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Old 16th Sep 2008, 21:52
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MIKECR
 
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Redsnail sums it up nicely. Corporate isnt really a low hours first time job. Most companies, as well as private owners with their personal pilots want experienced crew.

Particularly for '1 person ops' as redsnail says, its long hours and fairly demanding at times. 24/7, 7 days a week, its you and your laptop and your broadband dongle, pretty much at the beckon call of the boss. I have some experience(albeit fairly little) of that side of flying and can confirm its certainly a far cry from airline flying. Cleaning the aroplane, flight planning, fuel planning, catering, de-icing, carrying passenger bags, booking client accommodation, aircraft management and maintenance, the list go's on......flying the aeroplane probably only accounts for a very small percentage of the actual job. The annual flying hours will probably be less than the average airline pilot too.

If you've got an ops dept then great... if not, your on your own!
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