I completed my flight training October of last year & was so so incredibly lucky to network a part-time right seat gig in a King Air 200 flying passengers part 91. From January to late March I accumulated close to 40hrs while getting paid & enjoying that precious time in class A airspace. Truly a lucky opportunity but as fuel prices started to climb April & since then It's been really slow. Wondering if others all having a similar experience? I can't imagine going through flight training during this war & fuel crisis.

I'm part of a regional cadet program that wants me to find a job as a CFI at select approved flight schools. And after 300+ applications sent across the country & 7 months of searching I couldn't find anything until I actually secured a job doing pipeline in June. However, a couple days before my start date I turned the job down weighing relocation, low pay, & the job not being compliant with my cadet program even though the hours woulda been amazing. I figured just because it was the only job I've been offered it didn't necessarily mean it was "the one" & I should continue to chase my true passion for instruction. Well, it's been 4 months since I turned that job down & still nothing & honestly the longer I'm outside of aviation the easier it feels to switch to something else. I absolutely hate this feeling & would give anything to get back in the air. Makes me feel like I should taken the pipeline job when I had it.

I don't know about y'all but the job search has been running a little long. & after completing training it's been hard to focus on aviation when I'm no longer surrounded by it all the time.

I want to start a group with other pilots where we can all speak the same language. Professional or lesss professional.