Patience pays off

PhotoPilot

PhotoPilot

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After turning down a low QOL cargo job, an opportunity with Scenic Airlines, and too many instructing jobs to count, I finally scored: As of yesterday, I've been hired as a Corporate Pilot by Cirrus Designs. Awsome pay, great bennies, beautiful location, good upward mobility, better stability than I could have hoped for, and an excellent QOL.

It's not the normal airline route, but should be perfect for my wife and me. The only problem is that I don't think JDflight will ever come and visit if we live in the North Country. You should have heard him wine about the cold here in lower Michigan this past December . . .
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After turning down a low QOL cargo job, an opportunity with Scenic Airlines, and too many instructing jobs to count, I finally scored: As of yesterday, I've been hired as a Corporate Pilot by Cirrus Designs. Awsome pay, great bennies, beautiful location, good upward mobility, better stability than I could have hoped for, and an excellent QOL.

It's not the normal airline route, but should be perfect for my wife and me. The only problem is that I don't think JDflight will ever come and visit if we live in the North Country. You should have heard him wine about the cold here in lower Michigan this past December . . .
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Congrats, PhotoPilot. Say hello to Max Salzman when you get there. He is a former CFII at my FBO and was hired to deliver planes for Cirrus. I am not sure if his title is Corp. Pilot or Sales Delivery or what, but he should still be there. If you ever get down to Flying Cloud (KFCM) drop me a PM.
 
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After turning down a low QOL cargo job, an opportunity with Scenic Airlines, and too many instructing jobs to count, I finally scored: As of yesterday, I've been hired as a Corporate Pilot by Cirrus Designs. Awsome pay, great bennies, beautiful location, good upward mobility, better stability than I could have hoped for, and an excellent QOL.

It's not the normal airline route, but should be perfect for my wife and me. The only problem is that I don't think JDflight will ever come and visit if we live in the North Country. You should have heard him wine about the cold here in lower Michigan this past December . . .
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That's my boy! And if you'd had wine, it wouldn't have been so damned cold!
 
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Congrats! So what kind of flying will you be doing?

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Hmmm, Seeing that he'll be working for Cirrus Design, I am gonna go out on a limb and say it will be of the SR22/SR20 variety.
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Good guess, JEP!
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Officially, I'm in the Corporate Flight Ops department. We fly management from the Grand Forks plant to the Duluth plant in the company SR22s, deliver planes, pick planes up, give demo flights, etc., etc.

It should be a lot of fun. From riding in the right seat watching studs fly to actually being the pilot while flying all over the country in cool, small planes. And a good salary, bennies, and job location to boot.

Yeah, buddy!

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Good guess, JEP!
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Officially, I'm in the Corporate Flight Ops department. We fly management from the Grand Forks plant to the Duluth plant in the company SR22s, deliver planes, pick planes up, give demo flights, etc., etc.

It should be a lot of fun. From riding in the right seat watching studs fly to actually being the pilot while flying all over the country in cool, small planes. And a good salary, bennies, and job location to boot.

Yeah, buddy!

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You'd better let me know when you're in town. I hear you guys here all the time.

Next time an opening occurs with UND Cirrus, I'll be applying. Work 4-5 days a week for $180 a day. They're making 35-40 large a year.

Not bad pay for a SE airplane. Especially when you consider that Pinnancle/Mesa/Great Lakes/Colgan pilots make almost half that.
 
My first day is the 29th of this month, so I'll give you a yell in September. Cirrus is a fantastic company and they actually pay people a livable wage. I'll be making more than twice the salary of a 1st year FO at the regionals and will have a significantly higher earning potential if things go the way I hope they do. If you can get in with the UND crowd, do it!

And, Texaspilot, I feel your pain. I've been applying for more than a year. Luckily, I've been working closely with the company for the last 9 months or so. Included in that is a lot of one-on-one training with some of their best pilots and about 70 hours of giving demos and dual in the aircraft. Getting the job was all about persistance, connections, and luck. JD can tell you how long I've been after this and how carefully I've been building a relationship with the company . . .
 
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