Air Choice One
04-16-2019, 12:02 PM
#154
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Joined APC: Oct 2017
Position: SnackBsktRaider
Posts: 233
Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer
Make double that as a CFI 😂
If financially you can do it. Myself and others on here, who have moved onto the 121 world, would highly recommend.
04-16-2019, 08:14 PM
#155
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Posts: 2,235
Originally Posted by DiamondDriver
If you can swing it financially, the experience and resume boost you get in interviews is pretty legit. CFI tells stories about flying the pattern, AC1 pilot tells stories of flying into the busiest airports in the country, dealing with icing, pax, weather, scheduling, days away from home, CRM.
If financially you can do it. Myself and others on here, who have moved onto the 121 world, would highly recommend.
If financially you can do it. Myself and others on here, who have moved onto the 121 world, would highly recommend.
04-20-2019, 06:02 PM
#157
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Joined APC: May 2017
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,285
Originally Posted by DiamondDriver
If you can swing it financially, the experience and resume boost you get in interviews is pretty legit. CFI tells stories about flying the pattern, AC1 pilot tells stories of flying into the busiest airports in the country, dealing with icing, pax, weather, scheduling, days away from home, CRM.
If financially you can do it. Myself and others on here, who have moved onto the 121 world, would highly recommend.
If financially you can do it. Myself and others on here, who have moved onto the 121 world, would highly recommend.
04-25-2019, 08:15 AM
#159
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Joined APC: May 2015
Posts: 440
10k for the contract. Not "officially" prorated, but if you are a good employee and fulfill a good portion, they will work with you. I would still personally recommend completing the contract, just to not burn a bridge.
Yes. It's a single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized aircraft.
But I've done hand flown 1800 ft RVR ILSes on steam gauges.
I've iced up so bad, I couldn't maintain altitude or airspeed.
I've called ORD clearance and demanded they give me certain vectors, or else I was not taking off. (this was to avoid the aforementioned icing after an hour and a half delay after arriving from the inbound flight)
I've flown through and around thunderstorms.
I've had to deal with passengers, gate agents, EDCTS, and weight and balance and fuel problems.
I learned more in my time as a captain than I did in my entire flying career up to that point.
And my instructors, check airmen, and captains have spoken very highly of me at my current 121 gig. I did not require any additional training at any point during the curriculum. When I told my captains I was new to the aircraft, they would ask me what my back ground was. I'd respond with ACO. They'd shrug and say "you're fine. You know how to fly a plane."
ACO (and other similar operators), and they type of flying they do, are known and respected.
I'll take my "single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized plane" as a low time pilot, any day of the week.
Yes. It's a single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized aircraft.
But I've done hand flown 1800 ft RVR ILSes on steam gauges.
I've iced up so bad, I couldn't maintain altitude or airspeed.
I've called ORD clearance and demanded they give me certain vectors, or else I was not taking off. (this was to avoid the aforementioned icing after an hour and a half delay after arriving from the inbound flight)
I've flown through and around thunderstorms.
I've had to deal with passengers, gate agents, EDCTS, and weight and balance and fuel problems.
I learned more in my time as a captain than I did in my entire flying career up to that point.
And my instructors, check airmen, and captains have spoken very highly of me at my current 121 gig. I did not require any additional training at any point during the curriculum. When I told my captains I was new to the aircraft, they would ask me what my back ground was. I'd respond with ACO. They'd shrug and say "you're fine. You know how to fly a plane."
ACO (and other similar operators), and they type of flying they do, are known and respected.
I'll take my "single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized plane" as a low time pilot, any day of the week.
04-25-2019, 07:41 PM
#160
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Joined APC: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,235
Originally Posted by DiveAndDrive
10k for the contract. Not "officially" prorated, but if you are a good employee and fulfill a good portion, they will work with you. I would still personally recommend completing the contract, just to not burn a bridge.
Yes. It's a single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized aircraft.
But I've done hand flown 1800 ft RVR ILSes on steam gauges.
I've iced up so bad, I couldn't maintain altitude or airspeed.
I've called ORD clearance and demanded they give me certain vectors, or else I was not taking off. (this was to avoid the aforementioned icing after an hour and a half delay after arriving from the inbound flight)
I've flown through and around thunderstorms.
I've had to deal with passengers, gate agents, EDCTS, and weight and balance and fuel problems.
I learned more in my time as a captain than I did in my entire flying career up to that point.
And my instructors, check airmen, and captains have spoken very highly of me at my current 121 gig. I did not require any additional training at any point during the curriculum. When I told my captains I was new to the aircraft, they would ask me what my back ground was. I'd respond with ACO. They'd shrug and say "you're fine. You know how to fly a plane."
ACO (and other similar operators), and they type of flying they do, are known and respected.
I'll take my "single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized plane" as a low time pilot, any day of the week.
Yes. It's a single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized aircraft.
But I've done hand flown 1800 ft RVR ILSes on steam gauges.
I've iced up so bad, I couldn't maintain altitude or airspeed.
I've called ORD clearance and demanded they give me certain vectors, or else I was not taking off. (this was to avoid the aforementioned icing after an hour and a half delay after arriving from the inbound flight)
I've flown through and around thunderstorms.
I've had to deal with passengers, gate agents, EDCTS, and weight and balance and fuel problems.
I learned more in my time as a captain than I did in my entire flying career up to that point.
And my instructors, check airmen, and captains have spoken very highly of me at my current 121 gig. I did not require any additional training at any point during the curriculum. When I told my captains I was new to the aircraft, they would ask me what my back ground was. I'd respond with ACO. They'd shrug and say "you're fine. You know how to fly a plane."
ACO (and other similar operators), and they type of flying they do, are known and respected.
I'll take my "single pilot, single engine, fixed gear, unpressurized plane" as a low time pilot, any day of the week.
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