How long did it take - First Job?
 

I will be finishing my CPL H this year and curious to know how long it took for you fellow pprune'rs to land that first flying job, and what type of flying ie: tours, instructing etc...

Got my licence four years ago. Took me 8 months to get my first job as ground crew. Then 15 months later is was off and running, flying for the same company full time.

Now doing VIP, ambulance and charter flying.:ok:

Took 5 years to save up and get the licence and then another 5 years of loading etc to get flying. The first 1000 hrs is always the hardest. Keep trying and don't give up.

After I had completed my CPL(H(200hrs on R22's etc) I emailed every AOC holder in the UK and got nowhere. 2 years later I got my FI ticket, and before I'd even finished my course I had been offered 3 jobs. Was working within 2 weeks of getting my licence from the CAA.

I got my Cpl in Dec 2006 then I applied to every opening there was but no results. I started some roundtrips in the spring of 2007 with my former cplschool and had a nice summer. Than I had all the hours I needed to start my FI. Well I got mi FI licence a month ago and now I fly a little as an Instructor und fly roundtrips and also some cargo but just as an Freelancer.

Cheers Captino

Took three years to do all my training up to CFII/200 hours, started work the week after finishing and within fifteen months had 1000 hours, mostly instructing. During the three years of training I never did a rating/license/hour building in the same place and built as many contacts as I could, one of them kept there word and took me on.
Cheers TS
ps. hate the 300 hour thing for FI in Europe, FAA rocks...

advice me plz
 

Hey every1,

Can any1 tell me wat kind of ratin and how many hours do u need 2 get job in airlines after doing cpl

Thankx

Mmmmmm ...


....Hey every1,

Can any1 tell me wat kind of ratin and how many hours do u need 2 get job in airlines after doing cpl

Thankx


Only after you learn to write (and read) in correct English? :E

5 years for the first proper one...

Got the job first, the licence about 15 years later. :)

4.5 years of sweeping floors, cleaning toilets, fuelling other peoples helicopters and general "hangar rat" duties before they threw me the keys to my first helicopter.

What is it with the urge to fly?-----

Declined PhD offer at Liverpool Uni. Failed RAF officer selection. Joined the Army as a private soldier with the sole intention of getting on a pilots course.

5 long years later I finally talked my way onto the Army Pilots Course. I was told, after just 8 flying hours, that I had very little chance of passing the course!

After CPL nothing for 9 months, then did an IR and within 2 months of passing was on the North Sea!!

I was one of the fortunate ones though - never give up on your dream!!!!:)

The best method is to earn a few dollars doing short flights jobs after you get youre PPL to build up your hours. When you finally get youre CPL you will already have the experience and will probably walk into the first job you apply for.

No, you don't. You are not allowed to get any dollars, pounds or euros) or any other currency) if you are a PPL holder. Second of all there are simply no 'low time' jobs anymore.

Took me 6 months of part-time instructing to land my first well paid job. But that's a good few years back. Don't think that applies in the current climate.

So what next BT?

hey hillerbee dont get excited about matey le singe, his MO is to kid you that he is an incompetent amateur :rolleyes:

to answer the question, took me 6 months to do some proper instructing after getting PPL instructor rating, took another 2 years to get the CPL (those darned study books were quite thick) did some charter straight away after that, but took another year to get north sea job, and thank god a proper salary, being brassic all the time for 3 years was v.dull :(

That's exactly what I am doing at the moment,(except the earning bit!) building hours as a PPL and gaining lots of experience. :ok:

Got my first gig (casual basis) straight after gaining CPL ticket, but dare I say it was unpaid!

JOB???
 

Job......?

This is a JOB??

This isn't a job it's a lifestyle. :O

:ok:

Floats out.