LOW TIME FLYING JOBS

Becoming a competitive candidate for low time flying jobs and successfully navigating the next 1,000 hours of your career requires knowledge and a set of soft and hard skills that commercial pilot training programs omit from their "teach-to-the-test" curriculum.

The Pilot's Guide To Low Time Flying Jobs fills these holes and aids low time commercial pilots in all aspects of bridging the tedious gap between their commercial checkride and the 1,500 hour ATP milestone.

This course will teach you:
  • How to overcome the obstacles to employment you face as a low time pilot
  • What jobs are available, their minimum experience requirements, typical schedule, compensation, applicable regulations and flight techniques
  • Where to search for jobs, as well as a list of nearly 70, non-CFI, low time pilot employers across the US to whom you can apply
  • Networking techniques, with real examples of successful strategies that you can replicate
  • How to create the most effective pilot-specific resume and cover letter, with samples of each
  • The most critical information to study when preparing to begin a new job or fly a new aircraft, as well as the most effective methods of self-studying
  • Professional pilot techniques, tips, and knowledge, including flight planning considerations, performance and weather so that you can take your airmanship to the next level
  • How to deal with the seldom-discussed but most significant challenges faced by professional pilots, including external pressure imposed by employers and crew members, imposter syndrome, and mental health​
This course is currently available in hardcover and ebook format. The online video course format will be available soon. Sign up at the bottom of this page to be notified when it becomes available. 

Commercial Pilot Course Series

The reality is that the FAA's commercial pilot training requirements and commercial training programs do not effectively prepare pilots to exercise the privileges of their commercial pilot certificate. Upon completion of your commercial pilot checkride, you will likely find yourself grossly unprepared and unequipped to exercise your privileges as a commercial pilot. Why? 
  • Commercial pilot training fails to emphasize or remedy the biggest challenges in flying for hire
  • Commercial pilot training fails to provide practical advice for finding a job flying airplanes
  • Commercial pilot training fails to provide practical knowledge on flying larger, more complex aircraft
  • Commercial pilot training fails to provide knowledge or experience flying as a crew
  • Commercial pilot training requires flying maneuvers that will never be used in real-life
  • Commercial pilot training fails to cover the personal, social, and mental challenges of flying professionally
  • Commercial pilot training fails to explain how to effectively study for type ratings​​
In an effort to fill in the massive holes left in commercial pilot flight training, Oregon Flight School has developed a 3-part commercial pilot course series that will cover the aforementioned shortcomings, as well as many others. This course will be be useful to the commercial pilot applicant as well as those of you who already hold a commercial pilot certificate because it is NOT a course designed to teach to any test - it is a course designed for real-life Commercial Pilot flying.
Be sure to check out Part I and Part III below! 
Commercial Pilot Course Part I: Passing Your Checkride, Oral, and Written Knowledge Test. ​​This FREE short course covers how to most effectively pass the commercial pilot checkride, oral, and FAA written knowledge test.
Commercial Pilot Course Part III: Your First Copilot Job. This course will cover everything you need to know to become successful as a first-time professional copilot. This course is currently being developed.

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