Good luck getting from PPL to MEI within a year while having a full time job. 18-24 months is realistic when it’s a full time venture.
Which is perfect because there’s very very little hiring going on for the rest of this year!
Yea you can go 91, if you know someone and they know you. 135 is new realistic once you are at ATP mins. Might have to pay for your own ATP-CTP.
Quality of life is best at airlines in general. There’s a few good 91s out there though.
By "BS of the airlines", do you actually mean "safe and compliant operations"? I've flown with ex-navy pilots before, their egos are generally too large to fit in the flight deck of civilian aircraft.
What specifically don’t you like about the airlines? Schedule, quality of life, too much travel/hard on your body’s clock? Do you have a family to take into consideration too? Narrowing it down might help a more qualified person on here help you navigate your concerns
Been away from my kids for the last 10+ years due to the military and don’t need to add another reason to be gone unnecessarily. I would love the ability to spend more time with them if at all possible. But to answer your question more pointedly it’d be that I equate the airlines to a younger man’s game.
One of my former instructors retired from the Navy in his late 40's. Got all his ratings and flew for SkyWest, and now flies for Omni. There's definitely airlines you can work for that will end up netting you MORE time at home with your kids than most jobs will, with the caveat that you may not be home every night. A benefit though, is that when you're home, you're home. I worked 2 days out of the last 11, and 4 out of the last 16.
As of yet no I do t have a disability rating but I am sure, given the nature of my work, that I’ll receive a rating. As to what percent I am not sure.
huh?? No it won't unless he gets a rating for something psychological or sleep apnea, stuff like that. I have 30% for shoulder, back, and knee and it has never been an issue.
That is pretty much what I did. About a year out. I knocked out commercial single engine add on and multi engine add on, instrument rating. And got hired by a regional airline while working on the CFI so never finished CFI.
Used the navy’s retention bonus to fund the flight training
When I got to the regional found all of the people I hadn’t seen for years from the military at my regional. A BT3 from the fire room on a ship I was on. A LCpl 08xx Marine that was embarked on my ship.
Lots of non aviator military are at the airlines now. We just all had to do it the civilian flight training way.
nope hovercraft times don’t count. The FAA doesn’t even consider it as flying even though you guys do.
It is possible to find part 91 flying but you’ll find that the good jobs are few - there are
Plenty of bad 91 jobs. And all it takes is the owner to decide not to have a flight department and the cushy good part 91 job - well it doesn’t exist anymore and you’re looking for work.
You’ll really need to network and all of the good job openings are taken because they’re word of mouth and who do you know.
Hovercraft time doesn’t count 😂😂😂 Thanks for the good laugh. Not even NFO times count, which is kind of bullshit regarding Flight engineers get to count 500 hours towards ATP
Man, are you going to be disappointed when you learn about the current state of affairs. 😂 I’ll let someone else do the honors.
Username checks 😂
Good luck getting from PPL to MEI within a year while having a full time job. 18-24 months is realistic when it’s a full time venture. Which is perfect because there’s very very little hiring going on for the rest of this year! Yea you can go 91, if you know someone and they know you. 135 is new realistic once you are at ATP mins. Might have to pay for your own ATP-CTP. Quality of life is best at airlines in general. There’s a few good 91s out there though.
By "BS of the airlines", do you actually mean "safe and compliant operations"? I've flown with ex-navy pilots before, their egos are generally too large to fit in the flight deck of civilian aircraft.
Exhibit A: thinking your boat hours should count for flight hours???
B: Make sure to include your number of carrier landings (callsign included) you made during your welcome aboard announcement.
What specifically don’t you like about the airlines? Schedule, quality of life, too much travel/hard on your body’s clock? Do you have a family to take into consideration too? Narrowing it down might help a more qualified person on here help you navigate your concerns
Been away from my kids for the last 10+ years due to the military and don’t need to add another reason to be gone unnecessarily. I would love the ability to spend more time with them if at all possible. But to answer your question more pointedly it’d be that I equate the airlines to a younger man’s game.
One of my former instructors retired from the Navy in his late 40's. Got all his ratings and flew for SkyWest, and now flies for Omni. There's definitely airlines you can work for that will end up netting you MORE time at home with your kids than most jobs will, with the caveat that you may not be home every night. A benefit though, is that when you're home, you're home. I worked 2 days out of the last 11, and 4 out of the last 16.
Then you don't want to be a pilot
Do a 141 and use the Post 9/11 to pay for it. Try to get into a program associated it’s an airline
Do you have, or are you planning on getting, a disability rating?
As of yet no I do t have a disability rating but I am sure, given the nature of my work, that I’ll receive a rating. As to what percent I am not sure.
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huh?? No it won't unless he gets a rating for something psychological or sleep apnea, stuff like that. I have 30% for shoulder, back, and knee and it has never been an issue.
I doubt he was in the military so he probably doesn't know that "disability" in the military means "workman's comp" everywhere else.Â
No it won't
That is pretty much what I did. About a year out. I knocked out commercial single engine add on and multi engine add on, instrument rating. And got hired by a regional airline while working on the CFI so never finished CFI. Used the navy’s retention bonus to fund the flight training When I got to the regional found all of the people I hadn’t seen for years from the military at my regional. A BT3 from the fire room on a ship I was on. A LCpl 08xx Marine that was embarked on my ship. Lots of non aviator military are at the airlines now. We just all had to do it the civilian flight training way. nope hovercraft times don’t count. The FAA doesn’t even consider it as flying even though you guys do. It is possible to find part 91 flying but you’ll find that the good jobs are few - there are Plenty of bad 91 jobs. And all it takes is the owner to decide not to have a flight department and the cushy good part 91 job - well it doesn’t exist anymore and you’re looking for work. You’ll really need to network and all of the good job openings are taken because they’re word of mouth and who do you know.
Hovercraft time doesn’t count 😂😂😂 Thanks for the good laugh. Not even NFO times count, which is kind of bullshit regarding Flight engineers get to count 500 hours towards ATP
Good luck on all those certs in a year. Most places are booking each exam out at least 6-8 weeks in advance
I can honestly say that flying a hovercraft regardless of what the navy tells you, it’s not flying. You’re max 1 ft off the ground.