High total time / low multi time job possibilities

jrh

jrh

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Here are my times:

3100+ TT
1100+ XC (50+ nm)
350 night
180 instrument (80 actual IMC)
2000+ dual given
45 multi

Don't have my ATP certificate, but I meet all the ATP mins by a long ways.

If you had these times, where would you be applying right now?

I'm at a bit of a crossroads in life. Have a reasonable amount in savings, so I'm not super concerned about pay. Not super concerned about what type of flying I'd be doing...just want it to be reasonably stable and have a good time doing it. I'm a people person, so I'd prefer to not do the whole "single pilot night freight" sort of gig.

I have an application in at Cape Air, which, from the research I've done, seems like it would be a great fit. But I'm looking for other options in addition to them.

Thoughts?
 
jrh said:
Here are my times:

3100+ TT
1100+ XC (50+ nm)
350 night
180 instrument (80 actual IMC)
2000+ dual given
45 multi

Don't have my ATP certificate, but I meet all the ATP mins by a long ways.

If you had these times, where would you be applying right now?

I'm at a bit of a crossroads in life. Have a reasonable amount in savings, so I'm not super concerned about pay. Not super concerned about what type of flying I'd be doing...just want it to be reasonably stable and have a good time doing it. I'm a people person, so I'd prefer to not do the whole "single pilot night freight" sort of gig.

I have an application in at Cape Air, which, from the research I've done, seems like it would be a great fit. But I'm looking for other options in addition to them.

Thoughts?
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You are a smart guy - I would worry about pay first..

Bigger question, what is it you want to be doing?
 
I'm in the same boat, just trying to figure out where that next step should be. If you're busy teaching at the moment try getting your ATP written and Single engine ATP out of the way. Obviously you need to come up with some more multi-engine time to open more doors. Maybe working on a Multi-ATP would be of some value. I know of a few places that use Aztecs for photo work, that would be a decent time builder.
 
You said you were a peoples person and would not prefer single pilot stuff. Is Cape Air not single pilot IFR stuff?
 
drunkenbeagle said:
You are a smart guy - I would worry about pay first..

Bigger question, what is it you want to be doing?
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It's not that I don't care about pay, but pay isn't a huge concern. If I find a great gig by all metrics other than pay, I'd jump on it. There's a lot more to life than pay. I've been paid well in my current position which has allowed me to save enough so I'm not worried about pay in the immediate future.

As for what I want to be doing...I don't know. I don't have an answer like, "Part 91 corporate" or "Southwest" or 'FedEx." I don't have an end-game that I'm trying to reach. I want to enjoy the ride.

Honestly, I just got burnt out doing what I'm doing. Not so much the flying, but the management. Ironically, I'd really like to end up back in Nebraska, possibly working for my current boss in a different capacity than I have now, a year or two or three down the road. This is a great place with great people. I have tons of good friends here that I don't want to leave forever. But I need a change of pace for the moment.

I have a serious itch to travel internationally. I first thought of leaving flying altogether for a year or two and moving to another country to teach English. That option is still on the table, but I thought, "Why am I going to live the life of a nomad, doing something I've never done before, when I could live the life of a nomad doing something I actually have skills for?" That thought process lead me into expat aviation, which lead me to Puerto Rican aviation, which lead me to Cape Air.

So maybe this would be a better way to phrase my question: If you wanted to have a year or two long adventure, didn't care about future career advancement, wanted to become a more interesting person, and not starve while doing this, what would you do? Remember, I'm looking at this not in comparison to other flying jobs, but in comparison to teaching ESL classes in Korea for $20k/year. I'm not trying to build time, I'm trying to do something I'll enjoy going in to work for. Anything is on the table--in or out of the US, piston or turbine, single or multi, etc.
 
hc0fitted said:
You said you were a peoples person and would not prefer single pilot stuff. Is Cape Air not single pilot IFR stuff?
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They are, but they generally fly the front side of the clock, have short legs, and interact with the passengers. That's a very different environment from Ameriflight/AirNet/FlightExpress, etc.
 
Cape Air would be nice, their pay is actually quite good for flying a 402 around. Your TT puts you in the running for some air ambulance jobs as well, if not Eagle Med and the like (they want a lot of ME) but there are several operators that fly 402s. Or if you have networking an FO job on a king air, citation or beech jet.
I thought I saw a job listing for tropical air in PR for the 402 a while back.
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
Cape Air would be nice, their pay is actually quite good for flying a 402 around. Your TT puts you in the running for some air ambulance jobs as well, if not Eagle Med and the like (they want a lot of ME) but there are several operators that fly 402s. Or if you have networking an FO job on a king air, citation or beech jet.
I thought I saw a job listing for tropical air in PR for the 402 a while back.
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Thanks for the tip on Tropical Air. I'll send them a resume and see where it goes. Do you know the names of any other air ambulance companies that hire people like myself? I gave up on air ambulance flying because everyone I've ever talked to about it says I either need more multi time or more extensive instrument experience.
 
jrh said:
They are, but they generally fly the front side of the clock, have short legs, and interact with the passengers. That's a very different environment from Ameriflight/AirNet/FlightExpress, etc.
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Actually 95 percent of the time I flew daytime runs at Flight Express and I could interact as much or as little as I wanted with the FBO personnel, couriers and corporate pilots. Although most of the time I took a nap all day cuz it was cool to tell people I got paid to take naps all day. I do think Cape Air would be a great next step for you. They treat you well from what I hear and the pay is right up there.
 
Cape Air is a good option (although I only know one guy who worked there). Have you looked into a Pilatus job as well? I know there are some outfits that do medivac in those who will hired with no turbine. They ask more for 2000TT, 100 PIC night, and 1500 SE (all of which you have). They will want an ATP though. Just thought I'd suggest.
 
jrh said:
Thanks for the tip on Tropical Air. I'll send them a resume and see where it goes. Do you know the names of any other air ambulance companies that hire people like myself? I gave up on air ambulance flying because everyone I've ever talked to about it says I either need more multi time or more extensive instrument experience.
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Omniflight, but they do all their fixed wing stuff in a PC-12 and wouldn't help you get any multitime. O'Hara Flying Service in Amarillo does air ambulance and general charter in 421. There are many more of this sort, small operators... I can't think of them off the top of my head.
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
Omniflight, but they do all their fixed wing stuff in a PC-12 and wouldn't help you get any multitime. O'Hara Flying Service in Amarillo does air ambulance and general charter in 421. There are many more of this sort, small operators... I can't think of them off the top of my head.
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Sorry if you've answered this a hundred times already, but what on earth is that guy doing in your avatar photo?? Looks like he's got a chicken under a blanket between his legs.
 
jrh said:
I'm intrigued by this. Do you mean Alex, aka, "CK" on the forums here?
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It`s me, there are lots of jobs all over the South Pacific, most islands here can`t produce enough pilots, but at the same time there is a ton of pilots from NZ and Australia right next door that come and get them. an other issue is license, many of this islands use the JAA system...the one I`m flying uses the NZ one but when you start working they give you right away a 6 months validation so you have all the time to get the actual license while working. Now it`s the high season so most charter companies have probably found enough pilots, local airlines hire year long. With your times you can`t expect anything bigger then a Twin Otter, the fact that you have a CFI is gold, they don`t have sim training for most of the planes here so they need Captains that can train new pilots, most planes like the Twin Otter and the Harbin Y12 are flown crew.

One thing you have to keep in mind if you are looking at flying over here is that things don`t work like in the US, here outside controlled airspace which you can do what you want, flying in bad weather VFR is common so flying in IMC while on a VFR flight plan.
 
I hear Boris just a left a job.... maybe talk to him??? Maybe they are thinking of replacing him.
 
Center_Mid said:
Sorry if you've answered this a hundred times already, but what on earth is that guy doing in your avatar photo?? Looks like he's got a chicken under a blanket between his legs.
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Not 100% sure but that is a stuffed animal (a sheep.) It was taken from this music video, since I don't fly helicopters (I wish) I substitue Turboprop pilot for the helicopter guy in my head: [yt]1BzU1sYPjzo[/yt]
 
mojo6911 said:
Trans Maldivian Airways or Maldivian Air Taxi
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Do you actually know any foreign that got hired there recently, I have a friend from Canada with hours on type, she use to ferry the Otters for those two companies, both of them were never able to get her a permit to fly there and were only taking locals..
 
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