Originally Posted by
rightside02
Agreed jet Pic is ultimate , but I don't think that was really your question.. Overall PIC is king , but jet time is considered to many now a days to be king , even if its in a RJ, JetBlue is big on jet , sure some get on with out it , but it's a small percentage .
I have friends with thousands of hours of Pic in a Saab or BE1900 and a degree but Zero jet time and they aren't getting much love from any big players , of course times ahead will change but today's current market you have thousands of jet RJ captains to choose from .
It just depends on the airline. JetBlue in particular, like you said, seems to value Jet SIC more than Turboprop PIC. But they seem to be an outlier, most majors have a hard requirement for turbine PIC of some sort. It's a box you have to check one way or another, and turboprop PIC only has worked for a lot of folks, myself included.