Garman
Mate this is the best I have got and straight from the hip.
I have done charter (2100+ hours), I have done instructing (1200+ hours), I am now a CFI and a Chief Pilot (again). I haven't been there and done everything
but between me and my friends we possibly have. All the guys I was driving 206s with are now captains at Wirgin and the guys I drove Chieftains with are now Captains in Pornstar or FOs in major intl airlines, or driving jets and CASA's in Antarctica, or driving for the RFDS.
I have a bit of an insight into what is going on out there and I have to say that the best way you can get "airline" skills is to get out there in a CHTR environment and learn from other guys. Change companies every 12 months and push and progress and LEARN. When you have done 12 months SE charter and then 12 months ME charter, move on to turbines.
Instructing is great... AFTER you have done 1-2 years charter and you actually have some real knowledge to pass on to your victims.... er, students.
Instructing will make you soft (and bitter) quicker than CHTR.
To be a good airline operator you have to be SHARP and REGIMENTED. You have to hone your skills and preferably have someone in the LHS (or RHS) helping you hone them.
If you're really hot, go out to Dubbo and fly with AIrlink for a couple of years. That'll bash you into shape....
... and GOOD LUCK!
... oh and learn that "their" is posessive and "there" is a location
... "twins" is plural... "twins's" is possessive.
... and yes it matters. I have recently received 30+ resumes and guess which were first culled?
