Should low hour pilots start on Turboprops
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It depends upon age. If you do do T'props then expect to earn alot less for the years that you are on them, but its good experience and I can spot it in my captains - who has flown them and who has not. I by-passd them, so I earn 45k instead of 25k. Cost the difference up over just 2 years and you have your training costs back.
Many jet operators SOPs actively discourage hand flying. This is a shame IMHO.
If you work out of large airports you aint got no choice but to keep to profile and the automatics do a far better job that we can do - there's no place for larging it at number 6 in the queue at AMS or CDG at 6am and getting it wrong. Its just too inconvenient for all concerned.