BenThePilotGuy

Hey all,

I have a green Commercial with Multi and Instrument ratings. Was wondering if anyone had any news for the northern Boston area. (Out of KASH right now to give you an idea). Just looking for anything really. Traffic watch, banners, surveying, fire spotting, things like that.

Any leads would help out a lot. Thanks!

dn_wisconsin

there was a job posted in Philly for traffic watch.....other than that got get your CFI, best way to build time and experience.

aviator4hire

Get your CFII ASAP and then you can find a better job as an instructor. Those low time positions that you're looking for a really hard to find and usually pretty competitive. With a CFI in your pocket, it'll make you stand out from the rest and there will be more open doors to you for employment.

usmc-sgt

Metro traffic watch out of KBED. I have no idea of their contact info but they hire wet commercial guys. They fly a small fleet of beat down warriors.

Maxspeed

If I knew any leads I would send them to Ben first, since he started this thread and you just stepped right in.

WmuGrad07

I don't really think anybody WAS a job is a good description of what you're looking for either btw. Try a little harder and spend some time on the internet looking for jobs. Jobs in the industry don't find you unless you happen to run into some at the airport while you're already working your aviation job. If you're not working getting paid to fly do your own research to find what you want.

Just having your commercial doesn't mean you have a right to get hired somewhere, you still have to work at it once you find the job you do qualify for. By the time you find a job, other than a CFI gig, with less than 400 hrs you have to work your hardest to stand out in the hiring process because there are going to be a hundred other low timers looking at the same job.

I'll be nice and not say anymore about this flamer.

jsfBoat

I was fortunate enough to have a job interview with only 300 hours. I wanted to fly there until I finished the CFI. The owner asked me: "What makes you a better 300 hour pilot than all the other 300 hour pilots out there?" I did not know how to answer the question, so I didn't get the job (which is ok because of the maintenance). I answered with a lot of "Uhh"s. Its uneventful, almost everyone is going to have to get their CFI before any thing else. A lesson learned the difficult way.

malakas

Ok no problem I respect the priorety you are trying to give and I also respect Ben. I did not mean to step in like that but I just signed up with the forum and I'm not very familiar with how it works

malakas

I wanted to say has. Thank you for correcting my error

fjetter

Malakas...I know that you are new to the forums so no big deal. But to avoid people flaming(bashing) on you please read your posts before posting. I know in the heat of typing a word gets misspelled or left out or the CAps LOcK gets pressed accidentally. This site has an edit feature will allow you to go back and fix any errors. The reason I bring this up is that it also sounds like english isn't your natural language and you're probably gonna make a few more typos than the rest. Not only that but people will get too hung up on what mistake you made in your post rather than actually posting what you wanted to know or contribute to the conversation.

[takes grammar police hat off] In response though the best thing you can do is get a CFI. I got it to build time to get to the airlines and now on furlough I couldn't imagine what I would do without it as I am instructing again. Probably waiting tables or something to pay the bills (granted it probably would pay more). If flight instructing is completely not for you, there is traffice watch (u might have to leave NH for that, just a hunch) or aerial mapping, but their season runs from October to May.