I’m not sure if these are better suited to this forum or the Commercial forum, but seeing as two legs were Part 91 (ie dead legs) then I’ll post them here (Deano, feel free to move the post if you wish).
The airplane at o’dark thirty on the ramp at Zanesville Ohio (KZZV)..
Same trip, during the afternoon return flight from Huntington WV to Columbus Ohio.. beautiful day!
Me having a great time… er, I mean at work.. yes, I’m at work, honest 😉 .
By: Paul Rix - 9th December 2006 at 15:03
Well, I was able to move to the States relatively easily because my wife is a US Citizen. Flight training in the UK seemed unachievable for me due to the costs involved and it seemed there were very few jobs out there. I was 31 when we moved across the pond in 2002. I started training for my FAA PPL almost as soon as I got here and took a job as a line service guy refueling planes etc at the local airport to help pay for the flight lessons. I had decided to take the whole FAA license from scratch because my Cypriot licence had expired (I got my PPL at RAF Akrotiri). After getting the PPL I worked on my instrument rating at the same airport (where I now got an employee’s discount on the C172) followed by the Commercial (had to go to another airport so that I could fly a ‘Complex’ type) and then, in short order I went away for a week of training to get my multi-engine addon to my existing commercial and instrument tickets. Commercial Multi-engine Instrument is all I needed to get on as a co-pilot on the charter side of the company I was already working for as a line guy. By now it was May of 2004. To start with I was mainly still doing Line Service with the odd charter flight (they were doing a lot of single pilot charter back then so two pilot trips were not as common). As time has gone on though the flying has really picked up, and the trend towards two pilot operations really increased (the customer has the choice of one or two pilots when they book a trip).
I guess a lot of things fell into place for me when I moved here. I was lucky to get my foot in the door with a company that found an increasing need for co-pilots. Right place, right time I guess. I had a lot of support form Erika and her family too.
So basically it took me a little under two years from moving here to get to the point where I was flying as a co-pilot (albeit part time). This past year it has been a full time position though.
By: BlueRobin - 9th December 2006 at 11:11
This is what me and Dean are working toward. 🙂
What prompted a over to the US and how easy could you progress from there, Paul?
By: SimonH - 9th December 2006 at 10:28
Nice office! Why cant mine look like that:(
By: Moggy C - 9th December 2006 at 10:25
I hate you.
:diablo:
Moggy 😉
By: Paul Rix - 9th December 2006 at 01:18
Oh it’s a hard life, isn’t it?:D
just think, you could have been on the 07:28 into Kings Cross instead….:eek:
It’s a tough job, but I guess someone has to do it :D. I have dreamed of being a pilot since I was 4 years old. I managed to get my PPL when I was 24 years old while in the RAF based in Cyprus. It took moving to the States before I was able to pursue a career flying, so I am kind of a late starter I guess.
By: Paul Rix - 9th December 2006 at 01:14
GA in my book 😉
Nice pics Paul, you lucky ***** ! 😀 Do you do this for a living or is it just personal transport?
🙂 I do this for a living. At present I am a FO/Co-Pilot while I build more hours. I somehow doubt I will ever be in a position to have my own personal King Air. It would be nice though 😉 .
By: wessex boy - 9th December 2006 at 00:08
Oh it’s a hard life, isn’t it?:D
just think, you could have been on the 07:28 into Kings Cross instead….:eek:
By: BlueRobin - 8th December 2006 at 23:55
GA in my book 😉
Nice pics Paul, you lucky ***** ! 😀 Do you do this for a living or is it just personal transport?
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