Missions & Complexes

You really don't need T2 salvagers to be useful in a noctis. A simple T1 fit to clean up a pocket while your main blasts stuff in the next one takes hours to train, not days/weeks.

Noctis with ORE Indy to 4, 5 tractors & 3 T1 salvagers plus a couple of salvage rigs and it rips through those wrecks nicely.

T2 salvagers will get the job done a lot faster, but if you've got other things you need to train they can wait.

Get the basic leadership skills, if you've got both online at the same time. They're all useful, and you don't need to be on grid, just in the same system. Ganglinks aren't needed, though helpful.

And you can use them all from inside your noctis.

I switch depending on the mission, if its something I can do quickly enough, ie not many BS, I will bring alt to salvage. But for the bigger missions I find it far more usefu\effecient to bring the alt in and blow as many of the big things up and then go fetch the noctis while my main finishes off the smaller stuff. I use a cap stable tanky 6launcher tengu on my main so its safe to be able to salvage without micromanaging the tengu.

I get a lot done with my main's domi. He's setup with Sentry Drones, so he pretty much destroys everything before it gets into range. A few missions spawn Battleships on top of me, but it's nothing I can handle. I think increasing the mission time itself isn't a priority, but I am interested in this 'off grid' boosting.

That means, in the system, just out of the pocket? Does the Tengu specialize at that or something?

As you see above there are lots of options available to you, and many people have faced a similar conundrum ... and responded to it in many different ways.

For my part (tuppence and all that) .....

I started as mission runner, and then gradually moved on to most other roles. So now I can do many things at a middling level but am essentially 'master of none' - except, perhaps, shield and armor logistics where my skills are pretty well maxed-out.

My first alt started life as a hauler / salvager, and then quickly moved to second (now main) DPS deliverer coupled with mining booster skills. That way when we're running sigs / anoms (or missions) he's delivering the bulk of the damage, and when we're mining / harvesting he's in orca running implant / link boosts for us.

Another alt started out as my scanner-guy and then adopted salvager / hacker / analyzer roles. Improving your ore skills does help make things much quicker and T2 salvagers are fantastic ... you rarely need a second cycle to complete. His skills are now perfect for scanning, salvaging, and can-opening ... and I'm steering him towards loki / tengu to add nullifier to his useful 'scout' qualifications.

Another started out as my main miner / industrialist. Once those skills had moved on up to the level I wanted I moved him over to leadership training. So, when we are tackling a tough site (e.g. C4 solo) he's in his background-window vulture running 7 command links to support us, and when we're doing incursions he's either in vulture or damnation, doing much the same depending on fleet type. Tengu, or other t3, may offer better boost amounts but nothing tops a command ship for the sheer range of boosting it can provide offgrid ... perma-running 7-links backed up with (siege in our case) implant. When we are mining he's in hulk (ore), skiff (merc), mackinaw (ice), or hurricane (gas) and receiving boosts from the orca-guy.

Others have various super-specialist roles and are not terribly relevant to your enquiry. Virtually all of my guys can fly covops ... even the most station-bound industrialist sometimes needs to go somewhere during a wardec. Several fly freighters, double-handling yes but I often have ppl in w-space when I need to move a large load around hisec, and several fly blockade runners (probably my nomination for most useful ship-type in eve).

When I am mining I have 1 guy in orca (boosts and hauling), 2 or 3 mining / harvesting, and (if w-space) my scanner guys with deep space probe deployed watching for new K162s or hostile ships.
When I am running tough sites I have 1 guy in vulture providing uber-boosts, 2 delivering DPS, and (if w-space) my scanner guys with deep space probe deployed watching for new K162s or hostile ships.
When I am running lvl4 missions I usually have only myself or my DPS-guy working, either on separate missions or together on the one mission. Both our skills are ok to survive and clear the missions reasonably well without the added hassle of getting the booster-guy out of bed.
When working incursions I usually just offer my maxi-logi skills or the booster-guy, even tho the DPS-guy's skills would be snapped up in fleets. I kinda like running logistics for those fleets, and the DPS-guys seem to appreciate solid reliable logi support.

That is just how I've approached the DPS / booster / salvager side of my fleet of alts ... which may or may not be any use at all to you :-)

Since your training up BC's to fly a CS pick your Amarr BC of choice and go on anti cruiser/frig support of your mission runner with a ganglink running to boost your stats. It's what I would do, chances are it be a lot less boring and give you more isk/h than flying a noctis to salvage/loot. Though personally I still be looting any juicy targets while I am actively mission whoring so it makes my incentive to come back in a Noctis near zero (not sure how well that work in a non missile boat though)

Just another suggestion which you might like to look into. Good luck with your alt, either way you go I am sure it be a lot more profiting than mining and more fun.