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Old 04-19-2014, 10:43 AM
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I make 17.00 per hour, but that's contact time. Like I said, by the time you factor in weather, cancels, etc. it ends up being not 17.00 per hour. We should as professionals get paid as professionals, but honestly. I wouldn't have taken on a big loan debt burden, if it wasn't for the "passion" of flying. If you don't have passion to fly, then don't be a pilot. Period! IMO
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Old 04-19-2014, 10:49 AM
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Agreed. My last 8 months of instructing, I made $32k. That's twice as much as a Lakes F.O. makes in a year. Maybe, just maybe, Redbird, you can do some legwork on your own instead of waiting for it to be handed to you. If you like Aerosim so much, move there. I got 1400 dual given at a FL flight school in less than a year and a half because I worked my tail off looking for a good job instead of waiting for it to fall in my lap.

True! But honestly, when you work for an employer who doesn't allow outside contracting to teach, or the time to work on the side, my schedule is usually morning to night, it doesn't work to hunt for time.

1,400 dual given, I bet that hustle was crazy, and you were racked from teaching.
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With this new ATP rule no airline will touch you with less multi, interviewing is different, but HIRING, you need that 50 multi. Pinnacle, American Eagle, I know hired with less than their minimum's that were posted for multi, but not with this new ATP rule.
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Multiengine time has always been difficult to acquire. It's no more difficult now than it was 20 years ago. And you only need 50 hours to get into a regional. It's been far higher in the past.
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My sim partner had 31hrs multi coming. He got the other 19 in the sim. This was less than a year ago at XJT.
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Old 04-19-2014, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BeechedJet View Post
Air Choice One is going to be flying Ironwood, MI to ORD. About 300 miles that leg will be in a Caravan and they pay their FOs $18 an hour. Not saying this is anything special but how does lakes think they're going to be able to remain competitive as more of these actual 135s pick up their routes with lower cost operations?
Because they are sticking guys in the right seat logging TURBINE TIME with 300 total time and 25 multi. Most people have their CFI with 300 hours. They can skip buzzing around in the pattern with a student that speaks engrish and go straight to a crewed operation. People are already beating down their door for this. Thats how. And lakes most likely wont be underbid for the route.
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Huh?

Hang on I'll read that again.
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I read your post wrong. The short answer is people are going to do it and lakes isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
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Cheaters shouldn't be allowed to prosper! It's really that simple guys!
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Originally Posted by flyund83 View Post
With this new ATP rule no airline will touch you with less multi, interviewing is different, but HIRING, you need that 50 multi. Pinnacle, American Eagle, I know hired with less than their minimum's that were posted for multi, but not with this new ATP rule.
Not quite you need 50 multi, but only 25 in an airplane. You can realistically expect to start as a new hire with less than 50 multi, and obtain the rest in the sim.
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