Bunglerat
I think airag hit the nail on the head. I would also like to add that in many a case, high performance turbo-props are used in contract work, i.e., oil company, government work, etc, and quite often the contract not only stipulates aircraft type to be used but also minimum crew requirements, i.e. hours and number of pilots. Most oil company work for example that I did, required two pilots even though the aircraft was certified for single pilot operations and the PIC required 3000hrs total, 1500hrs multi command and I think 100hrs command on type. There was some night command required but I can’t recall the exact hours. The second pilot or safety pilot required 1500hrs total, 500hrs multi command and 50hrs on type.
