Originally Posted by
bcpilot
I think what he meant was..... "A regional is considered Entry Level for part 121 career....."
For most, A regional is still the entry level for airlines career.
Now, a lot of people are looking at regionals as long term prospects & have made it their career & their final destination.
That's where the eternal conflict at the regional level stems from. You have two diametrically opposed camps.... regional lifers and guys who want their 1000 TPIC and go the majors. Growth at the regionals affect to two groups differently. Lifers like growth and the ones that want to go to the majors want majors to grow. However, you throw this monkey wrench in the works. With more and more regional lifers, you have less spots to upgrade with slow growth.
It's the ultimate Catch-22. You can't upgrade and go to the majors without growth to upgrade into, but with growth at the regionals, you have less jobs at the majors.