Sorry, bad day at work. Didn't mean to take it out on you.

I am not in NE Ohio. I fly a corporate Baron. I dont have much turbine time. My company bought the airplane about a year ago. We have already out grown the Baron. We are looking to upgrade to a C90B or a B200. If you find anything flying a Baron, Senneca, Navajo, ect. Think about it. A lot of corporate flight dept start with something small and grow from there. That may be something to consider. There is my constuctive comment.

Appreciate it. Thanks.

That isn't entirely accurate. You have to be issued the Autopilot in lieu of SIC Op Spec (paragraph A-something) and the PIC will also have to be trained/checked (135.297 g.). I, like you, don't know anyone operating a King Air 135 without that op spec/checking/training but I'm sure they're out there.

My point is that the autopilot doesn't seal the deal. It's the Op Spec, training and checking that do. Even with the autopilot, if there's no Autopilot-in-lieu-of-SIC authorization, you need the SIC for 135 pax IFR ops (135.101).

-mini

Cmon now you've got 850 hours and complaining about not flying a jet. :rolleyes:
I understand your trying to move up the ladder, everyone wants to, Yet you dont even have 135 mins yet. Keep instructing get your 1200 hours then look into some single pilot freight stuff. If a someone with a jet offers you something between now and then great, if not work on making yourself more marketable.

Sounds like he's following your advice... building time while asking if anyone knows of any work out there. No eye-roll required

Seeing you are on a LR 60, what are your company's requirements for SIC? I'm just curious.

Citation XLS not LR60,not sure what the insurance wants. Owner wants 2500TT an ATP and of course a type rating. Now that I think about it a little more I think I may have heard 1500TT with a type was the least they would accept. I could be wrong though

I don't understand this post.. What King Air operator is going to hire you with 850 hours anyways?? Are you trying to say no operator will hire you without turbine time?

The only way that you can log King Air time on the passenger seat is if the PIC is a CFI. Even then, it's pretty worthless time, not only to you but to the recruiters. Now, it won't hurt when you hit pt135 mins and you are applying for a king air position. But I'm not sure if that's your intention with the above post.

So getting instruction in a King Air is worthless?:confused: