Originally Posted by
RgrMurdock
Flow through? Forget about it. The best one is the one you don't have to commute to.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
It depends on your priority...
The safe thing is select a "better" regional with bases where you want to live. That way if you get stuck it won't be pure hell.
Good points, until the regional shuffle game rears it's ugly head in that domicile and it closes. Only to make you a commuter.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you're about career progression at all costs look at where you can get fast TPIC in something larger than a B1900 and possibly jet time.
Again, a good point. Till the regional gets bought off/sold, downsized, under bid by an even crappier carrier regional, etc etc etc.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
RAH, PCL, AE all have money and stability issues right now, so that probably leaves SKW as the only big regional with enough money to buy itself some stability as the regional business model evolves. No fast upgrade unless the majors start hiring though.
Which just illustrates the point. With the way the regional side of the career is going, one can't really have BOTH the things that were easy to come by pre 9/11. IE, a base at home or close to home combined with a (relatively) quick upgrade, etc. Even if you have one, it may not last for long.
Point I'm getting at is, one simply never knows.
It's not really about the "best" regional to work for, it's what the "least crappiest" regional to work for.