any advice for a sideways flyer

[sidewaysux]

Can anyone give any insight into career options for a 1200TT pilot. 400 hours sitting sideways in a 727 for a cargo carrier.

please be respectful.

thanks
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[awitzke]

Just start making phone calls and sending resumes. What do you want to do? Right seat? Left seat? There's been a fair amount of jobs posted recently for 1900's, King Airs... Apply to ., WestWind, NorAlta, Air Bravo, North Star, Wasaya, Bearskin, CMA, PasCo, etc. Your options are endless. Don't just email. If you can and you're in the area of some of these places go there in person. Heck, go apply to Jazz they are hiring like mad right now. Inside scoop told me 2 ground schools a month with 15 each class until April.

Are you flying for KFC?

[TG]

I knew a guy who flew sideways, like you call it, on L1011 for Air Transat.
Being a flight engineer was all his career at the time.

So when he learned they would eventually let go those L1011 for A310 or B757, he went to pass all his pilot's licences and managed to get a flying job elsewhere quickly afterward. I just can't remember if it was with Air Inuit, or just flying a Piper Aztec for an outfit.

Just to say that at first opportunity, Air Transat hired him back without a hinch as F/O! And probably well below the minimums hours they were asking for.


So yes, leave without burning bridges, built hours and maybe you could come back fairly quickly depending on the demand.
Or progress eslewhere.
Either way, I wouldn't count your experience as useless.

Edit: I missed what you wrote in plain view, that you already have a fair amount of time.
Still, go elsewhere built time if you see your current career path in stand still.