HOURS NEEDED! JOB WANTED! I NEED TO FLY!

[lisa dang]

It would also be to your benefit to add on your -II. A basic CFI and an MEI without the CFI-I isn't going to help you any if you're trying to instruct.

Thanks for the advice, I was just going to wait until i had enough money before training for CFII.

 

[🦈💜]

Is it common to break out PIC and 'solo'? I have a baby aviation resume (I'm not remotely hireable yet, but I wanted to feel like I was doing something useful...) but I don't have 'solo' listed, just PIC. The only "solo" I have in my logbook is from my days as a student pilot

-Fox

 

[lisa dang]

yep plus the fact that she has 50 hours sim and thinks it counts for something. but the SE seems high for ATP

indeed they are ATP numbers. I got my private through another flight school in KSLC, but finished off the rest with ATP

 

[BeRich]

I just wanted to have an idea of which airlines to apply to

All of them.

 

[Mike H]

lisa dang said: ↑

I just wanted to have an idea of which airlines to apply to​

All of them.

That way you have an easy answer to "Which other airlines have you applied to?"

 

[Matt13C]

I just wanted to have an idea of which airlines to apply to once i am able to, thats all. Thanks for your comment though

Focus on step 1, not step 15. You don't go from 250 fresh comm to any of those airlines. If you are curious of where to apply, when you have the time, look at threads on regional airlines or flying freight.

 

[brian434]

Young.. Female... My vote is that you apply to the military.

 

[///AMG]

Go hang out at airports and get to know people. You'd be surprised at the people you will meet, and the people that other people know. I'm sure there are plenty of folks that have gotten jobs through cold calls, but most of the people I know who got cool jobs got them through just hanging out and knowing other pilots. I don't have enough civilian aviation experience to know if this holds true elsewhere, but in my line of work (military flying), being a good dude is often a bigger selling point than being god's gift to flying. Obviously you need to be competent, and being awesome is icing on the cake, but people tend to want people around that they like and that they know are hard working/reliable. Just my .02

 

[z987k]

Is it common to break out PIC and 'solo'? I have a baby aviation resume (I'm not remotely hireable yet, but I wanted to feel like I was doing something useful...) but I don't have 'solo' listed, just PIC. The only "solo" I have in my logbook is from my days as a student pilot

-Fox

Not really. I don't know many people that keep track of solo time.

 

[Cessnaflyer]

Not really. I don't know many people that keep track of solo time.

I do only for the 8710. Hopefully the last one will be filled out next weekend

 

[CFIT99]

I just wanted to have an idea of which airlines to apply to once i am able to, thats all. Thanks for your comment though

well good for you for being goal oriented...

...but...like previously stated...you don't go from 250 hrs to a major...when you have 5000TT and 2500 turbine , throw in 100-1000 Turbine PIC, then you can apply(and be competitve)...and apply to all and maybe someone will bite..

good luck

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

I would want to fly a blimp! What is the average salary for a blimp pilot?

Roughly what a 2nd to 3rd year FO makes, minus the quality of life that even a place like Great Lakes gives you. Literally, you will be on the road 340+ days a year.

 

[Itchy]

Oh Lordy.

 

[Vyse]

I can definitely emphasize- you need hours to get a job but you need a job to get the hours. Definitely get your CFII. With the fall/winter season coming more people will be inclined to get their instrument ratings and having a CFII will give you an advantage.

I don't know the scene at SNA, but at LGB it's basically ATP (which you know about), Long Beach Flying Club, Aces High, California Flight Center, and Angel City Flyers. You might need to widen your search to Fullerton, Torrance, Chino, and Corona airports.

 

[USMC-SSGT]

Come work for jetBlue. You can be my engineer.

 

[JayAre]

I've got a few thousand hours I'll sell ya

 

[Boris Badenov]

when you have 5000TT and 2500 turbine , throw in 100-1000 Turbine PIC, then you can apply(and be competitve)...and apply to all and maybe someone will bite..

good luck

Wait, that's competitve? Damned phone isn't working!

 

[CFIT99]

Wait, that's competitve? Damned phone isn't working!

figured I'd get responses...I was giving generic times...but I understand...

I've flown with 4-5 captains at S5 that have well over 10,000 TPIC and can't get calls...

 

[Boris Badenov]

To be fair, and possibly slightly back on topic (sorry!), I have no 121 time, and that does seem to be much more important than it used to be. Write that down, Lisa!

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I can definitely emphasize- you need hours to get a job but you need a job to get the hours. Definitely get your CFII. With the fall/winter season coming more people will be inclined to get their instrument ratings and having a CFII will give you an advantage.

I don't know the scene at SNA, but at LGB it's basically ATP (which you know about), Long Beach Flying Club, Aces High, California Flight Center, and Angel City Flyers. You might need to widen your search to Fullerton, Torrance, Chino, and Corona airports.

Or Van Nuys. Or even Camarillo.