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saviboy

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hi
I am getting flight time in a turboprop.
I wonder if i absolutely need jet time to move on to bigger and faster.
i am thinking about Emirates, cathay pacific, spirit airlines, fedex,etc...
thanks
 
I worked with a guy who went to FedEx w/o any jet time, so it is possible, but I'm sure they're lookin for PIC, what kind of conditions/leadership experience you have and a much higher TT...
 
saviboy said:
hi
I am getting flight time in a turboprop.
I wonder if i absolutely need jet time to move on to bigger and faster.
i am thinking about Emirates, cathay pacific, spirit airlines, fedex,etc...
thanks

Last time I checked a turboprop was a jet. It's jet time, build PIC.
 
With al du respect, you are gonna have to enlight me about this. turboprop time is jet time?

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turboprop is the same as jet??! That's a new one on me... propeller vs jet engine... hmmm where's that box of crayons?
 
If SCOREBOARD really is a "SWA/FO" (which I kinda doubt), then there's you proof that what gets you hired is not WHAT you know...but who you know.


Have a nice day.
 
xdrvr said:
turboprop is the same as jet??! That's a new one on me... propeller vs jet engine... hmmm where's that box of crayons?

Technically, he's not wrong.... You can't say:
xdrvr said:
propeller vs jet engine
because that's a different comparison. A propeller is not an engine type (perhaps you meant piston vs jet). Turboprop aircraft and turbojet aircraft both have jet engines; one operates an aircompressor while the other turns a propeller, but they are both operated by turbines.

I'm sure FedEx sees it differently, but TECHNICALLY he's not wrong.

Disclaimer: I have '0' turbine time, closest encounter with jet engines came as a mechanical engineering student working on jet engine design projects.
 
If you're asked why you logged turboprop time as jet, answer a turboprop is a very high bypass unducted fan.
 
both are turbine time, but some like swa want turbojet time
 

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