Pogey Bait

The easiest way to get over a girl is to find 2 or 3 more.

3GRNDWN

^^^Spot on! Move to where you are happiest. If you stay in your current position and remain unhappy, that could hurt you later in your chances to get on with a major. Meeting the right person who can help you get an interview happens when you least expect it, and if you're loathing around miserable, that could effect their first impression they have about you. I made a lateral move from one regional to another and later hired at a major, they didn't even ask about it during the interview at the major Good luck and have fun chasing women!

workingforfree

Just be able to coherently explain why you did what you did..... you'll be totally ok!

Good luck!

FirstClass

People move for all sorts of reason. And who is to say the move was for your career anyway? What if it was for your significant other? Should United penalize you for a decision your significant other has made? See the distinction? Will it come up in your interview? Maybe, but again who is really going to fault you for making a change to better yourself or your family.

webecheck

Skywest could potentially be looked at as a move up depending on what regional you're with. Reading about your situation, I feel for you because we've all made moves that didn't turn out to be what we had hoped. I think you should apply to SKW tonight, you'll be at an interview within a week, and in class within 2 months max. Good domicile options too.

Tom a Hawk

The mid Atlantic was a strange place for me at first too. But I got into it. Just get yourself some plaid shorts and boat shoes and you'll start fitting in.

Name User

I would look at who the carriers you want to work for are hiring.

AA hires ex-mil, and flow thru. This won't really change moving forward.
UAL hires a lot of regional guys, but the key is they have mostly been check airmen.
DAL is kinda all over the board. But the strongest candidates are ex-mil and check airmen.
SWA hires single seat fighter guys, and check airmen.
jetBlue tends to hire guys from all over. I got a call out of the blue, just a regular line guy, but many of them have been passed over. Again check airmen letter helps bigtime.
Spirit, as their deliveries wind down I think you'll see more F/O's getting called there.

Just some thoughts. AWAC is a good company, but personally I think you really missed the boat when you didn't jump to PSA or PDT. With upgrade comes the ability to become a check airmen, and in fast growing companies they tend to allow most anyone interested in it in. At AWAC, it was a tough nut to crack for many years due to no movement. With a check airmen letter you can pretty much write your own ticket.

Don't look at spending many years at a regional. Rip the bandaid off. You want to spend the majority of your time at your career airline.

PDTpilotXX

I have renewed faith in humanity after reading this thread. I didn't think APC posters could pull off two pages without mud.