Not sure why I'm wasting my time but I find it ironic that someone makes a post looking for a job when his qualifications are pretty lacking in the current market and then acts standoffish.
Yeah let me run through my contacts to see if I can land this guy a job...
Did I piss you off or something? I'm not asking you to find me a job. I am simply asking if there is anything out there for someone with the qualifications I have. Mabey I should have phrased the topic differently. How am I being standoffish anyways? As I said earlier, I love where I work, but I have 2 mouths to feed, other than mine. My wife and 2 year old son. I'm sure you know the delima. It's not just the pilot market that is in bad shape right now. I have tried all the schools in the area, and NO ONE is hiring. And all the local pizza joints, markets etc. don't have any open positions. Even with a few good words from employee's that currently work at those places, I still can't land a job. I know my times are low, but I have gone from a PPL in Feb. of last year, to these times. I work my tail off, and spend every last extra cent I have on building hours to work my way up the pole.
For you to come in here, and light me up like that is totally uncalled for. I actually give a $#!^ about where I am going. And my friends who are scattered across the country, I throw them bones all the time for possible job leads(granted it's only because I am always looking). Just because I don't know anyone at the compant they are looking into, dosen't mean I can't give them a heads up that someone may be hiring. Thats all I am asking for. Mabey there is something I missed, or a site I don't know about that I can be refered to. I have been a "go-getter" my whole life. I have never been handed anything, and I don't expect it to start now. I am a low time pilot looking for some insight and direction. I am not asking to be put right seat in a G-IV, I know I'm not ready for that yet. Don't take me as some punk kid who wants someone to find him a job. I will earn my job. I worked my way through the ranks to become a Team Leader (supervisor), and Silver Certified as a Auto Tech., which took 9 years of hard, very hard work. Being bent over under the hood of a car when it 95 deg. and 95% humidity, and your face turns purple because of the heat is no way to make a living, even for $75k a year. I left a career makeing plenty of money so my kid would see me do something I love, rather than something I can do.
I love where I work, and don't want to leave. But if I have to so I can make a steady paycheck, than thats what I'll have to do.
Edit: BTW, check this post fro Borris, i thought this was what this site was all about. See post 10.
http://forums.jetcareers.com/freight-pilots-ootsk/79898-how-does-freight-career-work.html