Originally Posted by supercell86
(Colgan Air) The Upgrade time in the Beechcraft I heard in some cases was less than a year, and most cases not much more than a year. My buddy Flys them all the time on standby Between ALB-LGA to go home on weekends, his Dad is a US Airways Captain. So he talks to the pilots all the time. You are also home almost every night if you work on the UA/US Express side of colgan.
Colgan sounds like a GREAT place to work....but what is more important, just PIC Turbine, flying in the soup. Or PIC Turbine JET flying with automation and high speed/altitude experience?? Maybe I have a slight case of SJS!!
I fly the Saab at Colgan and enjoy it a lot. I've also been in the cockpit of jets. I'd say that PIC turbine in a jet would be better OVERALL simply because it would prepare you a little more with an FMS. That is it though. The automation in a jet makes it easier to fly, not tougher. I think you might be overemphasizing the high speed/altitude thing also. Slow to 250 below 10k, reset altimeter to 29.92 at 18k....thats really the big difference. You learn to get ahead of ANY airplane to make your life easier. You go from a 152 doing 60 on final to a Seneca doing 90-100, to a King Air doing...well you get the picture.