How close are you? If you go into their SIC program to build time toward the 1200 hour mark, they want to get you there as quickly as possible. When I was there they were putting SIC's on the high time Baron runs. Most were 4 day runs with 4 to 6 legs per night, but there were quite a few runs that had a 5th day. You could count on anywhere between 80 and 100 hours a month. This may have changed since I left... especially if they have an excessive number os SIC's in the program. I had heard a rumor that they may start putting SIC's in the Navajo's, but never heard anything to confirm that information.

I went to AirNet with about 1250 hours, and to be honest I was a bit overwhelmed after training when I went right to the line. I did get a little bit of IOE, but didn't really get as much time to absorb the flow of things as an SIC would. After a grand total of 2 nights of ride-along with another pilot, I got the "...please report to dispatch page". Take this Baron, load it with that stuff and go to Cleveland and Detroit. This was the standby Baron... two-bladed props, RNAV (no GPS), monochrome weather radar and coffee-grinder king kx-170 radios. Most fun I'd had in a while... especially once I figured out which way it was to Cleveland! I had a great time at AirNet, put some valuable and educational time in my logbook and moved on to a job flying Lear 35's with self loading cargo (135 passenger charter).