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gomntwins · October 11th, 2006, 19:38

You wanna buy time... 100 hours multiplied by 200 dollars per hour (using rough estimates for multis... I realize you can find cheaper) equals $20,000. Split between two would be $10,000. If you want 200 hours you're looking at between 20-40,000 dollars (depends on if you decide to split time or not). That's a lot of money for getting your airline job a few months earlier than without. You say you're not opposed to cargo, but want the 200 anyway. If you pay for 200 hours and decide on a job at Ram Air or something similar that required 15 you just threw at least 1 full year of pay out the window (if not two after loan payments, etc) for hours you really didn't need. Figure out what you want to do than aim for that goal. don't invest any more money than you need to (you'll obviously need the commercial multi, so subtract 10-20 hours out of your 200). When you get 1000 hours and have a better idea what you want to do, make the decision then. Buying time with no real goal in mind is an extremely big risk. If you're worth millions and money's not an issue, that changes everything. If that's the case buy however much multi time you want.

October 11th, 2006, 19:38	#14
gomntwins Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Dakota Posts: 511	Re: Multi Engine time You wanna buy time... 100 hours multiplied by 200 dollars per hour (using rough estimates for multis... I realize you can find cheaper) equals $20,000. Split between two would be $10,000. If you want 200 hours you're looking at between 20-40,000 dollars (depends on if you decide to split time or not). That's a lot of money for getting your airline job a few months earlier than without. You say you're not opposed to cargo, but want the 200 anyway. If you pay for 200 hours and decide on a job at Ram Air or something similar that required 15 you just threw at least 1 full year of pay out the window (if not two after loan payments, etc) for hours you really didn't need. Figure out what you want to do than aim for that goal. don't invest any more money than you need to (you'll obviously need the commercial multi, so subtract 10-20 hours out of your 200). When you get 1000 hours and have a better idea what you want to do, make the decision then. Buying time with no real goal in mind is an extremely big risk. If you're worth millions and money's not an issue, that changes everything. If that's the case buy however much multi time you want.