Options for spring time?
 

I'm a CFI/CFII and will have 500TT by the end of the year. Come next spring/summer I would like to do something else besides instructing. I have 13 hours tail wheel (with the endorsement) and will start flying a C-182 in a few weeks for my high performance and hope to have my commercial multi finished up by the end of the year. Any ideas or suggestions? I would like to haul skydivers or tow banners but I don't think I have enough time.

You have lot more time than I did when I hauled jumpers, but even those jobs are more competitive than when I did it so long ago. If the siutation remains the same it might not be so much about experience and TT than it is about some movement in the industry and every level before you are able to find something. Good luck though jsfBoat and enjoy FL while you can!

USMCFLYR

Probably not what you want to hear but, the best thing to do right now is if you already have a flying job (CFI) then STAY at your flying job. Unless someone offers you a right seat in something, stay where you are at least till you get 135 mins or even better till you get 1500 TT and THEN go looking for a non CFI job. Your on the right track getting your Com Multi, get your MEI if you can and get your multi time up at least over 100.

Look up flying divers in the forums here...theres no XC in that kind of flying so if you left your CFI at 500 TT, even after dropping divers for a couple of years, you wouldnt have the 135 XC mins either and probably have a hard time logging actual too! CFI'ing is a great way to build up your TT, your PIC, your XC, your Actual and it will keep you current almost for free!

I left my CFI job (ironically to got back to a BETTER paying aircraft mechanics job) at 1,100 TT and now Im struggling to get that last 100 hours for 135 mins. Basically im looking for a part time CFI gig wishing I had over 1200 TT.