undflyboy06
Well-Known Member
Greetings everyone,
I find myself in a situation that deals with 135 charter and was hoping that someone with a lot of experience in that field can chime in.
I currently fly 135 cargo and there is a 135 charter operation across the ramp that I'm very interested in flying for. It's a pretty small company; family owned, two aircraft and 6 total pilots. Around a month a go I called to see if it was alright to drop off my resume and cover letter and it turns out I talked to the DO. After discussing the pre-requisites that are required to be considered for employment he told me to stop on by and drop off my stuff, which I did. I considered it was pretty good face time; showing me the area, aircraft and talking for about 30 minutes before I left.
Before I left the first time the DO told me that if I was ever in the area to stop on by. I waited for around 2 1/2 weeks before stopping by a second time. There is a possibility of them acquiring a third aircraft, hopefully in the near future and was curious if any progress was made since acquiring another aircraft is the only reason for them hiring more pilots. I was there for another 30 minutes roughly just asking some standard questions about the company; flying, trips, call out time stuff like that. Towards the end of the meeting I was told that if I was able to somehow get some citation time (Pic typed but no time in type), or try and get an excel type that would help me out a lot in moving up the stack of resumes. I was somewhat discouraged because I have been unsuccessful in finding a job to get time in type and I refuse to spend for my own type rating, especially for an excel. I was then confused because he told me before I left to keep stopping by from time to time, even though I'm not typed in the aircraft that they fly.
A few weeks later when I was at work I saw one of their planes taxi in. I decided to take a chance and say hi to meet some of their pilots and it turns out one of them was the Chief Pilot. We talked for only 10 minutes, nothing in particular, I just wanted to introduce myself. I thought it went fairly well, especially when I told him I fly the Be99 because he flew the 99 way back and he seemed happy to hear that. Also, the avionic package are the same between their excel's and EMB-145, Honeywell Primus 1000.
Finally to the point:
With the situation that I described above, would it be beneficial for me to keep stopping in every 3-4 weeks? The owner is the person that makes the final decision. I have a feeling that when they do hire next, it will come down to hiring someone that is already typed but not current (possibly), or hire someone like me that is current but not typed in their aircraft. Since I'm not typed, I feel the only chance I have is by being persistent, but how much is to much?
Thanks everyone, and sorry for the long post.
P.S. I forgot to mention that I passed up my mandatory recall to my regional since I want to stay in 135. I hope that helps also.
I find myself in a situation that deals with 135 charter and was hoping that someone with a lot of experience in that field can chime in.
I currently fly 135 cargo and there is a 135 charter operation across the ramp that I'm very interested in flying for. It's a pretty small company; family owned, two aircraft and 6 total pilots. Around a month a go I called to see if it was alright to drop off my resume and cover letter and it turns out I talked to the DO. After discussing the pre-requisites that are required to be considered for employment he told me to stop on by and drop off my stuff, which I did. I considered it was pretty good face time; showing me the area, aircraft and talking for about 30 minutes before I left.
Before I left the first time the DO told me that if I was ever in the area to stop on by. I waited for around 2 1/2 weeks before stopping by a second time. There is a possibility of them acquiring a third aircraft, hopefully in the near future and was curious if any progress was made since acquiring another aircraft is the only reason for them hiring more pilots. I was there for another 30 minutes roughly just asking some standard questions about the company; flying, trips, call out time stuff like that. Towards the end of the meeting I was told that if I was able to somehow get some citation time (Pic typed but no time in type), or try and get an excel type that would help me out a lot in moving up the stack of resumes. I was somewhat discouraged because I have been unsuccessful in finding a job to get time in type and I refuse to spend for my own type rating, especially for an excel. I was then confused because he told me before I left to keep stopping by from time to time, even though I'm not typed in the aircraft that they fly.
A few weeks later when I was at work I saw one of their planes taxi in. I decided to take a chance and say hi to meet some of their pilots and it turns out one of them was the Chief Pilot. We talked for only 10 minutes, nothing in particular, I just wanted to introduce myself. I thought it went fairly well, especially when I told him I fly the Be99 because he flew the 99 way back and he seemed happy to hear that. Also, the avionic package are the same between their excel's and EMB-145, Honeywell Primus 1000.
Finally to the point:
With the situation that I described above, would it be beneficial for me to keep stopping in every 3-4 weeks? The owner is the person that makes the final decision. I have a feeling that when they do hire next, it will come down to hiring someone that is already typed but not current (possibly), or hire someone like me that is current but not typed in their aircraft. Since I'm not typed, I feel the only chance I have is by being persistent, but how much is to much?
Thanks everyone, and sorry for the long post.
P.S. I forgot to mention that I passed up my mandatory recall to my regional since I want to stay in 135. I hope that helps also.
