Originally Posted by
mikewil
It's not useless, you just don't want thousands of hours doing it.
If you can use it to get over the 500 hour mark then it is a good way to get a start.
Absolutely agree, I used it as my first job in between working a full-time job. Pay was $20 a load and worked with some undesirables. However, operating in class C dropping in between RPT meant being given a drop time by ATC and working backwards from departure to be on point, at height, on the minute, taught me the valuable lessons of time management and engine management.
Agreed though, not something you want to do forever!