
Not that I want to overload you...but you want to fly cargo...the most entry-level cargo position you could get would be what's called a Part 135 gig, flying basically single pilot night time cargo here to there and back to here. Lots of companies do it.
You'll need an absolute minimum of 1200 hours (in addition to some other requirements) to qualify for one of those jobs. You'll also need, at minimum, Commercial Pilot, single/multi engine land depending on the operator, and an instrument rating. All in all about ~190-250 hours of training, which means you'll need 1000-950 hours of time beyond that.
Are you considering flight instructing to build time? That's another one, two, or three certificates.
Again, not trying to overwhelm you, just trying to give you an idea of what you're looking at before getting an entry level cargo job.
Brazos Valley Flight Services
Not that I want to overload you...but you want to fly cargo...the most entry-level cargo position you could get would be what's called a Part 135 gig, flying basically single pilot night time cargo here to there and back to here. Lots of companies do it.
You'll need an absolute minimum of 1200 hours (in addition to some other requirements) to qualify for one of those jobs. You'll also need, at minimum, Commercial Pilot, single/multi engine land depending on the operator, and an instrument rating. All in all about ~190-250 hours of training, which means you'll need 1000-950 hours of time beyond that.
Are you considering flight instructing to build time? That's another one, two, or three certificates.
Again, not trying to overwhelm you, just trying to give you an idea of what you're looking at before getting an entry level cargo job.
03-22-2011, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by AbortAbortAbort
Just for anyone else (like me) who hasn't heard of it:
Brazos Valley Flight Services
Not that I want to overload you...but you want to fly cargo...the most entry-level cargo position you could get would be what's called a Part 135 gig, flying basically single pilot night time cargo here to there and back to here. Lots of companies do it.
You'll need an absolute minimum of 1200 hours (in addition to some other requirements) to qualify for one of those jobs. You'll also need, at minimum, Commercial Pilot, single/multi engine land depending on the operator, and an instrument rating. All in all about ~190-250 hours of training, which means you'll need 1000-950 hours of time beyond that.
Are you considering flight instructing to build time? That's another one, two, or three certificates.
Again, not trying to overwhelm you, just trying to give you an idea of what you're looking at before getting an entry level cargo job.
Brazos Valley Flight Services
Not that I want to overload you...but you want to fly cargo...the most entry-level cargo position you could get would be what's called a Part 135 gig, flying basically single pilot night time cargo here to there and back to here. Lots of companies do it.
You'll need an absolute minimum of 1200 hours (in addition to some other requirements) to qualify for one of those jobs. You'll also need, at minimum, Commercial Pilot, single/multi engine land depending on the operator, and an instrument rating. All in all about ~190-250 hours of training, which means you'll need 1000-950 hours of time beyond that.
Are you considering flight instructing to build time? That's another one, two, or three certificates.
Again, not trying to overwhelm you, just trying to give you an idea of what you're looking at before getting an entry level cargo job.
Thank you abort, yes I have done a lot of reading about all the different options and do hope to get my CFI to fill in the required time along with the other required licenses. I am hoping by starting early I can at least obtain my PPL, Instrument, CFI and multi before graduating and would try to get land a CFI job soon after graduating and would use that to build up the required time.
Thank you abort, yes I have done a lot of reading about all the different options and do hope to get my CFI to fill in the required time along with the other required licenses. I am hoping by starting early I can at least obtain my PPL, Instrument, CFI and multi before graduating and would try to get land a CFI job soon after graduating and would use that to build up the required time.
03-22-2011, 10:40 AM
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I learned to fly at the flying club of the school that gets 2/3s of the permanent fund. 
Wasn't planning to make this a career and just puttered around during my school years. When I graduated I had about 190 hours TT and got the instrument rating that summer. (Back then you needed 200 hours for the instrument rating.) If you pushed a bit, shouldn't be too hard to get the COMM and CFI.
Wasn't planning to make this a career and just puttered around during my school years. When I graduated I had about 190 hours TT and got the instrument rating that summer. (Back then you needed 200 hours for the instrument rating.) If you pushed a bit, shouldn't be too hard to get the COMM and CFI.
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