Originally Posted by
dckozak
No doubt, getting turbine PIC right away is a huge advantage
if the airlines you (in the future) look to don't discount your lack of crew (CRM) experience. All things considered, it would be better to fly a 121 jet as an SIC (upgrading in a reasonable time) than get your 1000 hrs of PIC in a commuter jet in a crew environment. I would also concur, it has to be safer. That said, if you can fly single pilot in an multi engine airplane (turbine or otherwise),
without an autopilot, at night in IFR;
you are doing the hardest civilian flying out there. bar none.
Good luck, and (quickly) learn to multi task, you'll need the skill.
Ameriflight's CRM program applies to both single and two pilot ops. A lot of folks don't understand that the basis of CRM is taking best advantage of all the resources in the cockpit.
Yeah, you'll hear some chirping about lack of two-crew experience. Go to the interview a clean record that includes 2000 turbine including 1000 all-weather single-pilot PIC in a Metro III, and most airlines won't be worrying much about two crew experience -- unless the hiring window is so narrow that sky gods are getting turned down.