jaybee
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Hi all, I'm trying to come up with a game plan to use my resources most efficiently. I am a Commercial Rotorcraft-Helicopter with Instrument Rating and Private Single Engine Land rated pilot (I may add PSES to that ). I am thinking about switching to the dark-side and hop into a regional jet. Please, leave that last part for a different days discussion
So I currently have 1158 total time, mostly in helicopters.
What I need to accomplish -
Resources available to me is the remainder of my Montgomery GI Bill, one year of Post 9/11 GI Bill when I exhaust Montgomery and lastly a modestly fat chunk of change.
One of the things that confuse me is most courses I look at that are GI Bill approved aren't designed for people doing an "Add-on". So while doing a full-course isn't a bad idea to "build hours" I think I should be able to find another time builder to split costs with that will cost a lot less. It also further complicates trying to use your GI Bill when you don't want to do the full course, it ruins their completion rates. Also, "add-on" courses that I have found are meant to add-on comm to your single, would it matter though ? Am I just way overthinking this ?
Thanks for any ideas and help,
Jeff
So I currently have 1158 total time, mostly in helicopters.
What I need to accomplish -
- 342 Total Hours
- 50 Multi-Engine Hours
- 60 Night Hours
- Instrument Hours, unsure here - I need 75 Total and have 50 Simulated, nothing was said about actual....
- 314 XC Hours or 14*
- 205 PIC Airplane
- 94 PIC XC Airplane
- 21 PIC Night Airplane
- Multi-Engine ATP or
- Multi-Engine Commercial/Instrument and ATP Written
Resources available to me is the remainder of my Montgomery GI Bill, one year of Post 9/11 GI Bill when I exhaust Montgomery and lastly a modestly fat chunk of change.
One of the things that confuse me is most courses I look at that are GI Bill approved aren't designed for people doing an "Add-on". So while doing a full-course isn't a bad idea to "build hours" I think I should be able to find another time builder to split costs with that will cost a lot less. It also further complicates trying to use your GI Bill when you don't want to do the full course, it ruins their completion rates. Also, "add-on" courses that I have found are meant to add-on comm to your single, would it matter though ? Am I just way overthinking this ?
Thanks for any ideas and help,
Jeff
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