Originally Posted by
jet pipe ovht
I don't know what the hiring team is looking for. But if you have the opportunity to get some 121 twin turbine time, I wouldnt be to quick to pass it up. If you want to go to Skywest and have the great lakes experience it will really set you apart from the rest of the crowd.
That being said nothing can replace the knowledge you will get from instructing. I did canyon tours and flew cargo. The 800 hours of dual given is the most valuable time in my log book.
I wouldn't be running head over heals to go to Great Lakes just to get turbine time. Every person at Skywest that used to work at Lakes could only say how much they couldn't wait to get out of there and how crappy they were treated. A few ex Lakers I know completely left aviation because of how demoralized that company made them feel about flying.