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Originally Posted by A321gal (Post 2223442)

Just curious, any examples?

Check out the adds on here. There were several flight schools in DFW area that were flying pretty much non stop. My friends there were flying north of 100 hours a month consistently.

If you are really interested then go to the forum for flight schools and ask those instructors what they are averaging.

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Originally Posted by Stonecy0327 (Post 2223411)

I am a newly minted CFI working at a flight school in the Northwest. Just recently, Horizon set up a recruiting event at my school announcing their brand new "pilot development program." I interviewed for the program and was accepted with the following conditions. I will receive a $7500 signing bonus now and as soon as I reach 1500 hrs I will immediately start working for Horizon with a 2 year obligation. If I am still 18-24 months away from reaching ATP minimums, do you think this is a good thing? I don't feel like I know nearly enough about how things work to make a good decision so I appreciate any advice!

Get your CFII, MEI. If you're with HAA the hours and money will come fast. In a year you'll be able to go anywhere.

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Originally Posted by Pedro4President (Post 2223537)

Did some digging and found a good aerial imaging gig starting in mid October each year that'll rack you up 600-1000 hours, flying the 172 and PA-23. Interesting because the place I'm doing PPT-Commercial uses all Piper; Arrow and Warrior for singles, and Aztec for multi. Interestingly I'd have the Aztec optional experience they wanted, but not the 172 at that point, the plane just about everyone has flown. Eh maybe when I choose a place for CFI I'll get some 172 time.

I'll check out around DFW though, always was probably going to end up down there with Envoy likely. Cheap to rent a place and for a little while I've a friend who'd let me crash at his place for a bit. Weather won't cancel lessons nearly as often as it would in a Northeast winter. It's good to have a bajilion contingency plans for everything, though. Strange, as I'm not usually one to make them. Usually I just shoot for what I want then if it screws up I improvise. A bit harder to do in this situation. Thanks for the tip!

Don't.. Don't.. Don't do it..

As previously stated -

Don't do it.