Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Turbine time is of course the key value for airlines, and TPIC is the icing on the cake.
Although if you somehow acquired a lot of piston PIC in some niche 135 or 121 operation I imagine that would count for something.
Anecdotally (two recruiters for different ULCCs) have told me that they at least are looking with increased interest at those with significant ME piston PIC time in non-FMS aircraft (ie., lugging boxes through the dark) after recent incidents where aircrew seemed to be overly dependent on automation and ill equipped to control the aircraft if it fails. TPIC certainly does remain the coin of the realm though, as would be expected.