Next cert for 2015

What cert should be gained next?

  • Seaplane, go have fun

    Votes: 35 81.4%

  • bizJet SIC, get some experience

    Votes: 3 7.0%

  • Just do 66HIT and save $$

    Votes: 5 11.6%
  • Total voters
    43
ahw01

ahw01

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For my yearly dose of flying, I am uncertain what to pursue. I've spent plenty over the past 5 years on commercial, instrument, CFI. Planning a trip later in April, to regain Instrument currency. Should I add on something extra?

Eg EA500, CE525 SIC
SES at Kenmore, Tom Brady
 
Seaplane.

I've done nothing but work and stressed over company checkrides and a type rating the past 5+yrs, while only taking a handful of light GA flights here and there with the GF. My next goal is to do something fun and try to get back into the side of aviation I used to really enjoy. Aerobatics and or seaplane are high on my list.
 
Cessnaflyer said:
Uh, what? I know a few people that were adding types for fun and have nice jobs come about from a type.
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Paying for a type sets a bad precedent, why would any employer pay for it if they have pilots willing to foot the bill themselves?
 
In my aim to learn more and build knowledge for future flying, some type training makes sense.

I get the idea though, seaplanes are cheaper, and just as useful (or not).
 
ahw01 said:
For my yearly dose of flying, I am uncertain what to pursue. I've spent plenty over the past 5 years on commercial, instrument, CFI. Planning a trip later in April, to regain Instrument currency. Should I add on something extra?

Eg EA500, CE525 SIC
SES at Kenmore, Tom Brady
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@ahw01 can you share more about how you're getting instrument current again? I need to do the same thing.

I'll throw down getting something fun like the SES. A future employer should, if they are worth working for, pay for a type if you need it.
 
If you're going to do a type do a DC-3 or Lodestar. Pegs out the fun meter, shows you can gain a type rating, great discussion piece at an interview, and chicks dig round motor sexy noise. I'm not saying classy chicks you'd take home to Mom. More like the aeronautical equivalent of biker chicks. But those are the best kind anyway.
 
Also - a DC-3 or Lodestar type would defang anyone looking at your resume thinking you're "buying a job" or whatever they're babbling about. Nobody is getting a DC-3 or Lodestar type to land those coveted and numerous DC-3 or Lodestar jobs.

And for the record, I'd do PFJ for a DC-3 OR Lodestar job. And then I'd laugh at the whiners as I blew oil on them at engine start. Just wanted to be clear about that AND open myself up to any DC-3 or Lodestar operators that may be lurking. I was born to be a sellout.
 
Thanks guys, I saw the dc-3 which looks fun, where's the lodestar, that sounds awesome!

Last time I needed to get current I rented and flew with a CFII and did 6 approaches, hold, intercept track. They said I could have saved money if I did an IPC, but I figured that would be better practice, so I'd look for an aero club/FBO.
 
Skåning said:
DO NOT pay for a type rating
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Dude, chill. Paying for a type specifically to get a job = no bueno. Paying for a type just because you want to get a type for fun = bueno.

I plan to do a new type every couple of years to cover my biennial requirement instead of just buzzing around the local area with some kid CFI. I'm not damaging your profession by paying for those types. Relax.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Dude, chill. Paying for a type specifically to get a job = no bueno. Paying for a type just because you want to get a type for fun = bueno.

I plan to do a new type every couple of years to cover my biennial requirement instead of just buzzing around the local area with some kid CFI. I'm not damaging your profession by paying for those types. Relax.
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If you do any of this before you do taildragger/basic acro I will find you, disembowel you, and eat your intestines in front of you before you die.
 
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