Why wait. Hit the submit button! Things don't happen fast in HR, so you'll have plenty of time to figure things out while you wait.

I've been here three years. Extremely glad I came here. I previously worked at Piedmont, and am one of many pilots escaping from the regional world to Cape Air. This job is like a vacation compared to a regional airline!

I'm prob not the norm as far as flight time goes at Cape Air (5000 TT, 2500 PIC, 2000 Turbine), but I'm most likely going to hold out for United, Delta, or US Airways. A lot of people go from here to a regional, or to another part 135 like TMC. Depends on whether you want the corporate or airline route.

To sum up, if they paid a little more (and had cheaper health insurance), I'd never leave. However, my goal is to support my family on a single income, and it just isn't possible here (at least for me) until you've put 10+ years in.

The only real big downside was the change to Caribbean compensation. They were getting a lot of pay over-rides and overtime pay, but that went away. They "froze" the pay of the guys that were down there at the signing of the contract until the contractual raises catch up with what they make now. Other than that, having the union is good, despite the fact that very few people seem to appreciate it. The contract gives you certainty and brought about a lot of improvements to quality of life. (You should have seen how they used to bid) I was afraid the union would spoil the relationship between the pilots and management, but aside from a couple of bad apples, it really hasn't. It has become more formal of course, but compared to what I've seen in the regional world, the relationship is fantastic.