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07-02-2013 | 07:32 PM

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Babyjetdvr

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Where you live? Ever try these guys? They have a bunch of domicles and no mins to apply.

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07-03-2013 | 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rcfd13

If you're not willing to relocate then you're not going to do well in Aviation. I relocated for three years as a CFI building hours, then I spent a year and a half commuting across the country at the regionals. As much as relocating sucked commuting sucked a lot more. I could have been 100+ seniority numbers higher if I had relocated earlier instead of waiting around feeling sorry for myself.

I'm not sure you'll get much sympathy on here saying that you're unwilling to relocate and are frustrated with your position in aviation. Everyone on this board has either paid their dues or is still currently paying their dues. Mostly the latter.

Dude, you gotta be willing to move. The best advice I was ever given was "...buy a small pickup truck, (dont make payments) and only have enough stuff to fit into the bed of it. You will move a lot your first 10 years or so of flying full time." I've moved 6 times in the last 2 years, twice for the regional I'm flying for, and I'm expecting a few more moves until I get to one of the companies I want to work for. I tried to stay local, unwilling to move, but it didn't work out.

Dues are to be paid, and you will have to be willing to pay your dues every step along the way to move up.

Didn't mean to be harsh or anything, but it's the nature of the industry... keep pushing for it

07-05-2013 | 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by blaine

The regionals are hiring like crazy, but they wont touch him with 850 hours. You are required by law to have a minimum of 1500 hours to operate for a 121 carrier.

Things trickle down. When the majors hire the regionals lose pilots and hire. When the regionals hire CFI jobs and time building jobs lose pilots fast to the regionals. When I said that the regionals are hiring like crazy so he should have no problem finding a job I meant that CFI jobs and time building jobs are probably desperate for pilots or will be desperate for pilots soon.

07-05-2013 | 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rcfd13

Actually, not so much. Where I currently instruct, for the first time in like 2-3 years they have people calling and applying all of the time that have at least some prior experience, and when they hired a couple instructors a few months ago, they actually turned down some people with a decent amount of experience because they had so many applicants to choose from.

I'm looking to move on from instructing, but there isn't much of anything for pilots under 1500 hours (unless I had parents willing to fund me while I live on a $14k/year paycheck).

Once people hit the ATP mins threshold I'm sure that opens up a lot more opportunities, but there are a lot of pilots stuck in limbo waiting for ATP mins, and not really enough time-building jobs to go around.