Opportunities for pilots with 500+ hours
I am curious to see if anyone has any opinions or information regarding the opportunities a pilot with 500+ hours total time might have in Australia. Specifically 500+ hours CPL, Instructor Rating, Night Rating and MEIR.
Here in New Zealand its mostly just instructional jobs with the odd charter here and there. The charter operations generally look for high time pilots who are not interested in Airlines or who have been in Airlines in the past.
Does 500+ hours provide you with any benefits or are you still under the 1000 hour mark and therefore put in the same low time basket as when you leave flight school?