Turbo Prop or Jet?
 

Is there any advantage to going to a pure turbo prop regional, or angling for a Tprop at an airline that has both Tprop and jets?

Thanks.

I would go with QOL first, that being said, any opportunity to fly a Tprop is awesome. A jet and prop operator gives you more options if you decide to transition to a jet at a later date.

In my opinion it doesn't matter. If your goal is to make it to a major one of two things will happen, either there is a pilot shortage and you'll get hired regardless of your experience, or there is no pilot shortage and you'll be stuck at a regional for 10-20 years.

My advice is to pick a regional with a base in the city you currently live, or if that is not an option, pick a regional with a base you'd be comfortable moving to.

Get typed in a jet. It's useful if you decide to go corporate.

Fly whatever acft is domiciled where you live.

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My airline prefers people with Jet, glass time, and PIC time. Its depends on what your overall career goals are... My buddy flys a part 91 king air 350 and makes 135k per year, gets a company car and a pension! He has no desire to ever leave. Its all perspective.

If you want to fly a jet at a major then go learn how to fly a jet. I flew turboprops before I flew a 737 and the differences are too many to list here. The transition was difficult. If you can fly a jet now- it will pay off down the road. Anyway, the chances that they will hire you w/o jet glass FMS pic experience are small. At my AA class- nobody was tprop only.....

Go with the best QOL, I have been in turboprops most of my career and very minimal jet experience. If I ever decide to join the legacy carriers hopefully my tprop time is comparable to people with jet time...

This is good advice

At airways we have plenty of turboprop FO's getting hired.