Originally Posted by
Boomer
Would you consider a 9th year Delta Connection FO with 7200 hours "jumping ahead" of a 3rd year Delta Connection Captain with 2800 hours?
Or, put another way, should I ditch my 2003 hire date at Comair and spend a year in the left seat at GoJetsss?
Would that move make me worthy of a major airline career?
Sadly Boomer, we all know the answer to that question is yes.
That's one of many reasons the RFP FFD ACMI deal an ace, cut your mother to get ahead, pay for upgrade bottom feeder system the entire regional sector has devolved to (with mainline indifference, complacency and permission) and even more reason that scope recapture, not just "holding the line" is paramount.
There was a time the regionals pattern bargained up. It quickly devolved into a backstabbing cesspool of predatory bargaining to buy PIC time for the "majors" and has now seemed to have settled into a cautious status quo C scale with a few exceptions on either extreme.
You still have good time though, and IMO you will be able to move on for something better if you stay active and tenacious about it. There are other ways to be active about moving on besides PIC time.