Become a CFI or try 135 companies?

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rickair7777 , 08-20-2017 04:40 PM
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Yeah I'll make sure it's loggable. The thing I care about most is the experience. Will this make me a better pilot? Or will I be more of a passenger? Yeah flying a PC-12 in the right seat may seem fun to get the hours for ATP, but will this experience help in the development of me being a safe and confident pilot? Or did I skip a step in the development process (CFI)? What are your thoughts on this?

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CFI is good in many ways, but so is turbine crew time (assuming you get to fly and land on a regular basis. The later is probably more directly relevant to airline ops.

If I had to define the perfect regional FO, he would have a few hundred CFI hours, and about a year as a great lakes CA.
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igneous , 08-20-2017 08:13 PM
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Rhode Island, but willing to relocate for 135. Companies I was thinking of are PlaneSense and Tradewinds for PC-12 SIC.
Happen to have any CFI recommendations for RI? Especially Southern RI? Thanks
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