Originally Posted by
Karma
Maybe in the short term but if your goal is to move on quicly then that is not true. The last time I checked who the non-previous captain new hires were at JetBlue and US Airways that got hired without having any turbine PIC time, they just happened to have experience on the same type of plane these mainline companies have. 170 and 190 are the same type, coincidence? I think not!
That's funny, a lot of awac guys (corporate style jet pilots who make more than RAH) have been getting hired at both of those places among others without turbine pic also.