Jet time vs. turboprop time
12-04-2016 | 11:01 PM
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Jet time vs. turboprop time
Aloha -
I am coming to the end of a contract flying caravans in Hawaii and am ready to move into another airframe. The problem is I LOVE my quality of life here in Hawaii. So, do I,
A) Fly the CRJ for SkyWest and commute to a west coast base (5 hour flight, but I have family near SFO and thus a crashpad); or,
B) Fly the ATR for Empire Airlines, and go home every night.
I'm concerned flying the ATR will set my career back. I am 26, and my goal is to fly for NetJets one day. My dream plane is the G650, and I realize it will take thousands of hours to get there. What would you do?
I am coming to the end of a contract flying caravans in Hawaii and am ready to move into another airframe. The problem is I LOVE my quality of life here in Hawaii. So, do I,
A) Fly the CRJ for SkyWest and commute to a west coast base (5 hour flight, but I have family near SFO and thus a crashpad); or,
B) Fly the ATR for Empire Airlines, and go home every night.
I'm concerned flying the ATR will set my career back. I am 26, and my goal is to fly for NetJets one day. My dream plane is the G650, and I realize it will take thousands of hours to get there. What would you do?
12-07-2016 | 10:54 AM
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How would flying the ATR set your career back? Turbine multi is turbine multi.
go for better QOL, sure is Jet a little better. What will hold you back from net jets is competing with retired airline captains with tens of thousands of hours, not whether or not you flew a turbo prop multi or jet multi.
go for better QOL, sure is Jet a little better. What will hold you back from net jets is competing with retired airline captains with tens of thousands of hours, not whether or not you flew a turbo prop multi or jet multi.
12-10-2016 | 05:12 PM
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I have no idea how bad or good such a commute would be for you, but for what it is worth, everyone whom I know here at SkyWest who hails from Hawaii has moved to the CONUS in base.
Not saying that it can not be accomplished, though. I know of one pilot who was commuting to O'Hare from Hong Kong and we have one flight attendant who commutes from Italy....
Not saying that it can not be accomplished, though. I know of one pilot who was commuting to O'Hare from Hong Kong and we have one flight attendant who commutes from Italy....
12-12-2016 | 05:14 PM
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Trust me, prop PIC scores lower on most airline's screening software these days. Get jet time unless it's a real hardship.
ATR time will get you called eventually, but it could set you back several years.
ATR time will get you called eventually, but it could set you back several years.
03-06-2017 | 09:44 AM
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Are you sure? I'm looking at going the other way. Don't have the 1000 TPIC in the jet yet, but looking for a little better QOL flying Hawaiian turboprops. Think a mix would be any better?
03-06-2017 | 11:51 AM
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Do you have ample turbine multi-engine experience presently, as you're coming from the Caravan? How about multi PIC turbine?
If you're not flush with that experience, then in no way will getting turbine multi, and ultimately turbine multi PIC "set you back." It's career progression, not regression.
If you're not flush with that experience, then in no way will getting turbine multi, and ultimately turbine multi PIC "set you back." It's career progression, not regression.
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