Speaking of multi-engine time, how soon will I transition?
All new-hires start in the Piper Lance, but upgrades to the Piper Seneca II, Beech Baron 58 or Cessna 402 are happening quickly, often straight out of class. Your ability to upgrade to a twin will depend on your seniority and your willingness to relocate to one of our out-based stations. As senior pilots move on to other jobs and new runs are added, multi-engine slots become available. Surprisingly, RAF does not have minimums for multi-engine transitions either; that means a pilot with 20 hours and another with 200 hours of twin-time have the same opportunity. For example, we just had an opening in Richmond, Virginia, for a Seneca run; several senior pilots passed it up because they have family in Raleigh; a junior pilot with only 1 week of seniority and 22 hours of multi-engine time was able to steal the run and begin logging twin-time. In other words, if you are willing to relocate to one of our out-bases, your transition will be sooner (i.e., be flexible in your lease agreements).
