How important is multi hours?
07-10-2007 | 07:18 PM
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well I have a question about multi aswell. I'm going to get my MEI, but the school i'm going to CFI at has no twins. I plan on instructing for a couple years. will I be hireable at the regionals with like, lets say 800TT and only like 20ME with a 4 year degree?
07-10-2007 | 07:20 PM
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Yes the money sucks starting out. It is much lower than it should be but, if you can say that you are genuinely excited to go to work then you are on the right path. Many people out there make lots of money only to be unhappy. To those "living the dream" I salute you (AC/DC style)!
07-10-2007 | 08:20 PM
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Take your pointer and index fingers and place them on the opposing wrist. If you can count 5-10 pulses you should be golden.. ME time is a bonus
If I could go back to when I had 500 hours, I'd pick a different career.. would have gone to be a pharmacist.. pop out of school making 70,000-100,000+ per year.. sure as h3ll beat 21,000
If I could go back to when I had 500 hours, I'd pick a different career.. would have gone to be a pharmacist.. pop out of school making 70,000-100,000+ per year.. sure as h3ll beat 21,000
07-10-2007 | 08:46 PM
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The airlines would obviously like the higher multi time of the two, but only if the applicants are equal in all other respects. There are a lot of things they look for in interviews like attitude, likability, general knowledge, etc.. With the state of the regionals at this point, they will probably hire you both... from what I hear from some folks on here, many carriers are having trouble filling classes.
07-10-2007 | 08:47 PM
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lol Deez...
Multi hours are as important as the market...i was hired a year ago with unheard of low multi time because of a "crunch" ... a year later, and multi time is "nice to have" time....When i first looked to see what jobs were out there...the only thing that mattered (typically) was Multi time...AE would take our grades @ 500 hrs...but you better have a solid 100 multi, or no call (friend was told to get two hours when he had 98 multi)
On other notes, the higher paid friends of mine who graduated college with me started around 40k or so...promotions do come, but there's no guarantee, and while it's totally possible to make over 100k a year in some of their fields, there are far less people actually doing it in many majors than there are in aviation...while not the overwhelming majority of pilots, there are still a very fair share making nice six figure incomes.
Multi hours are as important as the market...i was hired a year ago with unheard of low multi time because of a "crunch" ... a year later, and multi time is "nice to have" time....When i first looked to see what jobs were out there...the only thing that mattered (typically) was Multi time...AE would take our grades @ 500 hrs...but you better have a solid 100 multi, or no call (friend was told to get two hours when he had 98 multi)
On other notes, the higher paid friends of mine who graduated college with me started around 40k or so...promotions do come, but there's no guarantee, and while it's totally possible to make over 100k a year in some of their fields, there are far less people actually doing it in many majors than there are in aviation...while not the overwhelming majority of pilots, there are still a very fair share making nice six figure incomes.
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