this post makes absolutely no sense at all. no i am realy confused. regionals now ask for in the hundreds of hours of multi, if they are even hiring. now lets say you want to work at a corp. aviation dept., youd better have atleast 500 multi(prefer. much, much more-possibly turb. multi). mabey a part 135 C421 driver, hows 500 multi sound, AND 2000 TT (ATP PREFERED) the fact if the matter is, is that most places wont hire you with wet certs (i.e.30-40 hrs) because they cant insure you. why do you think that flight schools want you to either have 250 multi, or 25 hours with thier instructor before you can go solo in their aircraft. ATP multi time is worthless, not quite. still not entirely enough multi to be insurable, mabey. here is just one job listing flying a FIXED GEAR/NON- HIGH PERF. TWIN(partenavia P.68, an easy to fly twin, think mini twin otter) notice, 250hrs multi prefered. http://www.aspenhelo.com/job.htm I have 1000+hrs pic and a connection at the company, but don't yet meat the 250 multi. I know the chief heli pilot, and I cant get a job there, because the insurance won't touch me yet. they dont care that i have high-perf multi pic time, they want the total numbers. i still dont understand you post ppragman. point out some of these companies to me of which you speak. i'd love to send them a resume.
i never said SE time was a waste. but how many regionals/corps./majors/air ambullance/charter companies fly single engine stuff. as well, the stick and rudder you get from a 150/172/pa-28, is not realy stick and rudder. stick and rudder comes from real airplanes, that have a tendancy to swap ends when you don't have stick and rudder skill. say like a citabria or decathlon. i have given about 35 tailwheel endorsments, and thats when you learn stick and rudder. but, flying in alaska, where REAL bush pilots come from, im sure you already knew that. you do a job that is one in a million, and takes a special pilot to even be able to put up with the elements, let alone fly in them.
