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CPA2FLY

CPA2FLY

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Hello all:
This is 1st post, but I have be reading for a while, and appreciate all the information I have received. I am currently a 25 year old accountant, working on changing to an aviation career (which is what I have always wanted to do). I will finish my PPL at my local FBO in the next month or so. I plan on getting all the ratings I can locally so I can continue to work, and minimize debt. I have a few questions that I hope some of you can help me with:

1.) My aviation goal is to get on with a corporate flight department. What type of total time / multi time do you usually need to get on with a corp. department?
2.) Is instructing the best route to building the needed time for corporate?
3.) I am considering buying either a C152(IFR) or Piper Cherokee to build time.. does the type airplane you build intial time in matter when applying for jobs?

Thanks for your input!
 
I'll give some of these a shot , since I've read a lot of posts similar to this..

1.) My aviation goal is to get on with a corporate flight department. What type of total time / multi time do you usually need to get on with a corp. department?

Generally a few thousand hours would be competitive (guessing 2000-3000 min for a decent corp. outfit)

2.) Is instructing the best route to building the needed time for corporate?

I think you'd need to build some multi time -- preferably turbine PIC via some means (airlines) before flying corporate. Of course their equipment may range from a Baron to a GV. Instructing will be a start..

3.) I am considering buying either a C152(IFR) or Piper Cherokee to build time.. does the type airplane you build intial time in matter when applying for jobs?

No, it shouldn't
 
You should buy a little plane, instruct up to 1200 total. Get a job at Amflight and get 1000 PIC turbine in a 99. You'd be a shoe in for anyone operating a King Air and qualified to move into corporate aviation.
 
These kind of posts justify me only getting a degree on something non-related to aviation as a back-up, and going into flying straight out of college. I know that sooner or later I'd be doing that career change.
 
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