cal DOESNT REQUIRE PIC TURBINE! Silly newhire. Besides I never said PIC turbine isnt important, I chose xjt for QOL Look I am not going to sit here and tell you, or myself that PIC Turbine isnt important, its the MOST IMPORTANT, however Expressjet is someplace I have wanted to go for literally the past 10 years (Continental Express for that matter) I wanted to get on the ATR soooo bad, then the company turned intop XJT thinsg got even better, me want to get on there only grew. I have 10 really close friends over there that love it! Flying out of Newark has been a long long dream, ever since I have been taking the Turnpike to see my grandma, (whos long gone ) Colgan was a good experience the pilots are great and the SAAB was awesome, and the PIC Time in priceless...............however upgrade for my class is probably another year away, I understand that is not along time at all, but QOL and not driving 3 hrs day to fly for 2 just didnt make sense, and too be honest I wasnt thrilled with doing single turns to IAD, or PIT (thats all we ever did), got old ( I know XJT will get old too, I know, I know) Just a note to the Colgan newhires, upgrade is not going to be under two years I don't think, still quick yes, but not the 12 months that some of you are expecting, that being said good luck!