Low hour pilot, looking for anything.

Kevin Stafford

Kevin Stafford

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Just finished up college and I'm looking for any work at all, flying planes. Pipeline, fish/wildlife spotting, Safety Pilot, power line patrol, ferrying planes. aerial tours, anything.

250TT
FAA first class Medical
Currently Living in Florida, but will move anywhere.
commercial/instrument/multi
Completed: CRJ-200 transition course
 
I would recommend CFI. I am sitting at 450TT 50 ME and have really struggled to find anything. There are a few options for someone like you but you will have to get lucky. The only thing I found with time like that is "volunteering" your time flying sky divers. However, most of them want 500TT. Everyone needs 500 for insurance but low entry place like pipeline and aerial survey even want 750TT.
 
Isn't Air America (the aerial survey place) in Florida? I believe they might take somebody with your time, however I have no clue, I'm sure someone around here could answer that. I'd imagine you may be able to find some banner towing operations down there as well. I know spending the extra dough on training can be kind of a drag, but CFI is going to be your only sure thing with those kinds of times.
 
lowtime said:
Is it really that bad?
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No flight/duty time regulations. Hotels 340ish days a year. Flying is just part of your job, you'll also serve as airport and hotels coordinator. Additionally, when not flying, you are basically ground crew. Did I mention 340ish days a year in a hotel? And you get to use a company vehicle for personal needs, but your time is limited to how much you can use it.

No rhyme or reason to the schedule, one day you fly in the morning, next day, late into the night. Scheduling is done by marketing, thus they have no idea how an airship operates and are like typical marketing types. Promise the world then try to get you to deliver the impossible.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
No flight/duty time regulations. Hotels 340ish days a year. Flying is just part of your job, you'll also serve as airport and hotels coordinator. Additionally, when not flying, you are basically ground crew. Did I mention 340ish days a year in a hotel? And you get to use a company vehicle for personal needs, but your time is limited to how much you can use it.

No rhyme or reason to the schedule, one day you fly in the morning, next day, late into the night. Scheduling is done by marketing, thus they have no idea how an airship operates and are like typical marketing types. Promise the world then try to get you to deliver the impossible.
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I see your point. How many hours a year do you actually fly?
 
Skydive, survey, CFI, banner tow, pipeline patrol, powerline patrol, crop dusting. Reference 14 CFR Part 119.1e4
The easiest one to get a job at with 250TT is CFI. The rest do have companies that hire with that low of time, but it's a hell of a lot more competitive and you're going to have to find them in the first place.

Oh, and don't put the CRJ transition course on your resume. Most jobs of the not instructing variety are the blue collar type jobs that expect you to work. To me it says, I'm bailing the second I can. It does nothing to show an employer you can fly a 172 or similar better anyways.
 
Agreed about the RJ course, delete it and never mention it. At your experience level, it is useless. Your money would have been far better spent on some aerobatic lessons.
 
GypsyPilot said:
Agreed about the RJ course, delete it and never mention it. At your experience level, it is useless. Your money would have been far better spent on some aerobatic lessons.
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Or a tailwheel/high performance/high altitude endorsement. Or a SES, or a CFI or alcohol, blow and hookers. Really anything at all.
 
You don't have to go the CFI route. I was somehow able to avoid doing it but it makes those first few commercial hours a bit easier to come by. Go out and get your tail wheel endorsement. Lots of banner tow companies are hiring right about now. You could get 400-700 hours a season doing that...and some places will hire with low time. Just avoid Barnstormers Flite Signs in Myrtle Beach. Its a death trap with an incompetent boss who only cares about screwing the customer and employees.
 
Thanks for the information and help, I'm deleting the CRJ-200 info. It was a free course offered by my university so no money well spent. I'm currently saving up some cash for my CFI rating and tailwheel endorsement, it will take a few months but it will be worth it. Thanks again.
 
I know how money is but you can get you tail wheel most likely for less than $1000. I know a great teacher in central Texas that can do it in a couple of days.
 
JordanD said:
Isn't Air America (the aerial survey place) in Florida? I believe they might take somebody with your time.
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They have taken pilots with less than that (141) so I can back you up that they indeed do take people with less. unfortunately for OP the survey season starts in October, we're over halfway done with the season. I did see on the picto thread that NSA needed a new pilot a couple of days ago but if I know the picto industry, the spot is filled and the pilot is already on station.
 
Ran accross this tonight.
Skydive Danielson is looking for a fulltime commercial single engine pilot for a seasonal
position. You will be the chief pilot and fly the majority of the loads. We have a beautiful
straight tail Cessna 182. You can expect to add 250 hrs to your resume this summer. Season runs
from 1april-1nov. We work a lot! Expect to be at the dz every day. We will train the right
person 300hr minimum.
41 airport rd,danielson ct
 
z987k said:
Ran accross this tonight.
Skydive Danielson is looking for a fulltime commercial single engine pilot for a seasonal
position. You will be the chief pilot and fly the majority of the loads. We have a beautiful
straight tail Cessna 182. You can expect to add 250 hrs to your resume this summer. Season runs
from 1april-1nov. We work a lot! Expect to be at the dz every day. We will train the right
person 300hr minimum.
41 airport rd,danielson ct
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Awesome, thank you for this posting. I am contacting them asap.
 
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