Man stop tripping and go rent a 152 and do Stop n God for 5 hours and then go get on a seniority list somewhere. Stop trying to mess around with finding a company to work for.

Like someone suggested earlier, open up a credit card or put the 5 hours on a credit card and pay off the card with your bonus money.


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If that 5 hours of night time stops you from being hired somewhere... you probably dont want to fly there anyway.... just my thoughts.

I posted this earlier tonight on another thread, but thought it might apply. Forgive the cut/paste.

The older I get, the better the time I had at Grant... but besides that, there’s not a week go by that I’m not answering questions from a young pilot about their first Part 135 job. It usually includes a suggestion to go to Grant, once they have time enough for a PIC position, and don’t leave until you get 500 or more hours of multi engine PIC time. PIC TIME.

If you leave an operation like Grant or Ravn before getting 500 or 1000 hrs of left seat, single pilot/ME/IFR time, you may not get the chance to build any for quite some time. And if those greener pastures you left for aren’t what they advertise to be, you ARE STUCK, not having the PIC time you need to go somewhere else. Slow down, get your bases (hours)covered, then exercise the options that open to you.

SIC spots make no sense to me, even if you’re talking about a 1900 or a CASA. Not unless you already have the above mentioned PIC time that shows you know your stuff. Even going to a 121 mainline OR regional before that 500 or 1000 hours of PIC/single pilot/ME/IFR time can be short sighted.

The pilot types that seem to go the distance are the ones that slug it out in the CFI trenches or flying patrol or VFR sight seeing ops, then hiring on as a PIC under 135, first as a single engine driver, then multi engine driver. Hold that spot unto you get that 1000 hour PIC benchmark, move on from there. What you learn there will help you become a better Captain in the future. I’ve seen how it sets those pilots apart.

Mind you, I’ve only been doing this since the 80s. On several continents, across many borders. I’ll put my family on any plane driven by an AK pilot that’s put in their dues, over any of the regional or mainline guys that have come up too quickly. But what do I know? I’m practically ancient. Consider the source.