It looks like you were basically buying the flight time and paying in trade, that should be OK (as long as they don't ask about taxes lol).

Honestly, since you have to reconstruct a log book anyway...maybe reconstruct a few hundred hours instead of 2000. If your total is at or near 1500 you should meet mins at most regionals. Since you are not actualy required to log flight time anyway, legally it doesn't hurt to not log some of it! Just make sure that you don't have any medical apps or or 8710 forms out there that would disagree with what you represent. Just make sure that everything is CONSISTENT. If the quaestion comes up, you could say that you had some non-logged private time, and be vagua about how much. WARNING: If they even think you might have done any narco-flying you will not get hired, ever. You will want to have a seamless employment and/or school history without any gaps...a 3000 hour private pilot with employment gaps just SCREAMS drug-driver!

If you have trouble getting hired without any commercial experience, a few months as a CFI, pipeline, traffic, banner, or diver-driver should fix that.

 

I guess being a bit different may cause some basic headaches. I just may do the Air Inc interview practice. Sounds like a good idea in my case. I worked very hard for the flight time I do have, and for a couple years, flew my ass off just about every day (mostly nights... can get really boring if by yourself), sure hate to not include that.

This may sound a bit dumb, but is not commercial time and private time still spent in a airplane?

Thank you all for your honest and insightful thoughts. I just passed the instrument ride this afternoon, really hot and rough! Getting closer!

rwpapp

 

Congrats on the checkride.

Commercial flying is different in that you are presumed to be under a higher level of scrutiny, and you have to manage competing safety, regulatory and economic factors. Theoretically, in private flying the no-go decision is always easy, and you never have to fly when you don't want to.

 

Ahhh gotcha.... And thanks... Always had held myself to some pretty high standards when deciding go-nogo, never had to do that w/ a job on the line... yet.

Just found out that my instructor did not like my time either, until it took only 9 hours in prep (incl the inst XC) to sign me off for the inst ride. We had to go back some 12 years to get the remainder CFII dual time just to qualify the inst ride. I assume the examiner felt the same, as I had the book thrown at me today in comparison to his previous exams. SUre feels good to meet those expectations.

Still exhaling....