This is great advice, and it seems to be the mentality of many airlines right now on hiring us rotary guys. We have fewer hours than our fixed-wing counterparts, but what we lack in hours, we make up for in experience and control touch. We learn fast and typically we've been through many difficult flying situations in our career. Although it's not always the fastest route to a pilot career, I still advise people to check out becoming an Army helo pilot to start if they don't have a way to pay for it out of pocket. If you go Reserve or Guard, even though you have a 10 year commitment now, you can still pursue your aviation career simultaneously while also getting paid to do it. I recently got hired on to a major airline with no fixed-wing time and am now going through my fixed-wing training. Pretty awesome opportunities out there right now.

About 2000 hours. Pilot jobs are very hard to get as it is who you know they don't tell you that as there is no pilot shortage, employers can be picky.

@mrfinlay7516

9 ай бұрын

@@onyourbikes yeah and in Europe you can get airline jobs (for example as first officer on the A320) at 500hrs or so. You then own a "frozen ATPL" until have the full 1500 hrs as far as I know

@kenfresno1711

9 ай бұрын

@@onyourbikesOP doesn’t know what he is talking about.

@alexanderdavidson7837

9 ай бұрын

I was fortunate enough to get onto a 425 at 1000hrs. Was very lucky though

@milestoneconsulting3261

7 ай бұрын

@@onyourbikes the plane might say FedEx on it but the paycheck doesn’t say FedEx on it. Other companies operate those on behalf of FedEx.

Great video!

Great video, I hope to be flying the TPs some time soon. By the way I believe I seen you come into CYXC in the Conquest a couple weeks ago!

After over 20'000 hours of flying all kinds of a/c I have to admit: This young gentleman Capt Evan is absolutely right!! He would be the right pilot in the 747. Regards to all of you, from

Evan! Just recently found your videos, if you ever find yourself in my home town of golden I'd love to bring you all around the kinbasket! And some other back country😁 love the vids and your personality is sky high for going places! Was a WO1 9 year Air Cadet, biggest regret was not following my ambition and getting my power license.. your an inspiration man keep it up and pleass stay safe brother! 👌👌👌👌👌👌

Excelente video excelente advise 🛬✈️👍🏻🇺🇸

But how exactly did you become able to afford a 1,000,000 dollar plane??? That’s sounds interesting to me as well

Very interesting video!

Love flying the 441 Conquest 2, awesome aircraft!

@gendaminoru3195

3 ай бұрын

much different bird than the 425. I guess it will never happen given the STC is tied up with no plans to make parts, but the Robertson STOL kit on a 425 would give 425's the same flap config as the 441 and really make it a much safer plane for smaller airports. But if long runways, just take off with no flaps in 425. Some CFD studies have shown that the split flaps actually do generate some lift and low settings as they pump up circulation, but over say 5° they only add drag and no lfit. Yes 441's are the best of both worlds and really get you somewhere in cruise on longer trips. Maybe that's why the market has a hell of a premium in value like no other turboprop. Try $1.25+M for a decent one, one with a high serial number to get the factory installed systems with some kind of AHRS system and getting rid of the Cessna radios try over $1.5M. We'll just keep enjoying our $600K Merlin truck.

Another awesome upload and I really do echo your thoughts. Got on a C441 with 700hrs because the right people liked me (key to success) and I had some twin, night and ifr on the resume

Would love to see more explanation of everything you're doing along with the landing.

@EvanLuft

3 ай бұрын

I will do! :)

What's your favourite Airplane??

You didn't answer your own question in the title. How many hours and what else does it take?

@gregmeadors9624

9 ай бұрын

I think he did. It depends.

@dtsh4451

3 ай бұрын

$1M hours😂

I got into a twin otter at around 750 total time. It's SIC and mostly VFR but still counts.

THANKS FOR INFO

What does an insurance company have to do with you earning a ppl and getting various ratings..ie instrument, complex, high performance, twin eng, turbine?? If i do not intend to pursue a commercial license to make a living flying, what are the FAA required hours to get a twin turboprop rating?

Love your videos

@EvanLuft

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Means a lot :)

Hey Evan! I just found your channel a couple of days ago and I’ve been enjoying your videos a lot ! Out of curiosity how do you record your videos ? I’m doing my instrument and I want to be able to start my own Channel and record my progress !

@2xl830

4 ай бұрын

Total concentration on your training and NOT adjusting your Go-Pro clarity should take precedence on your wants. Did you see what happened to the gal and her father in TN ? More time spent understanding the Go-Pro than the auto-pilot.The outcome wasn’t very pretty. Besides and think about this : Do you want everyone watching you train ?

Quality content

Yes sir, Sure can’t wait to see how it goes when you tell your insurance “time don’t matter’ you got 200 in your C-182 and haven’t put a scratch on it !! TIP: When arranging the financing,add 1/4 of the aircraft’s price to help insurance cost. Be sure to have a “trusted” lawyer scrutinize the policy too.

100 hours of multi should translate to a smaller turboprop pretty well. How do you find people though? I don't have an FBO or the people skills to talk to strangers at one anyway

@EvanLuft

4 ай бұрын

Honestly, that is a challenge I meet people mostly by accident. It’s just through the grapevine. A lot of the time I’ll run into people at airports and just meet them and use it comes back in a few months or so right now I’m in the process of trying to find more work so I’ve been putting that to the test again lol

I’m flying an ag plane at 500hrs this year. -11Ag motor

Awesome 😎😎😎😎😎

Proccedure, Proccedure and like everything else is Who you know,,I landed on a season construction job getting pay as a Master Carpenter where I only have helper experience just because I know few a Ppl inside,nd yess getting a job as a Pilot is as challenging as the training it self

Please reduce music when talking. Can you improve audio quality at all?

great advice

@EvanLuft

9 ай бұрын

thank you very much :)

Excelente 🛩️🇺🇸☝🏻

So who are these turboprop jobs for? It seems that they require too many hours for a freshly minted commercial pilot but by the time you have the hours to easily qualify for them you are already qualified for many 135 sic jet jobs or within spitting distance of the right seat of a regional jet. The turbo prop jobs seem to get you flight hours very slowly if your goal is to fly a jet and if you instructed longer and got in a jet first, once you hit that right seat in a jet why would you go to a turboprop? Honestly I think a turbo prop ANYTHING is way cooler than the comparable sized jet and if I could make jet money in a turboprop, then that's all I would want to fly but I have a hard time seeing where a turboprop fits into career progression.

Jag off advice.

In europe you can fly a320 with around 250 hours

@jamesdean9957

3 ай бұрын

A reason not to get on a European carrier

@SKPkickboxBB

3 ай бұрын

@@jamesdean9957there is no reason to have 1500 hours rule.

@jamesdean9957

3 ай бұрын

@@SKPkickboxBB I’ll admit 1500 hours is an arbitrary number to a degree. On the other hand, to get that 1500 hours usually you need to become an instructor or fly for a mail delivery service or (135 carrier) in the states. The time you spend in the air allows for valuable lessons and experiences. At 250 hours total time you just don’t know enough to sit in an airliner as a truly helpful FO capable of taking over in all conditions should the captain become incapacitated.

@SKPkickboxBB

3 ай бұрын

@@jamesdean9957 I would argue with that. In europe there air travel rly safe. You are no more capable to be FO in airline after finished 1500 hours mostly in small SEP. because how it prepare you to be FO on for example a320 when you have 1200 hours as instructor in c152. Even that statistic said fresh graduated CPL pilots have better knowledge and performance during TR for Airliner then people who flown few years SEP

@jamesdean9957

3 ай бұрын

@@SKPkickboxBB a good point. I still think 500 hours or so as an instructor is about right but then a 1000 hours flying in the bush or mail service in the weather will make you better and more prepared for a320 training. As a 16 year US captain, I can tell the difference in capability of a pilot if they went through a license school course right to an airliner vs. a pilot that had a couple jobs before coming to the airlines. Air France447 is a prime example of a pilot not understanding the basics.

It will take a lifetime for me 😂

I'm pretty certain that, the company that INSURES the aircraft will have a lot to say about who can fly it and the level of license, experience and training "They" require !!!!! Every flight school and Charter company I've every been associated with keeps telling me: "There's nothing we can do about it. IT'S REQUIRED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY !!!!!

@EvanLuft

3 ай бұрын

Yup exactly! Insurance drives it all. But depending on those circumstances, there are ways that they have let low time pilots get on with a good captain or good mentorship and training.

It takes money 💴

@EvanLuft

3 ай бұрын

Also some of that too

Love the lawnmower comment. lot's of bad lawnmower pilots popping up these days.

@EvanLuft

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks

My dear … what kid of engine do you have in your plane ? I have the PT6a-867a And do you the same or PT6a-900a ??? I’m looking for the right exhaust pipe