Originally Posted by
Pilatypus
How long to get into the jet? Upgrade? I already have +1000 PIC in the PC-12. Any talk of more domiciles farther west?
Originally Posted by
JMO127
YEARS! must be a captain in the 12 and get in line. Did I mention years? Been a captain for awhile now. I'm due in a year or two. That's IF the 24s come in on schedule. Currently upgrading folks to the Nextant and then upgrade to PIC. Then to the 24. Truth is, people are coming up for recurrent that haven't flown the 24. There's one.
For somebody coming online today I would expect a minimum of 5 years before you get your hands on a jet. If the Nextants are gone by then, expect that 5 years to get stretched out farther. High seniority Nextant pilots will transition out of the fleet and therefore slow the PC-12 to PC-24 movement for a little bit.
Right now people in the right seat of the Nextant can either take a PIC Nextant slot or a PIC PC-24 slot, whichever comes up first. This will change in the future with direct PC-24 SIC slots from PC-12 captain.
JMO127 - Not sure where you heard about pilots not flying the 24? Everybody typed in the 24 has flown the airplane. Some much more than others due to operational needs (Line pilots>office pilots), but everybody's got some time. Recurrent classes aren't till early 2019.