I sure hope he is not at Express. I think he was the one wishing TSA got XJT flying so he would move up faster. What a Cool-aid new hire that dosen't know ****

Who? Me? Kind of a confusing statement, i dont know if it was for me or not.

edik

I think he was talking about punkpilot48

It was for FNG punkpilot48

Congrats on the XJT job, good to see instructors finally moving. I figure UND is has lost/losing over 50 this spring.

Congrads on the job. XJT is a good company from what i read here. I guess i can take a chill pill and not worry so much about the future. I do want to be a CFI just not longer then a year. Oh well what ever happens happens.

edik

Uh.....

If you could find where it said I wanted xjt to lose its flying go ahead. My best friend is there I wouldnt want him to lose his job. I was just passing on information that I had heard. And also I was saying if an airline I am working for gets another airlines routes Im not going to refuse flights. This case just happend to be xjt could be an example.

No I turned down an xjt interview great company but I want to be sure everything stays the same for me.

I am in ground school for an airline. I didnt instruct at riddle though.

I know a guy who bought a twin (he was always worried about it breaking); he eventually got hired at United.

It has been done in the past, but that was long before there were all these pilot mills that need MEIs badly. I assume you can get an MEI job with less than 100 hours ME.

The advantages...
1) Used twin prices are WAY down...easily in $40-50K range. This is due to sky-high fuel prices.
2) You could buy one that has enough time on the engines to do what you want...fly your butt off, then sell it before TBO.
3) Having an A&P in the family is a big plus.


Disadvantages...
1) Insurance (can you even get it?)
2) If an engine breaks, your airplane is worth almost nothing, unless you spend $30K+ to get it fixed.
3) Airlines will accept recreational twin time, but MEI or Freight would be better.

Apache
 

I bought a Piper Apache with two friends. We paid $21,500 for it. Since it had O-320's we were able to get an autogas stc. Parts were cheap and maintenance was simple. Owners can actually do a lot of maintenance without being an A&P. I was already an MEI and instructed my friends, partners and others that I solicited from the paper. Whenever possible we would fly together and both log the time since I was an MEI. In the end we sold it 9 months later for a small profit and all of my flying was free, 300 hours. We never got insurance. All three of us went on to the regionals thanks in part to that Apache.

SKyHigh

I got my MEI and was teaching multi students with just shy of 50 hours multi-engine. If you have an MEI, you can pretty much take your pick on where you want to work. However, the amount of flying you do will vary depending on where you go.