Turbine Suburban vs. Piston twin

[Princedietrich]

MX is the key. Always be nice to your mechanics.

He's right, never underestimate the power of a six-pack and some pizza.

:beer:

 

[CaravanMan]

I went the Caravan 1st, multi-engine 2nd route. If I had it to do all over again, I'd go with multi-engine first. The Caravan's a really fun airplane to fly, but it really won't get you anywhere fast (no pun intended, lol).

 

[mcjohn]

Where in NC? I'm in AVL. Oh, and about your woman. If you're not married yet and she doesn't want to move and all then maybe she's not the one for a "pilot." I'd imagine to "advance the career" you'd have to be flexible on moving. I've spent much time talking about all that with my wife and she's cool with it. As long as it advances the carrer as quickly as possible. Recently I bought a pristine 1977 F150 with a 460 engine to haul restored airstreams that my wife and I shop on Ebay. I'm trying to convince her that moving is FUN!! and worthy of a hobby........yeah right.

 

[myq2u]

When it comes to safety I like one of the replies here - if it's not safe - don't fly - Period.

Otherwise it sounds to me like you worry too much about quality of life issues, your sugar mama, etc. Think of it this way, FedEx & UPS are hiring like crazy RIGHT NOW and probably will for the NEXT FEW YEARS! WILL YOU BE READY???

You should focus 110% on how you can make yourself marketable to them as soon as possible! That should be your main concern right now! You see, once you reach that goal you won't need no sugar mama and instead you'll be someone's sugar daddy!

Seriously, don't make the mistake of worrying about the QoL issues too much, the hiring spree at the cargo outfits might be over in 2-3 years and then you'll be regretting you wasted your time on flying a caravan just to be near your sugar mama. No offense to all caravan folks; I just think multi-engine time alwats beats the sooped-up C172 time! .

Again, this is just my opinion; I'm frequently wrong though so what do I know? ;}

Good luck!