135 Career Progression
06-11-2019 | 10:51 AM
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Exactly. If the Legacy airlines are your goal don't waste your time and years at a 135.
06-11-2019 | 01:36 PM
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I'll take being a number and a bus driver any day over being a 135 slave. QOL, pay, retirement, etc doesn't even fall close to what a major 121 gig has to offer.
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06-11-2019 | 01:59 PM
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Not likely. Insurance companies usually require around 3,000 total time and 2,000 PIC before they will insure a pilot as captain on a 135 certificate. Combine that with the fact that 135/91 companies generally fly way less than the regionals, it will take about 5 years for a 1,500 hour pilot to get enough flight time to upgrade at a charter company.
06-11-2019 | 02:56 PM
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Not likely. Insurance companies usually require around 3,000 total time and 2,000 PIC before they will insure a pilot as captain on a 135 certificate. Combine that with the fact that 135/91 companies generally fly way less than the regionals, it will take about 5 years for a 1,500 hour pilot to get enough flight time to upgrade at a charter company.
06-11-2019 | 03:42 PM
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