Postal Letter

What aviation pilot job do you think would be the best?

a commercial pilot - 747, 737, 777,767, 787 etc.. freight carrier pilot - UPS, FedEx, etc.. corporate Pilots - Flying Company executives around Agricultural Pilots - flying low and steady ( airtractor) traffic pilots - television, radio stations, traffic reporting or helicopter pilots - helicopters

Public Comments

1. F 15 strike eagle
2. It entirely depends what you're looking for. I have no idea what you're looking for, so it's hard to tell what would be best for you. If you're looking to fly larger aircraft and people, be an airline pilot. If you are looking to fly freight in larger aircraft, be a cargo pilot. And the same for the rest. In the long run, I'm pretty sure airline pilots get paid the most, but I'm not 100% sure. As a corporate pilot, your pay will increase more each year but will level off faster.
3. The best paying jobs would be Corporate Pilot, then Freight Pilot. It also depends on your seniority. The longer you are with a company, the more money you will make. It take time to move up and make a lot of money. Good Luck
4. 777 Military: F/a Super hornet
5. In the civilian world, agriculture. No question about it. Don't let anyone tell you that corporate or airlines are better simply because of money. Money has nothing to do with it, although there are some ag pilots that do better than some airline drivers, and take half the year off on top of it. But for the pure simple love of flying, ag is the only way to go, in my humble opinion. We have jobs that other people will stop what they are doing and just watch us work. Can't get any cooler than that.
6. Go military. With some luck, you will get paid training, fly the coolest planes and after many thousand flying hours, be offered a job in all major airlines. The alternative is to pay for your tuition and flying hours, then work up your experience to 1,000 / 1,500 flying hours. Ag-pilot: my opinion is that this activity will dwindle in the future (environmental concern, cost of flying against ground spraying, unavalaiability of the plane when the farmer needs it). Corporate pilot: a friend of mine did that (retiring from the military to join Dassault Jet Services). He enjoyed every minute, flying guests to every nice spot in the world (Mauritius, Seychelles, Barbados, etc.) and being kept on wait sometimes for a whole week in all sort of beautiful places. Freight carrier pilots: why are these often called "night dogs"? But you might have to go through this to gain valuable flying hours. Commercial pilot: This might be out of jealousy (I am a PPL with some 200 hours time; could not afford more) but I often think of them as driving a bus with wings. Most of the flying is done by the aircraft, on planned schedules and there are so many rules and regulations you might even consider taking a law degree before training to fly. Traffic pilot: a friend of mine did this (yes, another one) while gaining hours; but he had to purchase his own plane (cessna 206) and organise his flying on a contract basis. The outcome his, he is now flying commercial on a Bae146. But do not worry, with patience and fortitude (with some financial help from your family and friends too), you can do it.
7. Airline flying is not boring, tedious, or like driving a bus. Flying at UPS, FedEx is not what you do to build experience. Those carriers are among the very most selective. Speak with some corporate pilots. Ag flying can be very fatiguing. I don't know about the money. Traffic flying can get tedious. The money is not there. Speak with some helicopter pilots.
8. 1.) Corporate for the right flight department (state of the art large cabin, established department, NBAA or better compensation) 2.) FedEx/UPS 3.) Fractional, if you can stand the airlining. (Interesting that you don't mention fractional---thousands of pilots employed in that segment of the industry.)