My husband has been offered a job at
L- CAL....We are trying to be realistic as we try to make this life decision. He is a 12 year captain for a regional, lives in base and has a great schedule. His ultimate goal would be to be based in LA...or at least on the west coast. From all you experts does he have a shot in hell of having that happen in 2-3 years? As I read all your posts I don't understand a lot of what everyone is talking about but it appears that the CAL side is short FO's and after the integration the recalls will be used to fill any deficiencies...My greatest fear as "the wife" is that he will be furloughed. What are your opinions about being a new hire before integration. Is it really a great time to be hired or would he be taking a chance at how integration shakes out and could they decide at that point maybe they have too many pilots? (That might be a stupid question.) I am sure most Legacy pilots would think it is dumb for a regional pilot to even question taking this job but the whole "quality of life issue" VS. more money etc... is a big deal.