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11-15-2009, 08:48 AM

stunami

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Single engine turbo or piston multi

Which time will make a low hour pilot more marketable, single engine turbo prop (Caravan) or piston twin time?

11-15-2009, 08:51 AM

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IMHO multi is always a good thing, but thats just me.

11-15-2009, 08:59 AM

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Depends what your goal is. Most airlines like to see multi time as opposed to caravan time.

11-15-2009, 09:05 AM

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Thank you for the feedback would you bypass a potential Caravan job to pursue an illusive multi piston job?

11-15-2009, 09:21 AM

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Thank you for the feedback would you bypass a potential Caravan job to pursue an illusive multi piston job?

Personally, I would because I wanted to get into the airline track of the business. They seem to all have requirements for several hundred hours of Multi time, and when the hiring starts up again you can bet the minimums will be at least in the 200-300hr Multi time range.

11-15-2009, 09:22 AM

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Multi……….....

11-15-2009, 09:25 AM

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Thank you for the feedback would you bypass a potential Caravan job to pursue an illusive multi piston job?

Though I also agree, take the multi over the caravan, I would not pass up the Caravan job in order to keep looking for a multi job. Keep looking while you're flying the Caravan.

Flight time and being employed are a lot more marketable than "I sat around for 8 months looking for a job to be able to put on my resume for you guys."

11-15-2009, 09:34 AM

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If you had offers from two places all other things being equal.. I would say multi... however, if you have an offer of a caravan job and no offer of a multi job... then sounds like caravan is the way to go.... and who knows, maybe that will lead to the corporate world which might just be a better career anyway...

11-15-2009, 09:40 AM

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Thanks for the advice. I have a good lead on a Caravan job, but no immediate prospects for multi

11-15-2009, 09:42 AM

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Which time will make a low hour pilot more marketable, single engine turbo prop (Caravan) or piston twin time?

I was in this exact same position back in 2005 as the flood gates of regional hiring were opening. While flight instructing, I had been offered a job flying a PC-12. At the same time, the flight school I was working at was quickly losing MEIs to the airlines. Thinking my ultimate goal was the airlines, I passed on the PC-12 job, did my MEI and quickly had several multi-engine students dumped in my lap. Looking back, I probably would have done the same thing. But if I thought my goal was corporate flying, I might have gone after the PC-12 gig.