A turbine islander needs a type rating, a piston islander would be covered by a MEP class rating. But as the islander is a single crew aircraft you will need 700 hours total time to operate under as a single pilot ifr on public transport operations.
Air Arran now run a sstr scheme for the ATR, so yes even turbo prop operators are branching into the sstr route.
Last edited by portsharbourflyer; 19th Dec 2005 at 19:22.