Everybody hoping to get on here or waiting to start class need to worry less about the airplane and more about getting hired and making it through indoc. To the others, yes it's similar to a King Air, but just because it has it's roots in that line up doesn't mean it's easy to fly. Sure when you have some time in it or anything it becomes easy due to doing it all the time, but it's hardly an easy airplane for anyone new to it and flying. There is a FD and for the most part it does a good job so use it as much as you can. The whole Saab-ATR-1900-Dash which is harder argument is stupid each plane has it's intricacy's Saab's, ATR's, Dash 8's don't have prop levers so does that make them harder than the 1900 that does? It's an airplane learn it fly it be done with it.

They have GNS 400/500 units (Not sure how many have 500's but it's the same unit basically) and we can do GPS approaches up north. As for NDB's we are approved to fly them so whoever your buddy in class is that said were not they're are wrong and tell them they need to study their OP's Manual more.