So I guess the pilot shortage is finally here!?

[r22butters]

Brace yourselves, but old butters has received not one, but two calls in the last two days on old resumes! Holy sh*t, I can't believe it either!

 

The first, yesturday, was from Tropic, so they must REALLY be getting desperate! He left a message that he'll try again today.

 

The second was a 44 tour operation, I actually talked with them, but alas,...I'm too fat!

 

,...now if PHI calls someone's gonna have to get the smelling salts!

 

If only this was five years ago when I still had some desire left in me?

[Guest pokey]

put on yer helicopter flyin' suit and cancel yer prescription of 'fukitol' and tell 'em yer a good friend of the bug and want 1/2 million to start---up front.

 

guess that rules out cold callin?

Edited August 14, 2017 by pokey

[Andrew N]

Well I just finished my private and I'm working on commercial... but I've sort of chalked it up to a bust. The only reasonable opportunities I think I see nowadays is EMS, border patrol and law enforcement. All are fine... but I'm starting to just think I'll do a FW transition after I finish commercial and spend the next 10 years building up that 1500 hours while I keep my day job.

[DizzyD]

When I was in a similar situation, I found another pilot looking to build time and we bought a cheap but sound C152 and flew it for over 1000hrs..sold it...bought a cheap but sound PA30 repeated the process and we both had qualifying ATP hours (not skills) in a just over a year. Had a blast doing it, saw the USA, and got real world experience in numerous high density terminal areas.