Originally Posted by davidhaan

Quick question:

Let's just say someone wants to be a pilot.

They have a single engine plane to build hours and use it get all the necessary ratings... instrument and commercial, blah blah.

However, is 500 hours in a single engine plane marketable to the regionals? Or do they want multi-engine time? Multi engine time is VERY expensive. So let's say we get the multi-engine rating and put 10 hours in the logbook. So now we have:

500 single
10 multi

Is that better than nothing?

I only see two ways of getting multi time:

1. Pay out of the #%$%# to either rent the plane or sign up for a school like ATP and pay them 50k up front.
2. Buy a multi and fly the #$$%#$ out of it. However, gas and insurance, and maintenance would destroy any man's pocketbook.


But let's make this a hypothetical situation because we all know the regionals are not hiring and if they are it is super competitive. Let's just say the economy is recovering the 65 yr olds are retiring. :-)

David