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Old 17th April 2007 | 03:51
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BELL209
 
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You are getting good advice. I will add this as a guy doing this for 23 years. I love being PIC its one of the reasons I do this job.

If you can stomach the CFI stay there and get your 1000hrs then move to tours get the turbine transition and to 1500 do some fire work after that.

It will be worth the experience, building your reputation and meeting other people in the industry.

After that you can do you SIC to get the job if thats what it takes.

I know the student thing gets old but so will listing to some old guy like me telling you his stories and getting his coffee. And if he likes you, you might get some stick time. If you come into that job with some experience the company might put some pressure on the PIC to get you trained but at 600hrs there will be no fast track.

This career path has many bumps and turns with so many ways for it to end you really need to in joy the journey.

Looking back I would not have made the early jump your considering but that was then and it was me.

Good luck
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