This, I do not agree with based on my experiences. Chasing type ratings alone, yes – I concede that a type in and of itself isn't all that useful. I picked up a handful of them early on, then worked at a company with all turboprops for years. When it came time to move on, the lack of a recent type rating was detrimental. All I heard was, "are you current and typed" to the point where I wanted to have a T-Shirt made up. Granted, they were all 135 operators and I've learned the hard way to try and avoid them (as you said: "Good jobs"). The type I am about the get is for an aircraft that I have been flying part-time as SIC for over a year now. I hope to expand the amount of work I can do with the type under my belt, so that, if in another ten months the current situation doesn't go full time I've got another credential with some experience to fall back on. Having the type makes it easier to get the contract work to being with.
I've made it clear that I don't want anything more at this point than a face to face dinner or meeting to talk everything out, and I just have to see how it plays out.
