Your career progression!

[Boris Badenov]

CFI>135 SP piston freight>135 SP turboprop freight>135 SP turboprop freight>135 charter jet SIC>135 charter jet PIC>135 SP air ambo. BA degree in philosophy and the history of math and science contemporaneous to the CFIing.

What a long (~15 years), strange trip, etc etc.

 

[chris]

From a Canadian...

Aerial photography pilot (1 year), helped company get their operator certificate and helped write the manuals - worked in cargo department for a northern airline (14 months) - flew the metro (14 months) - flew the CRJ at a regional (3 yrs) - A330 F/O.

 

[Boris Badenov]

Incidentally, let this be a warning to you who are chasing that G650 or 747 or whatever...

 

[Ayork62493]

Certificates>CFI>Delta ticket counter because I need money

 

[FlyingPoke]

2002-2007 : Certificates and Degree(s)
2007-2009: Flight Instructor
2009-2011: Aerial Survey
2011-2012: Simulator SIC
2011-Present: Part 91/135 Corporate FO

 

[web265]

Certificates > 91 Corporate

 

[ScorpionStinger]

Incidentally, let this be a warning to you who are chasing that G650 or 747 or whatever...

Great thread so far!

My interpretation so thus is that career loyalty in aviation is very suicidal!

Career progression is marked primarily by INCREASED WAGES no?

 

[DPApilot]

Certificates (High School-2006-2011)>Ramp Supervisor (2010-2012)>Cessna 320 (2010-2012)>Regional Airline (2012-2013 BE-1900 1/12-8/12, SF-340 8/12-5/13)>135 Hawker Driver (5/13-NAOUGH!)

 

[CFI A&P]

Haha is anyone a pilot without certificates?

http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com/2013/11/man-arrested-for-aircraft-violations.html

 

[CFI A&P]

Enlisted military - earned certificates - began instructing - earned A&P - Ferry pilot, mechanic and odd stuff - degree - ATPs - Part 91 contract & still instructing.

From zero to hero ~ 10 years? I guess and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

 

[L-16B]

Private in high school > college > rest of my ratings > regionals for 5 years > major

Got lucky and never had to use my CFI

 

[ChasenSFO]

Air New Zealand Customer Service Internship in Highschool>Skywest Customer Service>Private>taking girls flying and dicking around>Skywest Ramper>too broke to fly>video game testing>cargo warehouse/freight runner/relief ramp tower controller>no time to fly>ramp tower controller>getting off my ass and trying get all the way to CFI right quick like.

Hope to stay at the ramp tower while I CFI unless I make a name for myself before that.

 

[derg]

A Hot Minute of Corporate (93) > CFI (94-96) > Beech 1900 (96-97) > 727 (98-99) > 737 (99-00) > MD88/90 (00-06*) > 757/767 (06-13)> A330 (three more days of school)

 

[Milesar]

CFI > Regional FO > Regional CA > AirAmbulance > Glider Towing for fun > Regional FO not for fun.

6 years.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Scumbag lineboy -> college student while learning to fly on the side -> infosec intern -> system administrator -> infosec/assistant to CIO -> aerial survey -> American's Beagle -> SkyWest

Lemme include dates.

Scumbag lineboy (2005) -> college student while learning to fly on the side (2005-2010) -> infosec intern (2006-2007) -> system administrator (2007-2011) -> infosec/assistant to CIO (2010-2011) -> aerial survey (2011) -> American's Beagle (2011-2012) -> SkyWest (2012-still low, slow, no dough and lovin' it.)

 

[Apophis]

Certificates ----------> Line Service Guy -----------------> Blimp Driver (yes, really) -----------> 135 Pax.

 

[woodreau]

Commercial cert (1996)
Glider (97-2005)
Was supposed to stop there
Commercial single / multi inst (2005)
Regional FO (2005)
Regional CA (2005-2007)
back to regional FO (2007-now)

 

[Trip7]

CFI(2007)>Regional FO(2007-present)

To Be Continued......

 

[Sidious]

Certificates--->Instructing (2 years)--->Regional FO (1 year)--->Expat in Panama 737 FO (Current)

 

[Capt. Chaos]

Ramper $->Ramper/accounting/reservations $->General Manager $$->Lived in hanger and Leased Airplane for certificates and building time->Line pilot $->Chief Pilot $$->Director of Operations$$-->Line pilot $$$$$.
All Alaska 135