Originally Posted by
Bbourne2009
Sorry I should have been a little more clear in my original post about why I'm asking here in the first place. I do have internal connections with them but at the current moment I am not able to get in contact with them for various reasons. I cant apply yet for one because I am still in college and just looking at options between a regional and corporate. I was just told by some of my contacts to stay in touch (when I can) so that when the time comes I can choose between the regional route and the corporate route. By the time I get done my degree I have the possibility of joining the company. Because I'm not in the position to get in touch with them at the moment I was just asking here to see if anyone may have had there own opinions about the place that they could share.
I know what you mean though. I would say that your are definitely correct about that in saying that I HAD the "evil management" mentality but that makes sense that they wouldn't want someone with them who is fun to be around or who wont be enjoying themselves for a long period of time between trips. At the same time I wouldn't say I need to change my attitude I was just confused about why other threads were able to get info about other flight departments and when I come to ask some of the same questions but about a different company I get bashed for it. But yes that makes sense It sure isn't like an airline where you have thousands of people to ask I knew that the chances of someone knowing about them would be slim but I was just giving it a chance hoping that I could find someone.
Without a doubt as long as they are still interested in me, I will be applying (when the time comes that I can do so) to find out all the information I can and see which direction I want to go with my career.
Anyway, hope that clears up any misunderstanding of why I was asking here. The choice between trying to get to a major or just staying with this one company for hopefully the rest of my career is a hard choice. So asking everyone I can about both options is basically what I'm doing at the moment. My final goal is to become a management pilot (chief, Director of Safety, etc.) which may be easier to become by going into corporate.
Gotcha. Maybe you could have filled us in on your background from the get go and saved a lot of time.
In all due respect, its unlikely that anyone is interested in you right now. Finish college and get 3-5000hrs of QUALITY PIC time. Thats really what you should be shooting for. Certainly stay in touch with your friends there and build your network (vital) but I would not worry about the contacts at one company. In 5-7 years when you may be a candidate that company may not even exist, or may not have a flight department, or may not be hiring, etc etc. Nobody knows what the job climate will be like next week, nevermind in 5+ years.
Again, Good Luck with your goals!
@Cobber - these are real world replies, the world is aggressive. Nobody is being disrespectful, just letting the OP know whats out there from our experience.