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FlyByWire22 said:
If you find the right PT 91 flight department, it can be the dream job that everyone talks about. FlightSafety is not a bad play depending on who you know, and how big of an airplane you want to fly. Unless you really know somebody, it's extremely difficult to get into the large cabin stuff straight out of the sim. If you're thinking about Lear SIC or Hawker, going from sim to right seat is a realistic possibility. But, you also have the possibility of sitting in a sim for two years and having nothing to show for it. Personally I wouldn't do it unless I had a very solid connection to a flight department. In response to the "insurance won't cover you because you're low time", that simply is not true. I have a buddy that did FSI at one of the Gulfstream centers for 2 years, had 500TT in airplanes, ~ 700 hours in the Gulfstream sims, and is now cruising around in the right seat of the G550 and G450 for a PT 91 flight department. Also, Valero hired a guy into their G550 with around 1000 hours and less then 100 multi in a Navajo. If you know the right people, your flight time does not matter.
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Sim time is great, but as I've heard a guy say - You come back from FSI with a shiny new type rating... and you don't even know how to open the door.
 
Erik10 said:
Because being on call 24/7 365 and not be limited by hours flown is uber!
Do I need a sarcasm tag?
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MikeOH58 is right. It's horrible, horrible. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. Stay 121. We'll suck it up and take one for you guys so no one gets stuck over in 91. It'll be tough, but some ones gotta do it.
 
I did freight, then Planesense, now 135 in a Beechjet. I selected the Beech.

I would say total time is king, so do whatever you can to get that up. I wouldn't stop time building till 5000 hours, I guess freight will get you the most hours quickest.

Pay is pretty important too, though.
 
Hubbs said:
I did freight, then Planesense, now 135 in a Beechjet. I selected the Beech.

I would say total time is king, so do whatever you can to get that up. I wouldn't stop time building till 5000 hours, I guess freight will get you the most hours quickest.

Pay is pretty important too, though.
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Survey work annualized gross pay is $60-90k and averages 80--110 hours/month. It's an endless paid vacation where you never know the next destination. 5000 hours seems like a lot!
 
pilotdude said:
Survey work annualized gross pay is $60-90k and averages 80--110 hours/month. It's an endless paid vacation where you never know the next destination. 5000 hours seems like a lot!
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That is certainly one way to look at it, and they way I did. After probably 2 years it's a different story.
 
pilotdude said:
Survey work annualized gross pay is $60-90k and averages 80--110 hours/month. It's an endless paid vacation where you never know the next destination. 5000 hours seems like a lot!
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Except sometimes you're in Midland Texas. What I hated was the sitting around doing nothing. Especially since I was at Air America where you can double to quintuple your pay if you fly.
 
UAL747400 said:
Except sometimes you're in Midland Texas. What I hated was the sitting around doing nothing. Especially since I was at Air America where you can double to quintuple your pay if you fly.
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I do miss making $4-450 in a single day in a 172. I still can't touch that per day.
 
z987k said:
I do miss making $4-450 in a single day in a 172. I still can't touch that per day.
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I miss being able to blow that much money living like a freaking rockstar! :smoke: That was Miami only though, everywhere else, specifically Spokane, WA is permanently etched into my brain as the period of time when I almost went insane. Someday, I may openly discuss Boise, ID. :)
 
deadpixel said:
Well Spokanistan (Spokompton) will make anyone go insane if they have to live there.
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Should have had fun given the area, but we weren't flying because pictometry, in their infinite wisdom, sent us there in the spring. 2 months of being couped up. :bang: Therefore, no money to leave Spokane to go do things. Shot guns and rode go-karts a couple times though.

Definitely the most dangerous flying I've ever done too. Both because of the conditions(Need MOAR power!), and self induced, like flying like a certified maniac up Pend Oreille river.
 
pilotdude said:
Jimmy, how are you biased and what do you like about it?
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Good QOL, decent schedule, great company, and I work there. If you don't have any multi time, I'd go somewhere else, if you do have multi time, come here and build your turbine, glass, and crew time.
 
MikeOH58 said:
Yep, 91 sucks and you will hate it. Stay away and tell your friends. =)
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Like everything else, when it comes to 91 some are good and some are bad. There are a lot of bad ones out there, but if one can find a good one that likes to do things right, it would be pretty sweet.
 
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