Old 02-03-2012 | 03:45 AM
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MaxPowerSet
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To summarize what is usually said in all other gojet threads, if you want to roll the dice witht the rest of your career, by all means, go right ahead. But, like has been said before, you never know when that quick upgrade will come to a sudden stop.

The way I see it, if the word about gojet gets around and aspiring young pilots quit applying, you starve the beast. No pilots to fly the planes means that gojets can't underbid to get more flying. They already had trouble staffing the planes they got from ExpressJet, and you know that had Mother Delta scratching her head wondering if awarding the flying to gojets was really such a good idea.

Back to the original point, why take a chance of getting stuck at a subpar outfit. I've talked to many a Captain who has said that while they may not reject a gojet pilot for the jumpseat outright, they sure as hell won't lift a finger (read - no ballast, no moving passengers, no servicing oxygen if it's low, no removing an unnecessary alternate, no nothing) to get a gojetter on board.

While most legacy Captains have no idea about gojets, the word will get around as more current regional guys find their way in to mainline cockpits and hiring boards. In other words, WHY RISK IT???

...and by the way...

IN BEFORE THE LOCK!!!