Originally Posted by
pilotlyfe
Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to respond and your willingness to help! The 1900s that I fly for my current company are not glass. They are your standard steam gauge instruments with an HSI and Garmin 430 units. Some of the 1900s have ADS-B and some don't and some have autopilot and others don't.
As far as accruing PIC time goes, I can attain some PIC time but by the time I would reach 135 IFR PIC minimums, I would still be very short of PIC time. Do you think I would still be a viable candidate?
Thank you again!
Hi,
Absolutely wonderful the kind of equipment you are flying now on your 1900s! You'd be very familiar with ours.
I would definitely advise you to apply when you reach the 1,200TT.
But I don't want to get your hopes up. I don't think we would be able to hire you with your PIC time so low. Our lead pilot recruiter told me he would likely be able to take you at 400-450 PIC because your other times are so great! But ultimately we fly single pilot in our PA-31s, 99s, BE1900s, and SA227s, so they require that 500 PIC to make sure you are prepared to both be a Captain and fly single pilot.
Hope that helps!