Banner towing, pipeline, jump pilot...I'll take whatever!!

[HighFlyer72599]

So I'm going to be graduating here in about a month with my private pilot, instrument rating, commercial rating, CFI, CFII, multi-engine instrument rating, and about 300+ hours and still cannot seem to find that first time building job. I was wondering if anyone out there had heard of any jobs such as banner towing, pipeline, jump pilot, fish spotting, fire spotting, traffic watch, flight instructing, etc. I have looked hard for about three months and it seems like most places want unheard of minimums for these types of jobs. I'll move anywhere at all as long as I can pay rent, food, and some student loans which are lurking over my head.

Any help at all would be great,

HighFlyer72599

[bananaman2]

If you find anything let me know!... we're just two out of thousands out there thinking the same!

[HighFlyer72599]

For the council guy: Get on usjobs.gov and there are a ton of jobs that you are eligible for. They all require like 1500 hours total time and low multi mins which you also meet. Search for flight, or flight instructing, and forest department...you'll find them, most are at least 40K a year too

[rogerg]

Banner towing, pipeline, jump pilot...I'll take whatever!!
Maybe with your experience you may not be qualified to do any of these jobs.

[Finals19]

Council Van ... you have a PM mate..:)

[HighFlyer72599]

Ah...gotcha, how does that work exactly? Like how much different is it from american certificates and ratings?

[flyhighspeed300]

I am in the same position as well

The mains questions is have you got 1500hrs or 1000hrs
Or have you got a FI rating? (which if you have the rating there is no jobs at the moment) my flying school FI pilots do less than 6hrs a week.


The 2 question I keep finding; have i done the dangous goods course?
I have not becuase it isn't cheap just under £500
and how many u.k and EU hours have you got?

All i am doing is flying once a month and keeping up my IR & MEP ratings.

p.s you should see the number of student still training to get an Frozen ATPL Licence. I went back the other day to where i trainined and there ground school classes is double the size when i was there.

+ also an EU airline in january had a first officer position going. they closed the date early due to having +650 people apply for that one position.