Originally Posted by
Snowfrog
My question is- does United/Delta/American/Southwest consider 121 time more valuable than turbine PIC time? If the turbine time was in a caravan would that look bad compared to just getting my time more slowly at the regionals?
They like both TPIC and 121. Ideally 121 TPIC.
Van TPIC alone will NOT get you hired by any Big-6. ASEL TPIC is only competitive for those if it's in a fighter. You'll need some glass jet time.
That said, if you got some TPIC in a Van and then went to a regional, you could apply to the bigs with both the 121 and TPIC tickets punched. I've seen 121 FO's who had previous turbo-prop PIC get hired without having to upgrade. Pretty consistently.