Originally Posted by
Av8rking
First off, the obvious discussion is "How did your airline begin?" As far as GoJets is concerned this is a land mine that I won't even start to discuss. Second is pay. Almost all of today's "premier" regionals have fought long and hard for their current contracts. Giving here, taking there. As far as the comment about taking the majors flying away, there are other threads dedicated to this subject in particular. The way your question is written leads one to believe that you are defending GoJets, and are trying to seek justification as to why not join their team. If, after reading all the threads on this site, (including how most GoJet pilots hide their I.D.'s on the crew vans) you still feel the need to join this company, Good luck in all your endeavors.
No they don't. I know several pilots at that airline and I have asked them that very question. All said, no, they have never heard of that.
Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
In the mean time, I am starting a new airline. It will fly 737s, and the CAs will be paid 30k (yeah it is cheap, but you will get that type for free). For the new guys, I will be offering right seat time for only 98 bucks per hour. Think of it, in one year you will have 900 hours of 737 time for only $88,200 and you will be SUPER hireable!
What's different in that than going to some place and buying multi-engine time? People do that all the time in order to boost their hours to become hirable. IN FACT, why even go to a regional? They are all undercutters. Stay a flight instructor for 3000+ hours and hope you can meet a KingAir pilot who will let you log some time on the 91 segments of their flights and just go straight to the Legacy carries when you get it all done. This way you can really feel good about "doing the right thing"