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pwa said:
How much multi time do you need to get put into the metro
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You should be asking about the 1900 or Brasilia. Sure, we all think the Metro is cool, but the other 2 are the ones that make AMF worth the time and QOL hit you'd take.
 
Cal Goat said:
You should be asking about the 1900 or Brasilia. Sure, we all think the Metro is cool, but the other 2 are the ones that make AMF worth the time and QOL hit you'd take.
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The metro is very easy to break the ice with when networking.

I've had these convoes several times.

"What do you fly?"
"Metro, single pilot"
"Holy •!"

Tons of these guys flew metros back during the airline days and you immediately have something to talk about.
 
Lol what kind of crazy rumors are going around now?

These airframes could only be used by DHL or Fedex. UPS can't use anything larger than a Bro.
 
Maurus said:
Lol what kind of crazy rumors are going around now?

These airframes could only be used by DHL or Fedex. UPS can't use anything larger than a Bro.
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You're also getting DHC-8's.

And you guys are going to fly them all on the 135 cert.
 
Maurus said:
The metro is very easy to break the ice with when networking.

I've had these convoes several times.

"What do you fly?"
"Metro, single pilot"
"Holy !"

Tons of these guys flew metros back during the airline days and you immediately have something to talk about.
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I've met more pilots that have flown the Brasilia than the Metro.

I would never poo-poo the Metro, but from what I've seen already, any person you talk to in the pilot world thinks it's enough to have flown single pilot 135. Nobody ever says "If only you had Metro experience..." The 135 single pilot time says your decent enough stick, but specific airplane hours matter to companies that have that specific airplane. Nobody will question whether or not you're a good pilot if you've flown the Metro single (plus Korean) pilot. But why shouldn't the 99, 1900, or Bro be any different?

If anything, the 1900 and the Bro give you hours that are applicable to a greater number of operators. Just my opinion. I still think the Metro is rad and I'd love to fly one someday. I just think that if you're playing the What's-the-most-ideal-path-to-career-perfection game, the argument for Metro time specifically is a weak one. But the airplane type is probably much less important than who you know.
 
Who flies the Bro aside from Skywest, and why would anyone go AMF Bro Capt to Skywest Bro FO?
Companies that fly a C441, AC90, SA226, MU-2, etc like metro time.. or rather they like garret time. The first two actually have a fair amount of operators out there.
But yes, the 1900 is just a big King Air. Slow, uses tons of gas.
 
Cal Goat said:
I've met more pilots that have flown the Brasilia than the Metro.

I would never poo-poo the Metro, but from what I've seen already, any person you talk to in the pilot world thinks it's enough to have flown single pilot 135. Nobody ever says "If only you had Metro experience..." The 135 single pilot time says your decent enough stick, but specific airplane hours matter to companies that have that specific airplane. Nobody will question whether or not you're a good pilot if you've flown the Metro single (plus Korean) pilot. But why shouldn't the 99, 1900, or Bro be any different?

If anything, the 1900 and the Bro give you hours that are applicable to a greater number of operators. Just my opinion. I still think the Metro is rad and I'd love to fly one someday. I just think that if you're playing the What's-the-most-ideal-path-to-career-perfection game, the argument for Metro time specifically is a weak one. But the airplane type is probably much less important than who you know.
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Indeed. I give the "sticky stars" to anyone flying /A and /U. The airplane doesn't matter to me. That being said, gimme the metro. It's loud, fugly and the nosewheel steering looks stupid. :D
 
Well, enjoy the Metro while it lasts. I heard there is a pretty gnarly AD that is going to be putting them down for a few weeks here pretty soon.
 
Inverted said:
Well, enjoy the Metro while it lasts. I heard there is a pretty gnarly AD that is going to be putting them down for a few weeks here pretty soon.
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Unless it is an Emergency AD they wont be all going down at the same time.

That said, I wouldn't mind some paid vacation.
 
z987k said:
Who flies the Bro aside from Skywest, and why would anyone go AMF Bro Capt to Skywest Bro FO?
Companies that fly a C441, AC90, SA226, MU-2, etc like metro time.. or rather they like garret time. The first two actually have a fair amount of operators out there.
But yes, the 1900 is just a big King Air. Slow, uses tons of gas.
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I'll accept your Garret argument, but I've seen a surprising amount of Bros operating on the GA front now. Seems like a few racing teams use them to move their people around. I worked at a few busy FBOs over the past decade and spent a lot of time at other FBOs around the country and I can probably count all the GA Metros I've seen on one hand plus another hand for the Merlins. Really, even the other Garret powered birds are starting to go extinct.

All I'm saying is that I wouldn't go to AMF with the specific goal of getting into the Metro because, again, it's more about who you know when you're looking at opportunities down the road.
 
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