Hi friends. So I have 1460TT, 100ME, and all the 135.243(c) IFR minimums. First question, would Horizon consider me 40 hours short of the required 1500TT? Even if not, and I were to log 40 more hours quickly, I was hoping to get a comparison of QOL between the two carriers. I'm leaning towards Ameriflight, because the pay seems to be a lot better than Horizon. I compared 4 years at Horizon (3 yrs as F/O, 1 as capt) for a gross of $155,928. 4 years at AMF, assuming uprgrades to the 1900 and the EMB 120, yields $224,105. From a $$$ point of view, AMF looks way better.

What about QOL? I know I'd probably be working harder at AMF, and have to deal with all-day layovers at the out station, plus a lot of flying on the back side of the clock. What's more, I'm stuck @ Horizon for 3 years as SIC, whereas AMF you're PIC from day one, and I've heard that some pilots go straight into the Beech 99, without ever seeing the Navajo. So PIC turbine time right away.

Then again, AMF has some pretty tired old machines, whereas the Q-400s are state of the art.

Thoughts?