Got my first flying job straight out of flying school. This was delivering airplanes, both small and big around the world.
I flew Citations, Kingairs and Cheyennes in the corporate world with some night freight in Metros in between. Got lucky when I got a short contract flying a VIP B737´s -300´s and -500´s.
Later I flew VIP B727´s again around the world.
For the last year I have been in and out of western Africa flying PAX B727´s. Quite different. But beats working in Micky Dee´s. I got that gig through a friend of mine, he decided to make a 180 out of that hellhole.
Flying as a contract pilot can be very rewarding. Most of the jobs seem to be coming from friends and by word of mouth
I am still looking for the first " real " nice and neat airline job. Might take a while, but I got all the time in the world.