Inverted25
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What do insurance companies normally require to fly a PC-12.
PC-12 Insurance requirments
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Ahh! This is how I change this!
A friend of mine who is an underwriter says they won't touch anyone under 1500TT/ATP to fly a PC-12.
OTOH, there is a member on here that started flying one sub 500 TT.
It's all about how much the owner wants to spend to insure it, and your relationship with the insurer.
Inverted25
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Thanks for the reply. I have this love of big singles with a PT-6 hanging out front. I would love to fly either a Caravan or PC-12. So I'm trying to figure out what requirements I will have to meet to get to fly one. Seems like 2000TT is what I will need to be competitive from the research I have done. At least at the few companies I would like to work for (Mountain Air Cargo(208) and PlaneSense (PC-12)). Right now I sit at about 900TT so I got some flying to do over the next year while I finish grad school to be competitive. Thanks for the info guys.
Boris Badenov
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VFR only, once presumes.
MikeOH58
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PIC is most likely going to be somewhere between 135 and ATP mins...I can't say I agree with it, but the biggest factor is going to be turbine time and time in type. A broker with a good relationship with the underwriters can make a lot happen though. Nothing set in stone.
esa17
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One of our 208 drivers only had 1100 when he was hired for the season.
Inverted25
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So assume I get to around 1800TT and get my single engine ATP but no turbine time. Will I be competitive or no?
Stone Cold
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Insurable, probably with a FSI or CAE course. Your boss *may have to pay a little more, but you would probably be insurable. Competitive? For what company? What time in the market cycle will you be? How desperate will the PC-12 companies be? When you figure those things out, we can answer your question...:beer:
Autothrust Blue
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Insurable, probably with a FSI or CAE course. Your boss *may have to pay a little more, but you would probably be insurable. Competitive? For what company? What time in the market cycle will you be? How desperate will the PC-12 companies be? When you figure those things out, we can answer your question...:beer:
Anyone is insurable. It's just a question of how expensive it'd be.
Well-heeled 500-hour pilots are routinely thrown into certain machines (Piper Malibu), and are insured.
I was insured with 2200 ttl with 100 in type and SimCom Initial under my belt but thats to fly single pilot 135 with a 10mil insurance policy. I know PlaneSense (Alpha) you can upgrade with 1500hrs. I also know certain 135 operators that will through you in the left seat of King Air/Pilatus with 1500ttl but they always fly with two pilots.
HVYMETALDRVR
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I was hired into the rightseat of one at 500TT.
ricecakecm
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I was hired as PIC with 1600 total. Had to go to Simcom initial course, but no time in type requirement. This was for charter in the midwest. It was also over 5 years ago.
Inverted
mmmmmm wine
You wont be competitive in the PC-12 would until you have 1000 hours of PIC PC-12 time. Even then the picking is real slim. There are very few PC-12 operations around, and everyone can fly them.
Honestly I would put my money into something that can get you typed. Or that gives you a higher chance of getting hired.
MikeOH58
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Not correct, OP disregard.
SpiraMirabilis
Possible Subversive
Don't bother with your ATP. To get insured to fly a PC-12 it isn't so much as TT, it is whether or not you've attended Flight Safety (or SimuFlite,etc.) This is what insurance company likes these days. You might need TT to get in the door, but most PC-12 operators will send you to flight safety. (You can get your ATP done for free at flight safety if you want, too.)