What actually gets you the left seat at a 135 shop, in order. Time…

Grace Hollis · Chief Pilot at Wasatch Executive Aviation · Salt Lake City, UT

October 10, 2026

What actually gets you the left seat at a 135 shop, in order. Time in type. A clean record with the dates filled in. Somebody here who will vouch for you. Total time is fourth and it is a long way behind the first three. I have hired at 2,400 hours and passed on 6,000 twice this year.

2 comments

Nate Adeyemi

October 11, 2026

Time in type first and total time fourth. Every low time pilot should read this twice.

DeShawn Barr

October 13, 2026

Somebody here who will vouch for you is the one I cannot shortcut, and it is the reason I started posting in this group at all.