Low Time private Cirrus sr20/22 pilot
11-01-2010, 10:08 AM
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The best chance you have of finding a rich guy who wants you to fly his cirrus around is keep flying the cirrus. Cirrus owners talk and your name might come up if one of your clients really enjoys flying with you. If you stay around cirrus long enough, good things will happen. Good Luck.
11-02-2010, 05:53 AM
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The best chance you have of finding a rich guy who wants you to fly his cirrus around is keep flying the cirrus. Cirrus owners talk and your name might come up if one of your clients really enjoys flying with you. If you stay around cirrus long enough, good things will happen. Good Luck.
This is sooooooooooooo true. I am a Piper Lance/Saratoga driver and have a little over 500 in type and I get calls from people all around the United States wanting me to ferry there aircraft or give them instruction in it. The aviation industry is a very very small world, if someone likes you, they will tell their friends. So keep your head up and keep flying that Cirrus because as much as I hate to say it, it really is the future of gereral aviation.
11-02-2010, 11:33 AM
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This is sooooooooooooo true. I am a Piper Lance/Saratoga driver and have a little over 500 in type and I get calls from people all around the United States wanting me to ferry there aircraft or give them instruction in it. The aviation industry is a very very small world, if someone likes you, they will tell their friends. So keep your head up and keep flying that Cirrus because as much as I hate to say it, it really is the future of gereral aviation.
11-02-2010, 02:05 PM
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If you are really looking into the Cirrus market, get your CSIP (Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot) training. It is not cheap by any means, but it opens some doors to flying them. I got my CSIP because a student of mine bought one and he put me in the factory training at KDLH. It was great networking for me, and I have had a good amount of networking opportunities because of it. It is a very small community so maybe join COPA (Cirrus Owners and Pilot Association) to start. It is a paid subscription but only about 35 bucks for a CFI. Check it out and put your name out there. Just to give you an idea the insurance companies are going to want you to be a CSIP most of the time to instruct in them...its just how they are these days. Guys teach in them all the time w/o a CSIP however....just the honor system I guess. But like I said, buyer beware! For those of you guys who went to those fancy flight schools w/ SR20's and 22's, you should have more than enough SR time to qualify for the insurance, but to be a CSIP you have to have 500 hrs TT. Good luck!
11-02-2010, 04:48 PM
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thanks man for that info I actually don't think im that dedicated to becoming a CSIP my flight school is a Cirrus Training Center.... I was juts being ***** looking for something more on the side besides instructing but thanks for the info buddy
11-02-2010, 04:53 PM
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I have a couple of CSIP pals and neither has worked using that cert since early 2009. Both were on staff at Cirrus during better times and both had outside clients, and not many of them. There is simply not much work doing Cirrus training now, and Cirrus itself usually recruits from UND whenever there is a spot for a new person on the training staff. Getting a CSIP is a waste of money until things improve. The only way I would consider it is if I had a job already secured as a Part 135 air taxi driver using SR22s, and they wanted it as part of the hiring deal. In that case the company should pay for it.
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