Dude, awesome post. I completely see where you're coming from. That upgrade time does seem like the wild card though, but either way it seems like AMF is essentially a guarantee for landing the 1000 turbine PIC.

jonnyjetprop, I have witnessed the same thing at AMF, seems like people "do their time" then move on to SkyWest or some regional to lock in the 121 time.

tootall, flying for the reserves/guard and the regionals at the same time sounds like a quick way to get the time and fly for a good cause as well. That would honestly be the ideal path for me. Any idea how military training time would factor into the equation?