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Originally Posted by Katzenjammer  Find a small charter outfit with a range of equipment that runs an FBO and flight school near a reasonable sized down. Move there. Take an inexpensive apartment and get a job in your current profession. Go out and get a part-time job on nights and weekends at the FBO as lineman or whatever. Let them know you intend to progress through PPL to CFI and then to fly for them. Put the customer first and show the charter company that you are the kind of person they want around.
Be available as safety pilot and other ways to build time.
A company with a range of equipment will have people moving up from within all the time so you have a ladder of progression.
Getting a job as a pilot for many is like starting a car from a slippery surface. At first you have to go slowly and even then you spin your wheels a lot. As things progress you get up more and more speed and eventually you're out racing along on dry pavement. |
Thanks for your thoughtful input. As a midwesterner, your analogy hits the mark. Here's to traction!