Yes and no, but I'm kind of an odd case....I ended up at Eagle in a roundabout manner following furlough from a major. My story is long and boring, but suffice it to say that I'm here because Eagle fulfilled a need, and the great jobs that are supposedly so easy to come by for someone with lots of time (and no, I'm not a leper nor have I ever been terminated, etc) really aren't always that easy to come by after all. That said, I have bypassed "better" opportunities because: I've chosen family over career, I have no desire to commute without significant reward and a decent QOL, and we simply will not move from DFW.

Eagle is a good regional job, but it will not pay the bills without supplement until an upgrade occurs, probably 10 years for those of us hired in the last couple of years. The pay stinks, the benefits are actually pretty good despite what you may hear, and the crews and equipment are generally top notch. Most FOs here either have too much time invested and are hoping to finally upgrade when AA recalls start or they are relatively new with lower times and now the greener grass is drying up. We lost 20 pilots per month last quarter. Good bases and a parent company not in dire financial staits (yet?) are part of the deal.

I, like many others here I think, am actively looking for a good corporate/charter job in DFW (help graciously accepted! ), and I'm considering the frax as well.


FWIW