21/07/2023
Corporate flying is fun and exciting. Lots of surprises, short notice and flying to places you you’ve never flown before. No flights are the same.
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STARTING AS A CHARTER OR CORPORATE PILOT BEFORE JOINING THE AIRLINES?
A Charter and Corporate Pilot flies fare paying passengers "anywhere, any time", but usually for short trips over varying routes in single engine or light twin-engine aircraft.
These type of pilots fly passengers and cargo as service demands, but normally in daylight hours, if the aircraft is a single-engine plane. Flights are mostly of short duration and pilots can count on returning home at the end of the working day. If the pilot works for a company with a fleet of aircraft, he or she may fly on regular schedules over the same routes, much like a small airline. Pilots may be required to wear a uniform when on duty.
For many professional pilots, the ultimate job is to be an airline captain. The pay can be very good; the top salary at some major airlines. And benefits for pilots, as well as many other airline employees, include travel passes. While the various kinds of piloting jobs involve a variety of special circumstances, there are also a number of conditions that are common to all pilots.
All pilots flying for hire have progressed through a flight training program and have earned a commercial pilot's license or an airline transport rating. Most likely they will also have one or more advanced ratings, such as instrument, multi-engine or aircraft type ratings, depending upon the requirements of their particular flying jobs.
A pilot's "office" is the cockpit which contains all controls, instruments, and electronic communication and navigation equipment necessary to operate the aircraft. Some noise and vibration are noticeable, particularly in propeller aircraft. They have a concern for safety, including the safe condition or airworthiness of the plane; weather factors affecting the safety of the flight; flight regulations; air traffic control procedures, and air navigational aids designed to provide maximum safety in the air.
They must undergo frequent physical examinations and meet certain medical standards which vary according to the license which the pilot holds. A Class I Medical Certificate requires the highest standards for vision, hearing, equilibrium, and general physical condition. The pilot must have an exceptionally good health history with no evidence of organic and nervous diseases or mental disorders. A Class II Medical Certificate is less rigid, but still requires a high degree of physical health and an excellent medical history. A Class III Medical Certificate has the least stringent physical requirements. All three classes of medical certificates allow the pilot to wear glasses provided the correction is within the prescribed limits of vision. Drug addiction and/or chronic alcoholism disqualify any applicant.
The greater the number of flying hours and the more complex the flying skills, the more varied are the opportunities for advancement as a pilot. There are many chances to transfer from one kind of pilot job to another as flying hours are accumulated and additional skills are mastered. Frequently, pilots double as flight instructors and charter pilots.
Working for charters or corporate flights, you can have time off interrupted. Sometimes work as a charter can be less frequent - i.e. more times not working. But most pilots that do that work for more than one employer and can stay busy. It’s totally different work. On charter, you can work with passengers who think they own you. You have to love flying, and you have to be well prepared. You can do well with free time and pay either way.
A seasoned corporate pilot with a team of younger generation of corporate learjet pilots of General Aviation Philippines.
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