How many 135 operators can you name that will pay for the tickets? I know one, and that's for the sim eval. For interview, I can't think of a single one.

 

Zero for Initial Interview.

 

Quest Diagnostics will pay airfare, transportation and hotel. It is rare that 135 companies do this, but it can make a difference between getting a pilot or not in this tough market.

We also have no training contact, also rare in 135.

 

Tradewind did a Skype interview with me, no airfare required.

 

Ok. This has what to do with PS? Thought you moved on to Air Whisky?

 

Just pointing out not every 135 operator forces you to shell out several hundred dollars to interview.

I like to be helpful and share information to help people make informed decisions/opinions. It's funny how angry that makes you.

 

Not sure your background, goal, aspirations in aviation.

Shelling $1,000 to interview is quite the investment. If your hopes are too fly a new shiny jet in the next 5 years, look elsewhere. If you’re set instone on on working here the next 10 years until you find some place else to go, do it, then that investment is worth it. To each their own.

The ROI for future growth in this career is low if you come here. You’ll learn to fly and go places you wouldn’t go with you modern jetliner.

Your boys will be turning left into the cockpit on a wide body while you’re turning right into the cockpit getting coffee paper and ice in that ten years...

You’ll be making 130k with minimal investment in into your 401k, while others will be eating tea and crummpets making 250-300 with 16% into the 401k...

Things that will never change will be 8/6, think about that for the next 10 years. You can work 8 days at a major and make 3X’s as much...

The markets hot. Regionals are shelling so much to get people to their doors and in their jets... retirements. All the same BS that has been said..... planes a planes a plane. Up down left right, gear up gear down. Invest in the 10 years you haven’t even got to yet, not the 8 days youre about to work.

Previous employee. Enjoyed my time, but it’s not a resume builder. And a relocation, and a big investment for the interview is something to think about. Not trying to down play this place. But there’s a lot to think about when investing into your career.

 

Thats a well thought out statement and I agree with some of the items you said. However, think on this for a minute. I know its a 'shocker' but not everyone wants to be at the airlines/regionals/majors or to hurry and get a seniority number. There are other options for folks than going to the airlines. I often reject the notion that if you don't go to the airlines, you somehow make the wrong decision in aviation. Headed down a seemingly negative path as a career choice as it is often said and described above. There are other paths in life that don't go through the airlines. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE AIRLINES. I just don't understand why that is such a hard concept to grasp. I have never been one to chase an airframe or anything else for that matter in aviation. It's not all about the jet and the status of being an airline pilot. Yet somehow, folks like me are viewed as the black sheep in the business by those who choose to go there. If you don't go to the airlines/regionals you are looked down as less educated, less focused on your career, and have a general lack of understanding in life. Currency doesn't equal proficiency. Just my thoughts. It's the other side of the coin.

 

Hi everyone. I'm a "PlaneSense alumnus" who is looking to sublet my apartment that is about 20 minutes from Pease. I figured I would post in here to see if any current, former, or soon to be Chronos pilots would be interested. Feel free to PM me.

Enjoy your time flying the Swiss Miss. I say it all the time that it's probably the most fun airplane I'll ever fly.


Do your best, stay hydrated.

 

That's really well put sir. I too have experienced this stigma as a jump pilot. It's obvious many folks in my social circle and in the aviation community find my profession to be inferior to their CFI careers. I'll admit they're making more money than me, and that major airlines like their time more than mine. But I would not trade a single day blasting holes in the sky and chasing divers to the ground in my trusty turbine 206 to sit right seat in a 152 in the pattern with a fresh faced kid. Not for the better pay and better QOL and certainly not because they say so. If I could afford to, I'd love to do BOTH. But I'd pick the jumper dumping over instructing, and I have.