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Old 07-31-2008, 07:56 PM
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If CFIing is not for you then your only option is Airnet not much else right now, nobody is hiring and when they do they won't be looking for 500 hour pilots anymore. Still I have never met anyone who regretted CFIing but I have met plenty that wished they got their CFI and instructed.
I would have to second that. While I'm out of the loop regarding CFI jobs, it is valuable time. Consider this; with licenses like the MPL, it would seem that the industry is intent on radically lowering the experience requirements for an airline job. You can bet that it is also their intent to reduce the pay accordingly. The rub is that they will still require experienced instructors to train all those newbies. IMHO, if there is going to be any decent money left in this profession, it will be in training. Experience as a CFI might help you get your foot in the door of training, once you do get on with an airline.

Another thing to consider - if you are intent on flying for the airlines, the skills that will help you the most long term are your instrument flying skills. Let's face it, that's what airline flying is all about. Take your instrument rating seriously (it's NOT just another rating) and then get your CFII. Instruct instrument students. Even if it is in a simulator, it is valuable experience. I'm now a TRE with one of the above mentioned airlines and I will tell you that the lack of a good instrument flying background shows through in spades.

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Old 10-07-2008, 03:46 PM
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A couple people were saying if you have the right to work there (dual citizenship) then it's possible for a low time pilot. What's a good way to get the conversion? And do they(airlines/freight/whatever...) really hire low time pilots nowadays?
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:27 PM
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I've been wondering about the JAA conversion process also

as in which JAA study/completion program is best?--I don't want to sign up for the wrong one and get taken

do I even need to do the whole thing having 6400 total hrs, mostly MEL turbine and 1300 pt121, plus wifey is a Danish citizen?


anyone have any insights? wifey may be needed in DK to take care of ailing parents full time and I'd like to keep flying and base out of europe.
Heavy Iron is also on my dream sheet so...any heavy iron guys or gals if you have insights there, t'would be much appreciated.

also--this thread starter mentioned Alaska. I'm currently flying 121 here.
do YOU have any Alaska questions apart from ''how cold is it here right now?''
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Old 01-31-2009, 11:08 PM
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guess not

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Old 02-01-2009, 11:01 AM
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Eilert,

Yep, unfortunately you'd need to do all 14 exams and the IR/GFT flight test. Although, and I'm sure you'll be overjoyed at this, you won't have to do the morse code exam. There is an exemption for those that have over 3000 hours PIC on "Large" aircraft, flying on international routes. But it limits you to only flying aircraft registered in the JAR country, in which the license is issued.

The other thing is that you really need EU citizenship. Just having a Danish residency permit/visa, will most likely not be enough. Before I got an EU passport, I had a UK residency permit but still had to get a visa for France. So you can see the issues that would be involved as a pilot.
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