I'll be honest. Here is why twin otter pilots dread this thing. I just don't like flying single-pilot anymore. That's why don't care about any of these super-hauling singles. I intend to avoid ever having to fly one ever again. I'm going to use my seniority to avoid it. I don't want to singlehanded...

Casual is fine. Look decent though, you may meet someone who you'll want to have a good impression of you.

Short final is my choice for "Props Ahead". No noisy pitch changes because the power is already coming back, and its nice to have the props ahead because I need them for reverse. So even I'm not a "monkey", and I could very well be, and I can figure out Props Full Fine for a go-around, I tend to not...

I had a Canadian Multi-IFR, went to the States do do some cheap night time building, got the FAA Private with my Canadian Licence. But that is just an Add-on, not a full FAA Licence, they said if a I wanted a stand-alone FAA licence I had to write an Exam. So I wrote the Commercial, wrote the IFR, f...

That pretty much sums it up. You can also do the FAA ATP course and then do the 25 question Air Regs conversion exam to the Canadian ATPL. The ATP in the US requires an instrument ride.

What will the Type-rating cost? Not a bad plan considering what's going on in the industry in Asia. I won't be at all surprised if you get picked up by a carrier. The industry is completely different in Asia compared to Canada. In Asia you buy a type-rating. In Canada you spend 1 or 2 years loading/...