I'm still in the process of thinking whether I should venture into professional aviation, and if I do, I would most probably go corporate, as most other flying jobs don't interest me (i.e. cargo, major and regional)
I was just wondering, how much time on average it takes to get a job from the time you have your Commercial. How many hours (total, turbine, multi, jet, PIC etc) are usually required...2000 tt? 3000tt? I know the more hours and more experience, the better chance of getting a good job, but around what mark is it usually? Is a 3000 hour pilot with say 1000 jet, 2000 PIC a "qualified" pilot for a "good, well paying" job?
Or is 4000 more like it...or 5000, or will 2000 tt suffice?
Again, more ratings, the better. But is usually a Commercial good enough? or do you need ATP? and obvisouly you are going to need the type of the airplane you are going to fly, but is having a large range of type ratings much better? eg. Lear Jet type, Citation type and Falcon type better than just a lear type?
Will it take around 3 years to get a decent job? 5? 7?
What kind of corporate jobs are there out there...mainly businesses that own a jet and you fly for them...135 charter? Fractionals? what are the major job types?
And finally, how do non-US corp. pilot makets look? Especially European one...
I still have about a year to decide whether to take pro flying seriously...
the main problem I would have would be that I would feel like I wasted 4 years of my life trying to get an Engineering degree instead of having had my CFI and built some hours by the end of those 4 years...
thanx
Archer
I was just wondering, how much time on average it takes to get a job from the time you have your Commercial. How many hours (total, turbine, multi, jet, PIC etc) are usually required...2000 tt? 3000tt? I know the more hours and more experience, the better chance of getting a good job, but around what mark is it usually? Is a 3000 hour pilot with say 1000 jet, 2000 PIC a "qualified" pilot for a "good, well paying" job?
Or is 4000 more like it...or 5000, or will 2000 tt suffice?
Again, more ratings, the better. But is usually a Commercial good enough? or do you need ATP? and obvisouly you are going to need the type of the airplane you are going to fly, but is having a large range of type ratings much better? eg. Lear Jet type, Citation type and Falcon type better than just a lear type?
Will it take around 3 years to get a decent job? 5? 7?
What kind of corporate jobs are there out there...mainly businesses that own a jet and you fly for them...135 charter? Fractionals? what are the major job types?
And finally, how do non-US corp. pilot makets look? Especially European one...
I still have about a year to decide whether to take pro flying seriously...
the main problem I would have would be that I would feel like I wasted 4 years of my life trying to get an Engineering degree instead of having had my CFI and built some hours by the end of those 4 years...
thanx
Archer