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Old 10-09-2017, 06:13 AM
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Ohyeah. there might be some things in Alaska, sai pan... maybe indonesia or something.... i would just get a full time job and pay for the time build honestly.
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Old 10-09-2017, 08:32 AM
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You can try Air America if you are desperate, they are still posing on orange site.
They call it "scare america" for a reason
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Old 10-09-2017, 09:57 AM
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Ohyeah. there might be some things in Alaska, sai pan... maybe indonesia or something.... i would just get a full time job and pay for the time build honestly.
Ok OP's at 400 hrs. So he has 1100hrs to build. Cheapest 152 I know is $90.

So with some quick math that's $99,000. Let's say you're so lovely that you split that entire time with someone. So that's still 49.5k.

Well of course then there's an option of buying out a plane. A buddy just bought a 152 for 19K. He's an AP so all inspections except for the Annual are covered. His annual upkeep for the hangar/tiedown is gonna be 5k. Annual inspection 3k. So that's a total of 26k initial investment for the first year without including the price of fuel. With the fuel I'm willing to bet that kind of flight time would run you about 40k+

Not unfeasible, but OP needs to have a damn good job to make that happen. If he manages to re-sell the 152 after he might only spend 20-30k.

But if OP goes to work for a 135, which he'll be able to around 600hrs. The quality of his flight time will be much better than 1500hrs of jerk off time in a 152.
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Old 10-09-2017, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by rayburton72 View Post
Aperture Aviation, an aerial survey company, hires at 500TT flying Cessna 206s.
Good benefits, week on, week off schedule. Two pilot crew. Decent pay.

Home based. Year round ops all over the US
(Yes I fly for them, just started in July, it have been very happy with the job)

For a mid40’s married man with a 7-yr-old, the QOL for a first time flying gig has been pretty good.



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I applied with them a couple of months ago at 475tt haven’t heard anything, I’m now at 575tt and thinking about sending in an updated application.
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Old 10-09-2017, 02:19 PM
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Ok OP's at 400 hrs. So he has 1100hrs to build. Cheapest 152 I know is $90.

So with some quick math that's $99,000. Let's say you're so lovely that you split that entire time with someone. So that's still 49.5k.

Well of course then there's an option of buying out a plane. A buddy just bought a 152 for 19K. He's an AP so all inspections except for the Annual are covered. His annual upkeep for the hangar/tiedown is gonna be 5k. Annual inspection 3k. So that's a total of 26k initial investment for the first year without including the price of fuel. With the fuel I'm willing to bet that kind of flight time would run you about 40k+

Not unfeasible, but OP needs to have a damn good job to make that happen. If he manages to re-sell the 152 after he might only spend 20-30k.

But if OP goes to work for a 135, which he'll be able to around 600hrs. The quality of his flight time will be much better than 1500hrs of jerk off time in a 152.
You would have to be crazy to build to 1500 hours haha. I meant only like to 500 or so for 135.
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I applied with them a couple of months ago at 475tt haven’t heard anything, I’m now at 575tt and thinking about sending in an updated application.


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Any training contract?
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Old 10-10-2017, 06:00 PM
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I believe there is a six month commitment, but given how they handle training, it is not unreasonable IMHO... I don’t remember the details, but there was nothing they bothered me when I reviewed it.




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Old 10-11-2017, 12:31 PM
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Not sure where to look for those.
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Old 10-11-2017, 01:02 PM
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I saw a listing on bizjetjobs a few weeks back, maybe 2-3 weeks ago, maybe a little more. Something about a Cirrus pilot, like actually at the factory. I think it was everything from demonstrations to deliveries, but my memory is fuzzy. I don't remember the mins but I do remember they wanted Cirrus time.
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