The general consensus is just be smart about it. In other words, don't make yourself illegal, and don't talk about it. There have even been chief pilots that said this. Personally I don't do outside flying, but have talked to plenty that have (mostly captains, oddly enough). Personally I think the no outside flying policy is BS. FOs are not paid enough to dictate their entire professional services.

I'm not giving anyone wrong info intentionally. I clearly stated that it was based on my situation in 2010.

Save your tactless blunders for the uninitiated. I was pretty specific that the info I gave was based on 2010 and that OO and Eagle folks would chime in with more specific info.

Yet you repeated the same info twice, even after somebody corrected you. Tactless blunders indeed.

I was trying to help a fellow military guy out, I'm sorry guidoverduci if I gave you any bad gouge, that was not my intent, it was merely my experience back in 2010. If you read what I wrote it's fairly spot on. Just giving my opinion on what I thought guidoverduci should do on a forum, because he asked? I apologize if I offended anyone. I don't have a problem being corrected if I'm wrong, but lets not be disrespectful to each other on a forum (myself included). If you feel the need, please PM me and we can exchange numbers and possibly meet up and laugh about it over a beer.

Guido Verduci,
I would highly encourage giving SkyWest a shot. As an enlisted member of the guard, getting time off for the military is a virtually no questions asked process. You fax in a sheet of paper with your dates and they take the trips off your schedule. If you're gone more than 30 days they'll need a copy of your orders.

SkyWest is as about as good as a regional gets, you'll get to see what civilian airline flying is all about, and unless this costs you an oppurtunity to get command time in the military, I really don't see how it couldn't be a nice addition to your resume.

If you take the brasilia, you'll almost definitely get FAT or SFO, the RJ just depends on how often they are running classes. That said, if you got hired this winter, you'd almost definitely be in FAT or SFO on the jet in a matter of months.

At the end of the day, you already have a great gig, so your only real question is: do you have anything to lose by trying out the regionals?

Not true. As long as you don't create a duty/flight time limit conflict your Chief Pilot will let you work as a CFI.

Go read it for yourself Rickair in the PPM under rules of conduct #1. It explicitly states outside flying for hire or compensation is prohibited. I guess if you want to drive off into the weeds about this you could say you are not doing it for compensation, but in the context of the question someone asked if they could supplement their income which is explicitly prohibited in the PPM.

Unless your on a LOA.

Which chief pilot allows it because I need to get some outside flying approved?

You can't CFI for hire, but you can do it for free or teach ground school ;)

As far as some people saying that by logging it you are being compensated, not true. You log since you must keep a record of any training given as well as endorsements!

Apparently that changed. I don't want to put anybody on the spot, but if you really want to CFI on the side, as opposed to being a rhetorical question, talk to your CP. Odds are they'll work something out.