Mark Hansen wrote:
On 12/8/2005 15:21, Rachel wrote:

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I don't really want to instruct, but I haven't thrown the idea out
just yet.

I'd give it a try (maybe a few hours toward your CFI) before you throw
it out. I never wanted to get my CFI - I'm not a people person, and
frankly, the responsibility scared me to death. I really only did it
because I was in college and had the time and opportunity and
inclination to do it. Of course, when I needed a summer job, it made a
great fall back job, and as it turned out, I love instructing. I'm just
sorry that I can't find a part time job doing it. So don't rule it out.

Given what I could expect to earn (if I were able to find a
paying pilot job today) I couldn't afford to leave my current
job (I'm a computer software architect), so I'm looking for a
way I can build hours.

And that is why I'm happily pushing paper as a non-wrenching A&P while
most of my friends are living 8 to an apartment and flying CRJ's. Maybe
I don't have a severe enough case of the flying disease, I don't know...

Eventually, I would like to get a paid pilot position doing
non-ATP type flights.

Non-ATP as in 135/91 stuff? There are people who do this...I have no
idea where they get the opportunity, but it does happen. You really
have to know people. I've fallen into random things, sightseeing tours,
the traffic gig I mentioned, but so far, only one person has offered me
flight time in the right seat of anything I couldn't fly on my own.