Airline Pilot Central Forums - Career Progression

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Originally Posted by uboatdriver (Post 1199716)

I think there are a lot of pilots in similar situations. Small turboprop PIC trying to avoid the regionals. Is it realistic to go to a major with only turboprop time? What if it was transport category turboprop PIC? I get the feeling that turbine PIC is everything, but a pilot is nothing without jet time, even if it's only SIC.

Is jet time just a box that needs to be checked, or is it something to get another 1000-2000 and 1000 PIC? I wonder if the 1000 TPIC really means 1000 jet PIC if you read between the lines.

I think you will have reasonable odds with 1000 prop TPIC and maybe 1000(?) jet SIC.

They want to see the command experience, at the 121 pace and complexity. But the jet time shows that you can pass training on a bus or 73...not all turboprop pilots seem to be able to do that (and vice versa).

The command experience is what they are hiring for, and the jet time is just a warm and fuzzy. The problem is that there are a whole lot of folks out there who have plenty of both...