Quickest Way to Build Hours
12-17-2015 | 07:34 AM
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Quickest Way to Build Hours
I am pretty set on the path I have chosen in order to obtain all of my licenses and certificates from a local flight school here in Texas (Redbird Skyport). As far as building hours upon completing flight school, I'm stuck. What is the quickest and most efficient way to build flight hours in order to reach that minimum TT of 1500 hrs. for regional application? I would prefer to stay in the central Texas area, but am open for other options if it means reaching that goal quicker.
I appreciate the help!
I appreciate the help!
12-17-2015 | 09:27 AM
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Aerial survey is another option. For me, I project going from 256 TT back in June, 660 now, to 1500 right around the end of next August or September, and that's even with taking nearly two months off. True, some months/projects are better for flying time than others, but the projection is based off typical flying done during a survey season (October-May).
12-18-2015 | 08:00 AM
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Go with the aerial survey work or find someone to split the time and do it that way. Avoid flight instruction, especially foreign student flight instruction. Too much liability and headache involved. I don't know if traffic watch jobs are available anymore but I did that for a while. It was the best flying I ever did building time.
12-18-2015 | 02:52 PM
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I appreciate the replies, and I have heard pretty good things about instructing at USAA in Texas. As far as aeriel survey flying, I'm not too familiar with that type of work, but it sounds like a great way to build hours. I will have to look into that for sure and see what opportunities are here in Texas.
12-18-2015 | 05:13 PM
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It's also the quickest way to have your certificates revoked, but you will get hours quickly.
Build experience. Not hours.
An hour of flight time is not necessarily an hour of experience, though an hour of flight experience will always be an hour of flight time. If you're just building hours, then it doesn't matter what you do.
Go for the experience.
12-18-2015 | 06:46 PM
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Disregard counsel to seek experience.
Go ahead and falsify the log. Carry on.
01-05-2016 | 07:51 PM
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Next to military combat flying, I am thinking that those types of jobs are about the most intense "experience" you can get.
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