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Float pilot hiring scenario?

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Hello again

Question to the operators hiring float drivers and pilots hired that maybe came across the scenario:

If an operator has Cessna 206 amphibians in their operation only and we're looking for drivers having 206 time of course, would you look at a resume from a float driver that didn't have 206 amphibious time but had enough and more on a 172XP amphibian as time if you were having a really slow response from other 206 driver applicants.

I guess my question how comparable are the 2 aircraft applying for a 206 job?

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A Cessna is a Cessna, IMO. The numbers are different, and the engines as well, but they all FEEL the same. A 172 feels like a 182, 185, 206, 208; they just get bigger. I've heard even the straight wing Cessna jets pretty much feel like a rock solid 172.
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Pretty much agree. I found the 185 and 206 to be the most dissimilar in "feel" but still pretty close. The 172 and 206 were more similar, granted I spent very little time in the XP on floats. Similar systems between them as well in terms of constant speed, electric flaps. And the biggest similarity: they'll both make you wish you were in a 185! :D
Seriously though, anyone competent enough to fly one can fly the other, I would wager.
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If I’m flying a Cessna seaplane, it’s gotta be a 185.

I don’t need to die in a 206 because I can’t open the door underwater lol.
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FishermanIvan wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:53 pm A Cessna is a Cessna, IMO. The numbers are different, and the engines as well, but they all FEEL the same. A 172 feels like a 182, 185, 206, 208; they just get bigger. I've heard even the straight wing Cessna jets pretty much feel like a rock solid 172.
I notice you left out the crowd killer. Probably the only Cessna that doesn't feel like a Cessna :lol:
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Maynard wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:48 am
FishermanIvan wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:53 pm A Cessna is a Cessna, IMO. The numbers are different, and the engines as well, but they all FEEL the same. A 172 feels like a 182, 185, 206, 208; they just get bigger. I've heard even the straight wing Cessna jets pretty much feel like a rock solid 172.
I notice you left out the crowd killer. Probably the only Cessna that doesn't feel like a Cessna :lol:
Cardinal?
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FishermanIvan wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:08 am
Maynard wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:48 am
FishermanIvan wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:53 pm A Cessna is a Cessna, IMO. The numbers are different, and the engines as well, but they all FEEL the same. A 172 feels like a 182, 185, 206, 208; they just get bigger. I've heard even the straight wing Cessna jets pretty much feel like a rock solid 172.
I notice you left out the crowd killer. Probably the only Cessna that doesn't feel like a Cessna :lol:
Cardinal?
Skymaster?
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co-joe wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:07 pm
FishermanIvan wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:08 am
Maynard wrote: Tue Nov 20, 2018 7:48 am

I notice you left out the crowd killer. Probably the only Cessna that doesn't feel like a Cessna :lol:
Cardinal?
Skymaster?
That makes way more sense
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