Freight Dawg Mins

H46Bubba

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I'm just curious as to what the mins are for freight. I know the FARs for 135 PIC IFR. I'm getting ready to finish up with my comercial ASEL and I'm trying to figure out where to go next. I wanted to originally instruct but I'm not feelin it anymore. Any advice is welcome.:)
 
I'm just curious as to what the mins are for freight. I know the FARs for 135 PIC IFR. I'm getting ready to finish up with my comercial ASEL and I'm trying to figure out where to go next. I wanted to originally instruct but I'm not feelin it anymore. Any advice is welcome.:)

Come on now, you have to pay your dues.....:sarcasm:
 
Find me a part 91 freight company and I'll show you an illegal operation, unless you're flying freight for ONE company (not likely).
 
If you can find a freight company that requires FO's you may be able to get in with less than the required PIC hours. That is what I did when starting out.

I was an FO on a E110 for Royal Air Freight in PTK. I think I had something like 700TT and <100ME when I got hired...
 
Lab quest is like a dream freight dawg job.
From what I hear they pay somethin like 50k to fly a TBM.
They also have 310s and king airs
 
Fair enough, BUT, let's be clear here; this is not much of a "freight" job in the way the term is typical thrown around, this is more of a corporate gig that hauls boxes instead of people.

To say that it's "freight" might be a bit disingenuous to the kids that don't understand operating certificates and what not. There is an implication that when you say "flying freight," 90% of the time we're talking about 121, 121 suplamental, 125 and 135 flying, all of which have very strict time requirements for employment as set by the FAA. While it may be symantically true to say that there can be "Part 91 freight" gigs, they are few and far between and a bit outside of the typical nomenclature used when discussing hauling boxes, or put another way the term "freight" as we use it here is a bit of a "thick concept" with obvious implications that don't involve part 91 flying.
 
John, you were the one that coined the "part 91 freight company" term. I would agree with your explination to yourself though, that technically a part 91 freight company wouldn't exist, it would be termed a "flight department".

The one thing I will say, though, is that for one particular part 91 company I know that flies freight, you are (internally) expected to go below mins, but you didn't hear that from me. If it were me, I'd rather stick with a high-class 135 outfit that respects its pilots decisions, even if the pay is less.
 
You're the one that recommended flying a part 91 freight job actually, would you like me to quote you?

Then some guy started asking about part 91 freight, which is doing a new guy that is trying to learn about this stuff a diservice because now he's out there huting for a 91 freight gig that in reality, most people will never see.
 
You're the one that recommended flying a part 91 freight job actually, would you like me to quote you?

Actually I said "flying freight [part] 91". I'm not sure if I recommended it, but inferred that if one could find a job doing it part 91, then the 135 mins wouldn't apply.

Then some guy started asking about part 91 freight, which is doing a new guy that is trying to learn about this stuff a diservice because now he's out there huting for a 91 freight gig that in reality, most people will never see.

Agreed.
 
Wheels I believe they're two seperate companies.
From what I've read labquest pays significantly less than quest.

"Labquest" is Quest Diagnostics ATC callsign, not sure what you're referring to.

On a side note, I still can't figure out how they get away with doing it part 91.
 
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