Jetlikespeed

I’m sure this is a can of worms but do majors looks down on 121 PIC turbo prop time vs 121 turbo jet time?

Aero1900

No.

I've never seen any evidence of that

Knobcrk1

Props are for boats

BeatNavy

Wait, we talking underwing mounted jet engines or rear mounted?

usmc-sgt

I have a ton of T Prop time, but always say this: if you have a choice, always choose jet over prop. While it won’t hurt you, it won’t open and doors or do you any favors either. However, jet vs prop is far down the list. If you can drive to work and make more money in a prop, that’s the choice every time.

disclaimer: so long as we are talking Saab/Dash vs CRJ and not King Air 90/Pilatus.

ZeroTT

Size of aircraft matters much more than powerplant, although the two are mostly correlated.

Al Czervik

Released

It always brought concern to my interviews, but never stopped me from getting interviews.

rickair7777

In the old days, most (all if you go back far enough) commuter pilots were prop pilots so it was common for majors to hire prop pilots. But they'd hire "12 to make 10", ie expecting to wash out about 20%. Today they expect to graduate 99%.

There is a real and significant learning curve from props to jets (jets to turboprops is a challenge in some respects too, but that's not what the majors are dealing with). Especially for older pilots, I retired a prop fleet once and unfortunately several of the prop lifers didn't make it through jet training (the company tried REALLY hard, so no fault there).

With all the RJs and RJ pilots out there, there's been a natural shift to prefer some jet time simply because it means you're a better training risk. That's it. If I were hiring pilots for a transport category turboprop, I'd prefer they have previous turbprop time and all else equal I'd take that over jet time.

Some airlines are known to not care either way (ie SWA last I heard). But some or many will weight apps more with jet time so if you get the opportunity, get a jet type and some experience. You don't necessarily need jet PIC, just show that you're trainable on a jet. Recently is good too.

Military is the exception, they mostly don't care either way, ie Herc vs C-17 should have identical opportunities.

ZeroTT

Which I’d say is primarily a function of size. (Vs the various small military TP’s which might not get as much credit)