Jump Pilot- WA

PizzaGuy

PizzaGuy

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Drop Zone looking for one part time jump pilot who is willing to stick around through September. Expect to fly around 200 hours over the season. This is really only for someone who already lives reasonably close to the DZ (within the state of Washington). No housing provided.

Jump plane is a C-182.

Minimums: Commercial SEL/ Good stick and rudder skills (not afraid of flying 10 knots above stall speed at 11,000ft with the door open and a bunch of guys hanging off the strut)/ Easygoing personality but diplomatic... (able to deal with pressure from jumpers who want to jump no matter how marginal the weather may be).

PM me if interested. Thanks.
 
elmetal said:
I did.... and it doesn't say
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Minimums: Commercial SEL/ Good stick and rudder skills (not afraid of flying 10 knots above stall speed at 11,000ft with the door open and a bunch of guys hanging off the strut)/ Easygoing personality but diplomatic... (able to deal with pressure from jumpers who want to jump no matter how marginal the weather may be)
 
maybe you didn't read my post.... TIME mins, as in 500TT, etc.

Omission of time mins doesn't mean there are none which is why I asked
 
ASpilot2be said:
I got that. When I read "Commercial SEL" I interpret that as saying a wet commercial, so 250tt.
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ah, I figured that's what it was but damn, I wish i was living in the US atm, I'd move up there ASAP and literally camp out for the season.......
 
Yep, commercial license (250) is all you need as far as hours are concerned. Hiring is based on skill and confidence level which a number in a book does not always show.... There was a guy who wanted to fly jumpers here once that claimed to have 1000hrs who pulled the mixture out instead of power on final. Another guy with around 600 who put the plane on its nose because he couldn't manage a 20k X wind landing. I know it seems like there should be a positive correlation between skill level and amount of hours flown, but that doesn't seem to always be the case.
 
PizzaGuy said:
Yep, commercial license (250) is all you need as far as hours are concerned. Hiring is based on skill and confidence level which a number in a book does not always show.... There was a guy who wanted to fly jumpers here once that claimed to have 1000hrs who pulled the mixture out instead of power on final. Another guy with around 600 who put the plane on its nose because he couldn't manage a 20k X wind landing. I know it seems like there should be a positive correlation between skill level and amount of hours flown, but that doesn't seem to always be the case.
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Heh, I've flown with 250 hour commercial pilots who have literally never been alone in the airplane......... LOL

In either case though I 100% agree with you and I wish I could make it up there for this, it's always been a goal of mine to fly jumpers. When I'm back in the US I'm definitely gonna try to do it for a season
 
PizzaGuy said:
Drop Zone looking for one part time jump pilot who is willing to stick around through September. Expect to fly around 200 hours over the season. This is really only for someone who already lives reasonably close to the DZ (within the state of Washington). No housing provided.

Jump plane is a C-182.

Minimums: Commercial SEL/ Good stick and rudder skills (not afraid of flying 10 knots above stall speed at 11,000ft with the door open and a bunch of guys hanging off the strut)/ Easygoing personality but diplomatic... (able to deal with pressure from jumpers who want to jump no matter how marginal the weather may be).

PM me if interested. Thanks.
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I saw your posts and your probably right a 1000 hour pilot should not pull the mixture on accident but stuff happens. Any way wish i was in state because Im about to get by mer and asel . I have about 200 total and 40 multi. In my training we take the plane 5kts abouve a stall and Im pretty good at it . outr instructors are really good and i just ran out of money so flying part 91 ops is what im limited to. I wanted to flight instruct but right now just dont have the cash. I am a family man and am looking for a way to get back to the northwest wchich is home for me. I know i put in my profile I already have the mer and asel but I wont have them for about 2 weeks or so.. Under [part 141 our tco is approved by the faa to get us these ratings in 190 hours instead of the 250 as in part 61. any way taking the multi next week and then doing the asel right after. if you have another opening please let me know. alsdo is the 182 high performance? because i am going to get that endorsment but might be a bit unless theres a job for me!!!
 
oh and demonstrated xwind component for that ac is probably about 15 so dont give that 600 guy too much grief. its not easy sometimes.
 
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