Have to agree that SRT's posts are usually very wonderful and well written as well!
However, would like to raise a few points which will probably do nothing but muddy the lower reaches of the Limpopo.
The 208 is usually operated as a two crew aircraft although it is certified for single crew?
flyinggoose's 208 is operated as a two crew machine, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting as co-pilot on it.
Two crew operational experience and the necessary CRM that goes with it is quite important in the career path.
Turbine handling is almost a prerequisite to transitioning to the simpler operation of jet engined aircraft.
From about the end of May this year, the SA CAA is, I think, going to require any ATPL initial flight test to be flown on a multi crew aircaft over 5,700kgs.
The stepping stone from a 208 to a Beech 200 is slightly smaller than it would be from a 206.
Any girl who told me at an interview that she didn't need piston time would be classed by me as being equally as arrogant as am I, although a damned sight more stupid, and rejected on the spot.
Would flyinggoose not be able to suffer some more and get an Instructor Rating while he is fresh in study mode? Thus would he acquire command time. There are a lot of opportunities for instructors in SA at the moment.
How can one be a co-pilot on a Cessna 206 (974kgs) ? How long would it take in the circumstances to rack up 500 hours on the 208 before possibly advancing to command? How old is flyinggoose and can he afford the time?
One final small but quite important little possible clincher in all of this might be which aircraft would provide the more amusing sort of flying?
It's got to be the 208 and a Grade III in one's spare time?
