Mokulele Pay to Fly
09-22-2018, 07:53 AM
#35
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Originally Posted by Packrat
Is this any different than SWA requiring a 737 type rating back in the '90s just to get an interview?
I have over 2000 hrs of 208 time. Would I be required to front $7000 for training they have to provide anyway? And then for the lowest pay anywhere for a 208?
09-30-2018, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer
I’d even say that you use that $7,000 for a CFI and get a multi add on when you get closer to atp mins.
09-30-2018, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 155mm
It's all good advice! However, not everyone wants to flight instruct and the price tag at schools like ATP is "$75,995".
09-30-2018, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer
Valid point, but a CFI means something. Paying 7k for 208 SIC training is worthless. Any decent school will offer a CFI for that much, no need for ATP, but again, I your point. I just don’t agree that this would be smart in the grand scheme of things
Last edited by 155mm; 09-30-2018 at 08:44 PM.
09-30-2018, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 155mm
In the grand scheme of things, $7k is peanuts. An 18 year old gets a comm sel instrument in six months and isnt able to fly until 21 with an RATP. This route gets them employed gaining experience right from the get go instead of flight instructing. For three years they get turbine experience, upgrade and probably get on with a corporate gig or 135 flying thousands of hours multi engine turbine aircraft well prior to age 21. Oh yeah, they are actually making money unlike flight instructing. If they play their cards right they could leave with 1200tt and get a 1000 hours pic multi turbine flying 135 before they even go to a regional. Earn your degree online and by age 23 you theoretically have all the boxes checked for a major.
10-01-2018, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 155mm
In the grand scheme of things, $7k is peanuts. An 18 year old gets a comm sel instrument in six months and isnt able to fly until 21 with an RATP. This route gets them employed gaining experience right from the get go instead of flight instructing. For three years they get turbine experience, upgrade and probably get on with a corporate gig or 135 flying thousands of hours multi engine turbine aircraft well prior to age 21. Oh yeah, they are actually making money unlike flight instructing. If they play their cards right they could leave with 1200tt and get a 1000 hours pic multi turbine flying 135 before they even go to a regional. Earn your degree online and by age 23 you theoretically have all the boxes checked for a major.
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