Low hours pilot looking for job

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kirkegaard

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I'm looking for a job to build some hours. I will go anywhere in the world for a job. The last couple of days I have been looking thru the internet/pilot-forums and have sent out a lot of job applications/resumes.
However, a lot of them have high requirements. I only have a total of 253 hrs(204 ME)+IR+CPL-ME = FAA certificates and I feel like I have ended up in a "catch 22"-situation. The companies want experience to give you a job, but to get a job I need experience! I'm not an american citizen but from Europe. A way would be to get the instructor-ratings, but I dont think thats the thing for me..... Any suggestion? Anybody have anybody they can recomend and who is currently hiring.... :confused:
 
You have 2 choices. Either pay your dues...or pay cash.

Option 1 : Pay your dues...Be an Instructor for a thousand hours or so, have a few students try to kill you, sweat your butt off in a 172 and really learn how to fly. You have no idea how much you don't know about flying until you have to teach it.

Option 2 : If you have 20 to 30 thousand dollars laying around you can go to one of those instant airline pilot academies and they can teach you how to fly a CRJ Simulator and get you qualified for an interview at a Regional.
 
I have not seen anything or anywhere you can get a job without at lest 500 hours, UNLESS you know someone.

If you want to get a job other than instructing, you are giong to need a few more hours.
 
dc3flyer said:
I have not seen anything or anywhere you can get a job without at lest 500 hours, UNLESS you know someone.

If you want to get a job other than instructing, you are giong to need a few more hours.
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Some regionals are allowing less then 500TT for specialized programs (and it isnt PFT/PFJ either).
 
If you're from Europe (EU citizen) submit an app to Ryanair and EasyJet as a cadet. You'll need some money, but they have relationships with banks that can do a loan secured on the fact that the airline has agreed to take you on.

In most of Europe people can't just "pay their dues" as a CFI like the US...there is a clear distinction between the flight instructor career track and the airline career track over there...most FIs in most countries are lifetime, career FIs/IPs. It is very very difficult to find a CFI job in most of Europe, and the most widely-accepted way of going at it there is getting selected into a self-sponsored type rating (SSTR) via an airline at 200-250 hours TT, or flying regionals, once again on a self-sponsored cadet type rating scheme.

www.pprune.org has more info on specific euro operators with cadet schemes check the 'wannabes' forum and the different "ethos" of going from CPL to airline pilot over there vs. in the US.

Alternatively, it shouldn't be too hard to CFI here for a while (or in Canada). You should be able to get a visa to work until you have ATP times in the US at most big schools.
 
Hernandezcfi said:
You have 2 choices. Either pay your dues...or pay cash.

Option 1 : Pay your dues...Be an Instructor for a thousand hours or so, have a few students try to kill you, sweat your butt off in a 172 and really learn how to fly. You have no idea how much you don't know about flying until you have to teach it.

Option 2 : If you have 20 to 30 thousand dollars laying around you can go to one of those instant airline pilot academies and they can teach you how to fly a CRJ Simulator and get you qualified for an interview at a Regional.
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Option 3 : Find a job that will hire you at less than 500TT, part 91, banner towing, pipeline patrol.

Option 4 : You have 205TT, and 204ME, why don't you go to work for a regional now with your time (e.g. transtates, asa etc.)
 
you guys are missing the point.

he is a European resident.

even if he had 2000ME time, no regional will hire him...

good luck, seems like you've fallen into the same problem as I am in right now.
 
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