This may be a silly question, or maybe it's a really good one.
I am graduating with a BS next month with a CFI and a soon to be CFII. I have a job opportunity to go fly up in the mountains, under part 61 ops; I would be taking people up for a scenic flights and have 3-5 students to myself. I also have an opportunity to stay at my current 141 flight school and build my time teaching there. It can be argued that staying at the 141 school is a 'no brainer', but then again, the mountain flying idea sounds like a lot of fun and a lot could be learned there (I am currently around 8 hrs exp. in back country). Do airlines care where you build hours? What sounds better in an interview? Thank you!
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Re: A question for an airline employee (interviewers preferred)
Not an interviewer but at this moment in the US as long as you have ATP or R-ATP mins and your logbook is not composed primarily of Parker time, all you need is the ability to fog a mirror and pass the ATP-CTP course to gain employment as a first officer at a regional airline.
Just don’t expect to get right to a major/lcc right off the street without spending a little time at a regional airline.
Just don’t expect to get right to a major/lcc right off the street without spending a little time at a regional airline.
Re: A question for an airline employee (interviewers preferred)
It’s probably not a big deal which you choose. If you could become a part 141 check pilot that would become a slight resume booster at the regional level but I doubt better paying Airlines would care. Unless the difference in flight hours per month is significant, I say try to head for the mountains if that’s what you really want.
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Re: A question for an airline employee (interviewers preferred)
Just throwing it out there, but you'll probably gain hours quicker at the 141.
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