Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks@d0c40r0 @John_Darksoul Twins are increasingly rare, nobody with a brain keeps them around when they start bumping up against the economics of a single turboprop. Old pilatuses aren't a good pick, but for every 20 old men calling us about a "good twin" we maybe sell 1, if that. The Beech rep was pumped that the navy bought the 260 for their trainer, because it was the biggest plug of demand they've had in forever. It's hard to make money with a twin, and the safety margin jus isn't there with underpowered pistons. Then when you have a TBP you're just as safe with a single, paying half as much, so the only real users I see these days are companies that want bush performance, mining ops, backcountry companies who like the freedom of small strip landing, that kind of thing.
Not many jobs out there, I had one survey gig in a twin for a little bit, but like any job w/ twins they're gonna be piston, so they're gonna be old as hell and constantly broken down. On paper you get "twin time" but when it breaks down for weeks at a time, that isn't much consolation when the other guys in the singles are getting 8 hrs a day. I'm to the point now I'm secretly happy to give them up to the old guys, all my real close calls came at the hands of 55 yo cessnas and pipers facing corrosion issues, and you can't airmanship your way out of it when your corroded left wingspar shears off in midair. I don't think these were meant to fly for a century, many old 50's 60's models are tough to adequately inspect from each and every angle.
All the quick start-legacy pilots I see instructed to get their time. I've come around on pushin kids into that instead of dead end GA jobs like mine, you keep that fire lit when you're working a job you hate, you move on quick and build seniority. If you just take fun, interesting work where it comes up you'll end up a loser like me when all your training friends are FOs at delta.
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