Does anyone have any hot tips on schools with less than a two month wait time for a Comm multi add on? It's poor timing on my part, but I'm trying to finish up in time to snag a summer AK gig.

Appreciate any help!

Rob

Since the vast majority of AK jobs would be for singles, I don't think I'd worry much about it. You can't possibly amass enough twin time to get hired to drive a twin in that short a time.

Cary

Cary wrote:Since the vast majority of AK jobs would be for singles, I don't think I'd worry much about it. You can't possibly amass enough twin time to get hired to drive a twin in that short a time.

Cary

Definitely true, I've just seen a switch to requiring a multi for some companies as a hiring requirement in general (Hageland comes to mind.)

Left seat in a sled sounds a bit more exciting than swinging gear in a 1900, but hey I'll take what I can get right now.

He is probably already booked up but you could try Tom Brady at Traverse Air in Traverse City Michigan. He uses a PA23-150 Apache based out of the Cadillac Michigan Wexford County Airport. Does a rating a day weather permitting. He gives you ground school while yesterdays student is taking the check ride, then you fly, break for lunch fly again, that afternoon, get polished up the next morning and take the check ride. Very good instructor and uses two independent DPE's which are great guys, not Santa Claus, but extremely fair professional pilots with thousands of hours. I have know Tom and the two DPE's for years and years. People come from all over the country to fly with Tom.

Tim

bat443 wrote:He is probably already booked up but you could try Tom Brady at Traverse Air in Traverse City Michigan. He uses a PA23-150 Apache based out of the Cadillac Michigan Wexford County Airport. Does a rating a day weather permitting. He gives you ground school while yesterdays student is taking the check ride, then you fly, break for lunch fly again, that afternoon, get polished up the next morning and take the check ride. Very good instructor and uses two independent DPE's which are great guys, not Santa Claus, but extremely fair professional pilots with thousands of hours. I have know Tom and the two DPE's for years and years. People come from all over the country to fly with Tom.

Tim

Thanks Tim! Tom was highly recommended by a friend, but unfortunately he's booked out to early July which isn't ideal for my timeframe. Definitely considering a SES rating from him, he pointed me in a good direction for other multi courses. If anyone else has any favorite spots, I'm all ears.

I just did my Multi in Feb from a local MEI in Colorado who owns a Baron. He is a 2 week on/off jet pilot, great guy, and excellent instructor with a badass C55 Baron. If you tried, you could do it very quickly with him. I can share his contact info if you PM me.

I also in March started my first AK job, immediately after doing my multi. I do not want to fly twins, but it does make you more valuable. I've completed training in the company navajo's even though I can't fly them pt 135 yet and don't have much interest. If you come up with your multi rating and work for a company that runs them (especially a small company), I can almost guarantee you'll leave at the end of the season with more multi time than you came in with, one way or another. Same thing applies to tailwheel and SES. Also CFI. I'm currently teaching 2 of my boss's kids PPL and another one IFR.

Honestly though, it's already April 30th so I would spend most of your time job hunting rather than getting a rating if you are wanting to be seasonal this year. If you want to be year-around, then no biggie. Airmen's show coming up would be good to attend since I bet there will be operators looking for last minute hires.

asa wrote:I just did my Multi in Feb from a local MEI in Colorado who owns a Baron. He is a 2 week on/off jet pilot, great guy, and excellent instructor with a badass C55 Baron. If you tried, you could do it very quickly with him. I can share his contact info if you PM me.

I also in March started my first AK job, immediately after doing my multi. I do not want to fly twins, but it does make you more valuable. I've completed training in the company navajo's even though I can't fly them pt 135 yet and don't have much interest. If you come up with your multi rating and work for a company that runs them (especially a small company), I can almost guarantee you'll leave at the end of the season with more multi time than you came in with, one way or another. Same thing applies to tailwheel and SES. Also CFI. I'm currently teaching 2 of my boss's kids PPL and another one IFR.

Honestly though, it's already April 30th so I would spend most of your time job hunting rather than getting a rating if you are wanting to be seasonal this year. If you want to be year-around, then no biggie. Airmen's show coming up would be good to attend since I bet there will be operators looking for last minute hires.

That would be amazing. This is fantastic info, I'll PM you.

Try "bend aircraft mechanics" in Bend Oregon.

https://www.bendaircraft.com/

Scheduling a DPE may also present an issue.

Vetter Aviationin Helena, Mt. The examiner they use also lives in Helena.

Also Megan Siler at Choice Aviation in Hamilton Mt is an awesome instructor. Tell her Richard sent you. 406 363-6471

Scolopax wrote:Try "bend aircraft mechanics" in Bend Oregon.

https://www.bendaircraft.com/

Am I the only one that finds Bend Aircraft an ironic and amusing name for a flight school?

albravo wrote:

Scolopax wrote:Try "bend aircraft mechanics" in Bend Oregon.

https://www.bendaircraft.com/

Am I the only one that finds Bend Aircraft an ironic and amusing name for a flight school?

I got a chuckle out of it. For anyone else in my shoes, sounds like Willamette Air over at UAO will do their best to accommodate me. Seem like good folks.

richpiney wrote:Vetter Aviationin Helena, Mt. The examiner they use also lives in Helena.

Also Megan Siler at Choice Aviation in Hamilton Mt is an awesome instructor. Tell her Richard sent you. 406 363-6471

I was at Vetter's yesterday. Their twin is in for an engine change.

MTV