It's been a while since I've participated in a Pprune thread. I stopped reading this one at Page 3.
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You have a TP guy with 2000 hours sitting next to you over deepest darkest Africa, in an airplane that may be 100 times heavier, fly 3 times faster and take 10 times the runway to stop then what he just stepped out of, and facing weather he has never seen. As a TP he will have very little to offer except SOP regurgitation, which will get you through 95% of it.
I've flown turboprops (B1900D/B200) for the last 3 years, at night 70% of the time, over deepest darkest Africa, avoiding massive thunderstorms at 25,000ft. So what?
Opposite example I have for you: We had hired a 8000h B737NG pilot in our company and we had to get rid of him as he had too many issues flying the B1900D!
If a lot of companies hire cadets with a CPL and 250hTT, and put them directly on a A320, why wouldn't a turboprop pilot be a good hire? It's all about Training, Attitude and then Experience!