Resume Gripes.
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Just break down you multi. Having no PIC is going to be the case at some point in your career. Listing total ME time and no breakdown won't see you make my short list. Everyone has there bug bear. That's mine.
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You should not put your referees' contact details on the resume. You can give them when requested. There is a risk or referee fatigue if they get a call from everyone to whom you have submitted your resume. If you submit them when requested, you have time to coach them specifically to the requirements of the job you are applying for.
You should not put your DOB on a resume either. It should be a short "sales" document on you, your ability and experience.
You should not put your DOB on a resume either. It should be a short "sales" document on you, your ability and experience.
We paid the award
In answer to one poster who claimed the job couldn't have been that good if no one wanted to come to FNQ for a first gig I beg to differ. We paid the award which I know is pretty poor but what more do you want for a first gig? We knew as soon as you got any decent multi out of us you were off anyway!
The boss knew if he paid more he could keep people longer but his thinking was to spread the love so to speak. Pay a bit less but get more people the magic 500 hours multi seemed to work well for everyone.
The boss knew if he paid more he could keep people longer but his thinking was to spread the love so to speak. Pay a bit less but get more people the magic 500 hours multi seemed to work well for everyone.
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If you paid the award, then yours is the first story I have heard in my 25 years in the industry where a company couldn't find a pilot to fill an award paid flying position.
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I've been flying in the UK my whole career to date, 3 years as an instructor and then 10 in 2 major airlines flying heavy jets. 10 years ago as I was getting check on a PA31 for a command position I got a phone call from a major charter airline asking if I'd like to fly the 757 instead. Now I've got nearly 7000 hours total, 1600 Command, 1300 PICus and 4000 Co-pilot. My PICus time is exactly that - logged where I've not had a decision overruled by the PIC, checked the load sheet, ordered the fuel, started the engines and even taxied thanks to dual tillers. Trouble is I've only got 40 odd hours multi-pic, any tips on how to present my resume to a prospective Australian employer?
The way you have described it is just fine, and with some slight rewording would be the way to present yourself. Obviously the 1600 command is single engine, so that needs to be made clear.
With only 40 hours 'real' multi command (on light twins presumably?) some employers may have a problem unless they can think a bit out of the square and maybe make a special case.
The fact that you hold an ATPL means you are legal to fly transport category aircraft in command. Not that you are likely to get a DEC anyway, but you should be a candidate for relatively quick promotion with that experience.
Good luck!
With only 40 hours 'real' multi command (on light twins presumably?) some employers may have a problem unless they can think a bit out of the square and maybe make a special case.
The fact that you hold an ATPL means you are legal to fly transport category aircraft in command. Not that you are likely to get a DEC anyway, but you should be a candidate for relatively quick promotion with that experience.
Good luck!
Personally for an Australian employer I would present it as 5300 Co-pilot - as that represents exactly what it is. If your pride really insists you could include (1300 logged as ICUS) after it, but it just confuses the issue.
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Fresh CPL and have no other experience yet, would this be an acceptable way of listing my limited experience?
FLYING EXPERIENCE
Total Hours: 145
PIC: 70
Type: C172, C182
Assuming the details below are not really that relevant?
IF: 5
Sim: 6
Night: 9
Night PIC:5
Thanks
FLYING EXPERIENCE
Total Hours: 145
PIC: 70
Type: C172, C182
Assuming the details below are not really that relevant?
IF: 5
Sim: 6
Night: 9
Night PIC:5
Thanks
How the hell do you hold a CPL with 145 hours total? 
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Quite frankly, many pilots don't know how to write a pilot resume.
At the end they write a resume that is similar to a normal resume.
At the end they write a resume that is similar to a normal resume.
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My PICus time is exactly that - logged where I've not had a decision overruled by the PIC, checked the load sheet, ordered the fuel, started the engines and even taxied thanks to dual tillers.
It's an either/or situation; Either you *are* the PIC, or you are not. If you are not the PIC, trying to spin it so that you're claiming to be almost the PIC will play poorly with a lot of people.
