Perfect or just solid career aviation plan? I've been doing alot of research in aviation education. Would do you guys think for a person starting out with no experience, would be the prefered plan for someone that wants to go into commercial aviation. State school or flight school? certifications? any prefered schools? regional airline hiring?
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Re: aviation
by admin on Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:51 pm GMT
Hi Shannonex ,
I see on your profile that you already hold a glider pilot license. That experience may be very beneficial for you when transitioning to general aviation airplanes, since your learning curve will not be as steep as a complete beginner.
I wish there was such thing as a solid plan for a perfect airline career. Generally, you need to get your ratings, build flight time and apply for a job. Unfortunately, reality is not that simple. There are thousands of furloughed airline pilots out there. Many very experienced with several hundreds or thousands of turbine hours.
New legislation , such as a proposal to increase part 121 first officer minimum requirements to 800 or 1500 hours, may be another thing to consider. Currently, the FAA does not require minimums for a First Officer position, other than a commercial license and an instrument rating. However, the airlines and insurance companies currently determine these minimums, according to their need at the time. I've heard of people with as low as 400 hours and less getting hired (not a good idea in my opinion, as you should get some experience before flying passengers around for hire).
This is not to discourage you however, if you're very motivated and stick to your goals, you would eventually find a job. The commercial aviation world has very frequent ups and downs in terms of pilot hiring. In the last two years, the market has been in a near complete hiring freeze. Just before that period, the airlines had a hiring boom as they could not hire enough pilots to keep up with the demand for flying. Before that was 9/11 that created a few years of hiring freeze.
The fact that no one is hiring right NOW may be good for you to begin your flight training and gain experience so you can get a job when the demand for pilots rises again.
I personally don't think that it matters whether you get your licenses at a university, a part 141 school or in an part 61 FBO as long as you get good training. It is important that you take responsibility on your flight training, look for a good school, good instructor, read A LOT, and show up prepared for your lessons.
As the required certificates, You will need as a minimum, a commercial multi-engine airplane license and an instrument rating.
Flight experience can be gained in many different ways, but on the civilian route I recommend one: flight instruction, since you really learn something when you try to teach it.
Hope this helps you, and good luck on your flying career,
Amir Fleminger
I see on your profile that you already hold a glider pilot license. That experience may be very beneficial for you when transitioning to general aviation airplanes, since your learning curve will not be as steep as a complete beginner.
I wish there was such thing as a solid plan for a perfect airline career. Generally, you need to get your ratings, build flight time and apply for a job. Unfortunately, reality is not that simple. There are thousands of furloughed airline pilots out there. Many very experienced with several hundreds or thousands of turbine hours.
New legislation , such as a proposal to increase part 121 first officer minimum requirements to 800 or 1500 hours, may be another thing to consider. Currently, the FAA does not require minimums for a First Officer position, other than a commercial license and an instrument rating. However, the airlines and insurance companies currently determine these minimums, according to their need at the time. I've heard of people with as low as 400 hours and less getting hired (not a good idea in my opinion, as you should get some experience before flying passengers around for hire).
This is not to discourage you however, if you're very motivated and stick to your goals, you would eventually find a job. The commercial aviation world has very frequent ups and downs in terms of pilot hiring. In the last two years, the market has been in a near complete hiring freeze. Just before that period, the airlines had a hiring boom as they could not hire enough pilots to keep up with the demand for flying. Before that was 9/11 that created a few years of hiring freeze.
The fact that no one is hiring right NOW may be good for you to begin your flight training and gain experience so you can get a job when the demand for pilots rises again.
I personally don't think that it matters whether you get your licenses at a university, a part 141 school or in an part 61 FBO as long as you get good training. It is important that you take responsibility on your flight training, look for a good school, good instructor, read A LOT, and show up prepared for your lessons.
As the required certificates, You will need as a minimum, a commercial multi-engine airplane license and an instrument rating.
Flight experience can be gained in many different ways, but on the civilian route I recommend one: flight instruction, since you really learn something when you try to teach it.
Hope this helps you, and good luck on your flying career,
Amir Fleminger
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