King has just hired a class, and was running on a tight pilot roster, meaning plenty of flights for the pilots. Don't know how that's going to change (change is inevitable, welcome to the roller coaster), but for building your first 1,000 or so hours, it's cool.

 

I worked for king for about six months....I put my time in and left! Be prepared for inflight emergency on a daily basis, just expect it! DO NOT take an airplane you are not comfortable with! What ever MX says! Other than that, it's a great place to build twin time and work on your flying skills....(xwind landings, line to pick for bad weather flying) Pay is livable! you can make twice as much on tips during the summer! ($1500)

 

Why waste your time flying a 207 or 402 when you can get turbine time flying over the same real estate in a Twin Otter. Just a thought. I am told that Scenic and GCA will be running a class at the end of January.

 

that is true, but I wanted to build twin pic! It's just another avenue for building time a year ago!

 

I flew for King for a year and a half.. Never had an in-flight mechanical. Never paid for my training (he asked me about it; I told him the check was in the mail). I only flew the singles for a couple of months before moving up to the 402.

Bob Trout was our chief pilot back then (Late '90's). He was a good guy to work with. He knew a great deal about the canyon because he'd helped design all the routes we used to fly -- the ones that actually let you fly beneath the rim of the canyon in designated areas. Not long after I left, they erased all those routes, and set a minimum altitude of 10,000 feet over the whole thing.

For those considering the Twin Otter right seat, just remember that PIC reigns when you're looking for the next job. I'd take 500 hours PIC in a C-402 over 1,000 hours SIC in a Twatter any day.

Slipstream

 

"Air Nevada 8, Mt. Sinyala, Blue 1, 6 thousand 5 hundred." Ah, those were the days.....

 

What? You can't be serious! PIC in a piston airplane is worthless unless you want to fly another piston plane. The only PIC that matters to anybody is twin turbine PIC. A pilot with 1000 hours twin turbine SIC will be hired by an airline over somebody with 1000 hours twin piston PIC any day.

 

Yup, what he said. Plus the twotter ROCKS.

 

all i had was piston time with a great amount of c402 time with no SIC turbine. i interviewed with skywest, eagle and republic and was offered jobs at all three over the guys with turbine sic time in the twatter n 1900. the air is a little thin inside your twatter if u think piston pic time will only get u another piston job!!

 

Don't you mean "the air is a little thin inside my MD-80"? I got hired to fly it with company minimums and a little over 1400 turbine SIC plus only 86 hours of twin piston PIC (I have no turbine PIC). I wouldn't have even gotten an interview if all I had was piston time.
I suppose if all you're trying for is the regionals, then maybe piston PIC is good enough, but in reality, anybody can get hired at a regional; only the turbine time will help you move onto something bigger and better.