Originally Posted by
block30
The language Delta inserted in the SSP was a hand well played on their part.
Lots of guys who could bail from Pinnacle right now (or soon) won't...
Best wishes though, I'm not telling ya to get the heck out.
How does that make sense? People can leave but won't, all for a chance to interview at Delta? That language? All it does is force you to stay at 9E in order to qualify for the SSP. If you move on to anything bigger than a regional (as all the carriers listed in the SSP are legacies/majors/LCCs), then you do not qualify for the SSP. So either jump now and make a liveable wage at Spirit/Virgin/JetBlue/US Air or stay put at bottom barrel wages and hope for a chance one day for a Delta interview. $82/hr topped out CR2 Captain salary, the same as the original 1999 contract. Who wants to stay with that just for a guaranteed interview. You'd make more 2nd year at Spirit/Virgin/JetBlue.
How is that "worth it." You are more likely to be called *sooner* if you leave now and go to a LCC, get some Airbus type/time and apply with that. You'd stand above the rest of the RJ only resumes.