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Was chatting to a "corporate" Captain a couple of days ago, he was explaining about his demanding lifestyle. His last trip consisted of the VIP deciding that he didnt want the airplane or crew on the same Caribbean island as him. So the plane and 15 crew blasted off to Cancun for 10 days at an all-expenses-paid resort.....
SOunds like a hard life, but i suppose that someone has to do it!!!!
SOunds like a hard life, but i suppose that someone has to do it!!!!
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Gidday,
I'm would like to get into the corporate jet work and wondered of anyone had tips or contact address for me.
I've got 1400 hrs made up of charter and geo survey,75 hrs jet and would love a co job anywhere.
Any help appreciated,
As for GA am currently flying a C210 low level survey around Namibia and loving it but would like to make that step up the rung.
Cheers
email [email protected]
I'm would like to get into the corporate jet work and wondered of anyone had tips or contact address for me.
I've got 1400 hrs made up of charter and geo survey,75 hrs jet and would love a co job anywhere.
Any help appreciated,
As for GA am currently flying a C210 low level survey around Namibia and loving it but would like to make that step up the rung.
Cheers
email [email protected]
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Hey v1. I am looking for a serious carreer change. US ATPL, 6500tt C550. How do I get that kind of international position? How did you start? It sounds like a very interesting flying job. Thanks.
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carpe diem
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carpe diem
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In my aviation career I have flown for the goverment, a small airline and corporate. With the RIGHT boss corporate is the only way to go.
I left a ten year career as a B-727 captain with the goverment to go back to work flying a "little" Sabre 65 for an old boss of mine. While I was working for the goverment I flew 9,700hr in ten years. If that wasn't enough when the pilots weren't flying we had to sit in an office for eight hours a day. The normal week was four days of flying and the fifth day in the office. The flying days consisted a 08:00 takeoff (06:30 show time) three to five stops with five to six hours of scheduled flying time and a crew duty day of ten to eleven hours. The next day you get up and do it again. The salary was ok not great, I was a GS-14 and we were paid true time and a half overtime which worked out to be in the range of $100,000.00 USD a year ( about half of what a 72 captain for a major airline makes ).
I went back to work for former employer for a considerable raise in salary, an unlimited expence account, excellent fringe benifits and on any extended trips my wife comes with me.
And yes I do miss flying the 72, but not that much!
So in my case, corporate is the way to go.
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I left a ten year career as a B-727 captain with the goverment to go back to work flying a "little" Sabre 65 for an old boss of mine. While I was working for the goverment I flew 9,700hr in ten years. If that wasn't enough when the pilots weren't flying we had to sit in an office for eight hours a day. The normal week was four days of flying and the fifth day in the office. The flying days consisted a 08:00 takeoff (06:30 show time) three to five stops with five to six hours of scheduled flying time and a crew duty day of ten to eleven hours. The next day you get up and do it again. The salary was ok not great, I was a GS-14 and we were paid true time and a half overtime which worked out to be in the range of $100,000.00 USD a year ( about half of what a 72 captain for a major airline makes ).
I went back to work for former employer for a considerable raise in salary, an unlimited expence account, excellent fringe benifits and on any extended trips my wife comes with me.
And yes I do miss flying the 72, but not that much!
So in my case, corporate is the way to go.
[This message has been edited by ozone ranger (edited 03 June 2000).]
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The Sabre 65, for a twenty year old airplane, does a fantastic job for a small jet. On short range trips up to 1,500 kt miles it can cruise at .80m so it is fairly fast.
However it's range for it's class aircraft is what is outstanding. One of our regular runs is from Houston Texas KHOU to Bogota Colmbia SKBO, a distance of 2,000 natuical miles. We can carry four paxs with a lot of baggage, the flying time from KHOU to SKBO ranges from 4.8 to 5.2 hrs and I have never landed with less than 2 hrs of fuel left.
All other small jets that have that type of performance cost two to three times more. The aircraft is very easy to fly with simple systems.
Five hours is about all the time I like to sit in an airplane anyway, no matter how big it is. But I guess I going to have to put up with longer flights again because we are buying a Falcon 900EX. Oh well, still beats working for living.
However it's range for it's class aircraft is what is outstanding. One of our regular runs is from Houston Texas KHOU to Bogota Colmbia SKBO, a distance of 2,000 natuical miles. We can carry four paxs with a lot of baggage, the flying time from KHOU to SKBO ranges from 4.8 to 5.2 hrs and I have never landed with less than 2 hrs of fuel left.
All other small jets that have that type of performance cost two to three times more. The aircraft is very easy to fly with simple systems.
Five hours is about all the time I like to sit in an airplane anyway, no matter how big it is. But I guess I going to have to put up with longer flights again because we are buying a Falcon 900EX. Oh well, still beats working for living.
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Ozone,
Sabre sounds like a lot of fun. certainly beats working. Would love to fly one.
We have just completed a sortie to Lusaka, Nairobi & Entebbe. Beats working.
Off to Zimbabwe tomorrow. Malawi on Thurs. Freetown on Sat. When I come the States in September I am keen to fly a Sabre.
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Sabre sounds like a lot of fun. certainly beats working. Would love to fly one.
We have just completed a sortie to Lusaka, Nairobi & Entebbe. Beats working.
Off to Zimbabwe tomorrow. Malawi on Thurs. Freetown on Sat. When I come the States in September I am keen to fly a Sabre.
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Some people have all the luck.
I work in a Bank. Crunch numbers all day
Saving like hell to complete PPL.
Do not go to exciting places
scene from office window is ****
office is at FL0.000
Well as they say No condition is permanent
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live to fly
I work in a Bank. Crunch numbers all day
Saving like hell to complete PPL.
Do not go to exciting places
scene from office window is ****
office is at FL0.000
Well as they say No condition is permanent
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live to fly
