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Old 24th Aug 2014, 17:52
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QJB
 
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first employers for newby's

C210,
Jobs seem to be hard to come by atm and not just for newbies. I would suggest one way to get a start, assuming you are a fresh CPL would be to aim for the smaller scenic flight companies, there's a few around the place that will take you with bare CPL. You can try and get lucky at the larger charter operators that occasionally hire low hour guys/gals but you'll be competing against 20 other pilots doing the same thing.
IMO the best way would be to get an instructor rating, do it somewhere that will give you a job afterward and get 500-1000hrs total time that way... then go charter. You may also enjoy the benefits of living in a major centre, retain some semblance of an ordinary life and perhaps even arrive at your final career goal with some shred of dignity left intact
Good luck!
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