Pilatus

I'd imagine they count them the same as they do caravan hours. From what I've heard on this and other boards, if you can choose between twin piston PIC or single turbine PIC, take the multi.
 
frog_flyer said:
I'd imagine they count them the same as they do caravan hours. From what I've heard on this and other boards, if you can choose between twin piston PIC or single turbine PIC, take the multi.
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Multi time is very valuable but the PC-12 is a much more complex aircraft than the Caravan. For one the PC-12 is pressurized, flies at 270 knots, FL300, and has retractable gear. The van has none of that.
 
Wouldnt TPIC be better then ME Piston PIC?
And where did you get a picture of my new company car and aircraft LiveStrong??
 
I think you're going to need the multi hours regardless. Minimums are minimums.

That said, time in a PC12 is going to look great on a resume at least at the regional/corporate level. Like mentioned above: experience in a pressurized turbine aircraft, in the flight levels, WX experience, & more complex avionics and systems are good things on the resume. I believe the experience would serve a guy well as far as personal skills and resume credibility. Probably gonna need bigger equipment in the logbook to get the attention of a legacy carrier.
 
Do you have any multi time already? If you already have 500 or so, get the turbine time. I'd pass up a multi prop for a PC-12 any day!!!

You would probably be surprised in the corporate world how turbine could be better than multi (as long as you do have a good number of multi time).
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
I'd fly a PC-12 over a seminole any day of the week and on weekends.
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I second that..

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Livestrongcjm said:
what do the major airlines and 135 ops think about PC-12 hours. Does it matter that they are not multi hours
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If you have some multi time already then the PC-12 is probably gonna be a great move for you.

However if your low time then remember Multi time is required for every job, turbine time is required for most jobs.

So if you can get turbine multi then do it. If you have little multi time then you need that, if you have a ton of piston multi time and then wanna get some turbine time in the pc-12 it'd be a good move.
 
Even if I didn't have a lot of multi time I'd still fly the pilatus. After getting 1000 hours or so of turbine PIC I could easily get hired flying some gimpy (in comparisan) baron for 7-8 months.
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
Even if I didn't have a lot of multi time I'd still fly the pilatus. After getting 1000 hours or so of turbine PIC I could easily get hired flying some gimpy (in comparisan) baron for 7-8 months.
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maybe...maybe not. You'd be suprised what the insurance companies think.

I had a friend with 2500TT 1000van and Cheif pilot experience who was told he didn't meet mins for several regionals and freight companies because of low multi time.
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
Even if I didn't have a lot of multi time I'd still fly the pilatus. After getting 1000 hours or so of turbine PIC I could easily get hired flying some gimpy (in comparisan) baron for 7-8 months.
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Friend of mine flew a Socata TBM 850 this past weekend. I don't know. . .Baron/Socata/Pilatus . . .forget the twin!
 
DUDE, take the job flying the PC-12 and use the money you make to buy 100 hours of multi time... doesn't seem to be a dilema to me.

I heard Native Air was a pretty good place to work. Flying a PC-12 out of a dirt strip on an indian reservation at night, what could be better?
 
I think the PC-12 is being seen more and more highly by companies. It has all performance of a King Air, with one engine. It is an awesome airplane, I love flying it!
 
dc3flyer said:
I heard Native Air was a pretty good place to work. Flying a PC-12 out of a dirt strip on an indian reservation at night, what could be better?
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Something to think about with Native...

They are a great company. I never flew for them but was friends with some of their pilots and grabbed a few rides in the PC12. They do some serious hard core flying in that plane. It would come back some morning covered in mud (and with a few bullet holes once or twice). The thing to think about though is there is very little (if any) protection for the pilots from the patient. I know they mostly just cart out broken bones and other traumas but the do carry contagious diseases some times.

It's a good gig if you can get it though and it is a kick ass airplane.
 
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