PIC turboprop less marketable than PIC jet?
02-16-2012 | 04:13 PM
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Non "Entry Level" airlines don't want to have to teach you anything to get you up to speed on their equipment. They want you to be fully qualified and experienced in the basics of what they fly. Glass, FMS, jet, etc.
I've seen it first hand where pilots with thousands upon thousands of PIC in a turboprop (but no jet time) were seen as a bigger unknown than pilots with Jet SIC and no turbine PIC.
I don't completely agree with that, in fact I don't at all, but it happens.
I've seen it first hand where pilots with thousands upon thousands of PIC in a turboprop (but no jet time) were seen as a bigger unknown than pilots with Jet SIC and no turbine PIC.
I don't completely agree with that, in fact I don't at all, but it happens.
02-16-2012 | 04:22 PM
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Possibly. Excluding the second FMS, the Dornier 328 prop model was just as if not more sophisticated than a Q400 is.
Some apps I've filled out ask if you have FMS experience. I have yet to see one that asks if you have DUAL FMS experience.
Some apps I've filled out ask if you have FMS experience. I have yet to see one that asks if you have DUAL FMS experience.
02-16-2012 | 04:37 PM
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imho it would appear that the trend is that jet time is becoming more favored, over turbo-prop time, in general. Turbo-prop time may still be accepted, however, there may be specific criteria to meet. For example (albeit Qatar Airways is an international carrier):
Pilots & Flight Deck Crew | Qatar Airways US
First officers
Minimum of 1,000 hours in one of the following categories:
• Multicrew, multiengine jet aircraft
• Command of turbo-prop above 20,000 kg MTOW
• High performance military jets
• Valid ICAO ATPL or frozen ATPL
• Valid instrument rating
• Valid Class 1 medical
• Minimum level 4 ICAO English proficiency
Second officers - Fast track
• Minimum of 1,500 hours in a modern multipilot turbo-prop
greater than 12,000 kg MTOW
• Valid ICAO ATPL or frozen ATPL
• Valid Class 1 medical
• Minimum level 4 ICAO English proficiency
Pilots & Flight Deck Crew | Qatar Airways US
First officers
Minimum of 1,000 hours in one of the following categories:
• Multicrew, multiengine jet aircraft
• Command of turbo-prop above 20,000 kg MTOW
• High performance military jets
• Valid ICAO ATPL or frozen ATPL
• Valid instrument rating
• Valid Class 1 medical
• Minimum level 4 ICAO English proficiency
Second officers - Fast track
• Minimum of 1,500 hours in a modern multipilot turbo-prop
greater than 12,000 kg MTOW
• Valid ICAO ATPL or frozen ATPL
• Valid Class 1 medical
• Minimum level 4 ICAO English proficiency
02-16-2012 | 05:21 PM
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From: fins to the left, fins to the right
I had no real glass (EADI and EHSI), and no FMS when I started in the 757/767.
02-16-2012 | 05:59 PM
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02-16-2012 | 07:32 PM
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Dont answer the OP's question, scorn him for being "part of the problem." Man, these forums are indeed full of information
02-17-2012 | 12:17 AM
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02-17-2012 | 03:46 AM
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First year FO pay on the B1900 is three bucks less than on the CRJ900 at your company.
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