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CaptChris · March 3rd, 2005, 15:09

In an attempt to avoid the CFI checkride, the responsibility, and the overall agony of having to deal with being a flight instructor I tried to find a way around instructing. The only real alternative is to purchase a plane. If you fly jumpers, gliders, sightseeing, etc. as ESF mentioned, you don't build any x-c time, or any instrument time.

The only thing that I found that will provide you a good amount of time, x-c, instrument, etc. is aerial survey. I talked with some companies with mins around 300 hours TT, others want 500, and I've seen some as high as 1000! In any event, there is a quality versus quantity issue.

March 3rd, 2005, 15:09	#4
CaptChris Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 556	Re: Getting a Job w/out Being an Instructor? In an attempt to avoid the CFI checkride, the responsibility, and the overall agony of having to deal with being a flight instructor I tried to find a way around instructing. The only real alternative is to purchase a plane. If you fly jumpers, gliders, sightseeing, etc. as ESF mentioned, you don't build any x-c time, or any instrument time. The only thing that I found that will provide you a good amount of time, x-c, instrument, etc. is aerial survey. I talked with some companies with mins around 300 hours TT, others want 500, and I've seen some as high as 1000! In any event, there is a quality versus quantity issue.