bcrosier

Well smarty, if he came from a school like I did, he took a ground school course which covered King Air Operations and systems, and he has a full King Air Manual. I'm guessing he'd probably do pretty well with systems questions on a King Air. "Tell me about a time" questions would be a bit more difficult.

If there is anyone out there interviewing who doesn't realize that (excepting a wealthy person flying their own aircraft) a 300 hour pilot probably isn't flying the King solo - then they are just to stupid to be let out in public. Of course they know he wasn't the only pilot in the A/C - they probably also understand the sort of program he came from and give due credit. News flash - no one "signs" for the aircraft under Part 91. It's under 12,500#, and he was sole manipulator - he can log PIC (what the insurance company requires doesn't count in this case).

If he indeed came from a good program, he was indeed manipulating the controls and doing a lot more than just "interacting with ATC." Is he ready to go operate a King Air solo - no, but give some credit where it's due.

On the other hand, I agree with those who've commented that at the end of 4 years in aviation studies you should have found ways to at least double if not triple or more the total time you have. That would be one of my first questions in an interview - what were you doing all that time? He should have had Comm/Inst at the end of two years and tacked on ME & CFI shortly thereafter, which would leave two years of virtually no flying. That's what I'd want to hear the answer to (and there could be legitimate reasons, but that low TT is going to be very limiting).