Originally Posted by
Skykid
Is there any truth to the rumor that lower time pilots can be bypassed for upgrade by those with more turbine PIC time?
PIC has nothing to do with it.
But you do need a certain amount of turbine 121 experience to upgrade. This is used to be airline policy but is now regulatory iirc. A new hire CFI might get by passed if his seniority could hold upgrade before he acquired the turbine time.