Great Lakes questions
05-28-2008, 05:09 PM
#33
Slaving away
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Gear Mover
Posts: 433
It's undeniable that flying a prop gets you the quickest upgrade and gives you some credibility in that you have good flying experience especially with no autopilot and GPS. However from what I saw the CAs at my previous airline weren't having any luck with the better majors/legacies out there citing not enough experience on jet/advanced airplanes. The only guys that made it to top tier airlines like CAL had a few thousand of pic and were instructors. I guess in the last few years there has been a rise in regional jet CAs applying though it has been tougher market for prop guys.
One would think that a guy flying the Mighty Beech with 500 hours of PIC had WAY more experience that someone with 500 hours of jet FO time... But then again, life isn't fair.
Some of those CAL people won't see jet PIC time till it is in a 737...but I digress.
The guys I flew with at XJT back when we had the Beech always liked hand flying. Old habits die hard...
05-29-2008, 09:08 AM
#35
Portuguese Troubleshooter
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Burrito Bomber
Posts: 370
It's undeniable that flying a prop gets you the quickest upgrade and gives you some credibility in that you have good flying experience especially with no autopilot and GPS. However from what I saw the CAs at my previous airline weren't having any luck with the better majors/legacies out there citing not enough experience on jet/advanced airplanes. The only guys that made it to top tier airlines like CAL had a few thousand of pic and were instructors. I guess in the last few years there has been a rise in regional jet CAs applying though it has been tougher market for prop guys.
05-29-2008, 11:12 AM
#36
Rubber dogsh#t out of HKG
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Senior Seat Cushion Tester Extraordinaire
Posts: 625
I agree, glass/jet time is overrated. After several hundred hours of turboprop PIC under your belt, the transition to a jet is a piece of cake. As for the bells and whistles, after a half hour or so of punch and pray, one gets enough of the basics to work it for a flight. It is just as easy, if not a little easier, to learn Collins AMS 5000 as a Trimble 2000.
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