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Doug, what looks better, time you got working for free or no time at all? I'm sure any aspiring pilot in their right mind would accept payment to fly but if nobody is hiring its either fly for free or not at all. At least its something that could be done while trying to find a paying gig, better than sitting on your ass.
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That's exactly the rationale behind putting these programs together during the industry lows. Pilots are desperate for flight time. It takes a lot more than flight time to land a job -- it takes experience.
So basically, expecting that you're going to intern or fly for free into qualifying for a regional job when you're competing with people that have real experience is similar to bringing a knife to a gunfight.
Been there, seen that.
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You're one to talk, you already are an airline pilot. You can accept payment for flying the -88 to build experience for a 757/767 seat because Delta is willing to pay you to do so.
No offense Doug, just don't forget what it was like.
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Let me be completely frank with you. I made this website for you guys, not myself. I could have said "I got mine, pull up the rope" years ago and spent my free time dodging rattlesnakes on the mountainbike trails in AZ, but I didn't.
Seriously, I'm here to help you and that doesn't mean I'm going to give you all of the warm, fuzzy answers you want to hear.
I got out of college in the early 1990's where the industry is very similar to today and I've seen more gimmicks, broken promises, lost deposits, worthless expensive services and career pressure tactics than I care to talk about.
Spend your money how you want, but the assertion that I've somehow forgotten what it's like down in the trenches or don't have a passion for helping you guys floored me.
