Originally Posted by
MikeB525
Thanks. The plan would not be to go from skydive to a major, but from skydive to a regional (or 135, etc). But things can get stagnated at the regionals and you can wind up being an FO for years. My idea was that getting MTPIC (of any kind) before going to a regional would make it more possible to go from regional FO to a major if one winds up at a place with a long upgrade.
Things only get stagnated at the regionals because things get stagnated at the majors. It trickles down. If upgrades are long at the regionals it probably means the majors aren't hiring.
I would say that you should get your name on a seniority list as soon as possible if your plan is to go to the majors. Giving up a few months seniority to get 100 TPIC is probably a bad move in the long run.
If you get your name on a seniority list now you'll upgrade faster, and in turn you'll get the TPIC anyway. If you wait a few months for TPIC before going to the regionals it will take you a few months (or years) longer to upgrade and you'll be losing out on TPIC that way. Majors are going to care a lot more about your 121 TPIC than your single pilot TPIC.