Originally Posted by
hdark
Multi-engine time is multi-engine time you can say it's insignificant all you want but no one on these boards can get a job without it. If putting around in a twin is no diff than flying a 206 then why do we spend $2700 on a multi-engine rating?..
If i was in an interview and i had two pilots one with 1000 hrs in a CRJ and the other with 1000 hrs in a 737-800. I would choose the guy with the 738 experience. The world we live in is full of these types of choices. If given the option to go to Harvard or a State college, you would choose harvard right? even though the degrees are worth the same.
If faced with a choice 100 hrs in a 206 or 100 hrs in a Duke
I'm sorry i called you an idiot, It was not a mature thing to say.
I also have to say that flying in light twin vs a single x-country is not that different. What seperated was I was flying under IFR 135. We had some routes that used a 402, Seneca, Chieftain and a 172. I flew them all, they are all the same. It didnt matter if I had one or 2 engines. The reason companies wants so much multi is usually to meet insurance requirement. I think the reason I got a job at the regionals was not because I had 800+ multi but because of the year I flew single pilot 135 IFR. You can be in the same interview room with a 1,000 tt and 100 multi CFI. Your "quality" time will not matter anymore. You both are there and at that point which one of you will fit in the company better. When you apply, HR will not know the difference between your type of time as oppose to the guys with the exact hours who apply before you, but all his Muti time is from being an MEI.