Flight Time Building Partner Referrals
For Avid Pilots looking to Build Flight Time Inexpensively for Professional Pilot Careers
Definition of Flight Time Building
Flight time building is a very important step in many pilots’ early careers, when the pilot obtains the pilot flying hours necessary to qualify for professional pilot positions, e.g. as a corporate pilot or an airline pilot. During flight time building, the pilot tries to fly as many hours as possible, oftentimes as cheaply and as quickly as possible, to acquire the necessary flight time experience.
Cost of Flight Time Building
The cost of flight time building can vary dramatically. Sharing this task with a flight time building partner – also a pilot with whom the pilot can split the cost – essentially cuts the cost of flight time building in half. This is one of the cheapest ways of inexpensive flight time building. Some pilots face the challenge though, where to find a flight time building partner.
Looking for a Flight Time Building Partner?
If you are looking for a flight time building partner to build flight time, we can help. As a contribution to the aviation community to help new pilots aspiring to become professionals, we offer a free flight time building partner referral service as described on this page.
We will gladly introduce you to other pilots looking for flight time to share an airplane with. You can then go fly with your newly acquired partner anywhere in the country, based on your location and price expectations, however you see fit. Feel free to go with your partner to make use of any pilot time building opportunities you can find – whether with us or elsewhere – and split the cost with your flight time building partner in half. Some flight schools offer inexpensive flight hour building packages. We provide this free flight time building partner introduction service entirely without any cost to you, regardless of which cheap time building aircraft you may choose and where it may be located. For instance, if for your flight time building Los Angeles is your first choice, we will encourage you to go, despite any direct connections through us.
We will even provide you with suggestions, where you can build flight time, depending on your and your partner’s location. However, we take no responsibility for our suggestions. If you fly anywhere other than with us and the flight schools we have direct referral agreements with, we have no way of knowing what quality of a flight time building program you will encounter.
Flight Time Building Partner Introduction Process
In order to minimize personal information exchange between participants of this free service and to maximize your benefit, we will need your name, email address, current flight time hours, and how many hours of what kind (for instance single engine time building) you wish to build. You may include any other information you would like us to have, which you believe will help us to put you in touch with a suitable other pilot.
We will then arrange a Zoom meeting with a potential flight time building partner, where both of you will be invited to attend. If your goals match up, the two of you can then exchange any contact information on Zoom at your own discretion. We merely host the Zoom session and do not participate in the information exchange, nor do we take any responsibility or liability for the quality and type of potential flight time building partner we introduce you to, since we do not know either of you.
Legal Disclaimer Regarding Flight Time Building Partner Introduction Service
This is a free service provided to you as a courtesy and entirely at your own risk. We take not responsibility whatsoever, not are we to be held liable for any introductions and any outcome or consequences these may have to you. We make no guarantees whom we introduce you to. We do not screen potential participants in this service for airmanship, knowledge, character, personality or criminal record at all. It is up to you to screen your own potential partner candidate and get to know them, during the introductory Zoom meeting we host and afterwards on your own.
References
Some useful references and further reading about how to obtain large amounts of flight time inexpensively or even for free include the AOPA article on flight time building and an article on the Balance Careers website. There are many ways to get this accomplished, including flying sky divers, banners, towing sailplanes (or flying sailplanes through a soaring club for free), etc., but flying with a partner is one of the fastest and most time efficient methods, and quite affordable if organized well.