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Old 9th Apr 2017, 20:18
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Intrance
 
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Depending on the prop, your hearing might suffer a bit though :P.

I faced a choice of TP command (< 10t) or jet FO (> 30t) and for me it was quite easy. It's a bit different in your situation but I might face it sometime in the near future as well. Current company is getting modern turboprops and will probably first offer LHS on those instead of LHS of my current jet type... I would not like to go back to turboprop. Did that for some hard years, learned a lot, paid my dues so to speak and worked to get a step up the ladder.

And regardless of type, turboprop time is still a bit undervalued by HR departments in my experience. Companies having a plan for you is a glass half full way of looking at it. The glass half empty way is that they just have seats to fill and who ever bites the bait might be stuck for the foreseeable future. Seen it both ways and it depends on the quality of your company so no one can really make that choice but you.
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