your first flying job, what/how old

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Hi Water Wings!

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Hey hello Water Wings!

I didn't know you began as a FA. It's great you made it to what you're doing now, isn't?

If we ever fly together, you'll be at the commands of the wide-body, no doubt.

Cheers
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Post by IflyaSewerpipe »

22 - Instructing
26 - F/O and then Capt. SW4
27 - F/O 1900D
28 - F/O CRJ

and having a blast
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clunckdriver wrote:Seventeen , Tiger Moth, Eighteen, Harvard, from then on they just got faster and louder. What a pity it takes a war to generate such a path for a young person!

c'mon now. you gotta tell us all the in between... Thats gotta be awesome!
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Post by wsguy »

Well let's see...
23 C150 owner
26 C172 first flying job...
27 C402
28 Start an airtaxi service PA31, PA34, C310 .... bad idea!
32 Metro III CPT
33 B727 FO
36 B737 CPT
38 A310 CPT

All went down hill from there! But still having fun!
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Post by Crazed Windscreen »

Not quite 30 but close

28yrs old, C180 on floats with 211hrs TT, 11 on floats
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22 instructing
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Post by pika »

21 - A320 FO.

Just kidding!

23 - C185 Floats
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21, Jetstream FO. Don't know what's next but just crossed 700 hours.
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16 - flying a desk
19 - flying a fuel truck
21 - flying a bigger desk
22 - C207, BE99 f/o
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Ok, I'll bite

27 - F/A
28 - DHC6 F/O
30 - BE20 F/O PA31/C206 Capt
32 - Lear 25D F/O
33 - Ag truck/ 550 Thrush / Air Tractor 402
38 - Capt BE20/30

Hoping I'll get to add something interesting in the next few years... sigh
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Post by LuckyPilot »

I got a late start in the business :cry: , but then I got lucky :P .

25/C180 on floats for a lodge, DC3 F/O for mining company
27/DC3 F/O, first airline job
28/L382G F/O
32/B737 F/O
34/CRJ F/O, finally make it to the show
36/A320 F/O
38/B767 F/O
39/A340/A330 F/O
44/A320 CAPTAIN (FINALLY!!)

I've had four employers in 27 years.
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Post by McPhoo »

24 - Private
26 - Commercial
27 - Flyin skydivers in Idaho
28 - C206 & C207 Western Arctic
30 - F0 B200
34 - PIC B200

Lovin it every day or at least that is what I tell myself
cause I'm in way too deep like WaterWings!!
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Post by 337 »

23 - Dock Hand
24 - Instructor
24 - Flew 337 for Logging Co.
25 - Back to Instructing ... later ... 206 Pilot / Medivac FO on a Cheyenne
26 - PA31 / 34 Back into the Bush
27 - B1900 FO
28-32 - B1900 Captain
33-35 - 737 FO
35 and beyond - 737 Captain
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19 cessna 180/185
20 DHC-2/-3& norseman
twins,floats, owner ever since
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20 - chemical loader for ag op. / aviation college
22 - Meat bomber 182, 206 / instructor 150, 172
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Post by Jeremy Kent »

20 - "lecturer" at Flying College in China
21 - instructor
22 - PC-12 F/O
23 - Metro F/O
24 - B99 capt
27 - PC-12 capt
28 - B727 S/O
29 - EMJ F/O

Where did the time go??
double-j wrote:
clunckdriver wrote:Seventeen , Tiger Moth, Eighteen, Harvard, from then on they just got faster and louder.
c'mon now. you gotta tell us all the in between... Thats gotta be awesome!
I second this!!
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Post by ....... »

Wasn't this thread about the FIRST flying job????


Me... 23 F/O PA310-350 FWIW

I'm now 42... :wink:
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Post by Turbine »

22-CPL Multi IFR

22-PC-12 F/O, C-172 charter

23-C-210 charter

24-PA31-350 Capt

26-PC-12 Capt (Frickin' Contrail. Had to wait for 3000 hrs TT. :evil: )

28-C56X Capt
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Post by Mclovin »

22/23 -instructor C172
23/24- Charter C206/C207
24/25-Charter C206 and BE10 F/O for northern operator
25/26-F/O D228

Lovin every minute of it
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Post by flaps10 »

25 - Rampy in YYZ
25 - 26 DHC-6 FO
27 - PAY2/2XL/3 FO
28 - 29 PAY2/2XL Captain
30 - 31 P180 Captain
32 - Lear 35 Captain
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