Decent Leads for the Great Recession - Pilots
 

I am a furloughed pilot, recently from a LearJet Pt. 91 job in Van Nuys and before that an RJ driver at Comair. Considering we are in the Summer of the Great Recession and good pilot work has evaported, everybody needs a little help from their friends. So I have listed my index of good aviation/pilot job no fee searching sites for you.

However, the best thing I have read for the job search so far in this forum is the following: "...Aviation jobs don't come to you, you go to them! Network and stay persistent!" - you're d@#M right! Thank you who ever posted that. Fellow pilots, managment and naysayers are betting that furloughees and laid off's won't last and they will have to flip burgers. They may be right, depending on the depth and length of this trench in our economy. But, it helps to know that others are out there just like me and just like me, they could use a little help too.


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Amen SkkyDesk - I have 570 hours and I have been NONSTOP job searching, most don't work but I had an interview last week at a very lucrative company as a Pilot and mechanic that posted 1000 hrs min. You are right my friend. You make it happen. I will find out at the end of the week if my little experience got me a job because I never gave up - Good luck all you folks. The only advice I have is the above and networking is the best thing you can do - netowrking and persistance.

Thanks for the post... don't give up guys, there are jobs that pay more than $16k a year out there...
If I could just find one :(

this should be a sticky

I agree.....but on one condition.

Keep it going, for those of you who have had success in the past post which sites you used, what you did and who you talked to etc. You get the idea.

wow i finally put in some good advice! I am flying a C182 at a NJ dropzone tue/thur and weekends right now, i got hired last week of March as Manifest, I am now the office manager, and basically the DZM, I started flying 3rd weekend of June. I started flying with like 280 hours. You need to get a foot in the door, and show that your awesome at your job, and you will get moved to flying because the boss will not want to lose you, and if you push you want to fly or will leave to find a flying job, they will let you fly.......its 2009, just get your foot in the door

Just hangout at an FBO... Everyone know's each other. Let it be known you're interested in ANYTHING... The domino's will then fall....

One thing I used to do was use charterhub.com and search each and every state and city I would not mind living/working in. A lot of companies post openings only on their own website and charterhub will allow you to compile lists of 135 operators who may not advertise when they have openings outside of their own websites.

PS: you can even narrow your searches down by aircraft type which may help you guys who already are typed out there.

Also you can try JSFirm.com

Use any contact you have got at any time in your past. Pester former students, a captain you right seated with or some guy who randomly gave you his card in an FBO.
Try to get line service work, talk to everyone, or just plain hang around in FBO's.
Whatever you do, do it well, with professionalism and don't let anyone beat you to what you want.

I'm low time and managed to score a pt91 King Air PIC deal doing all of the above, it is possible in this economy.