Originally Posted by
Ellen
Exactly. These planes are very old too; before the era of steam gauge cockpit even. NO THANKS! For the poster who mentioned upgrades . . . (chill out) If you are living long enough to upgrade, you'll no doubt want to go somewhere else.
Young pilots, ignore childish, silver spoon, comments like Ellens. I worked for two small freight companies back in the early 90's and some of our guys went from CFI, to FO, then Captain on the Falcon 20, and straight to a Delta interview and job.
Are the planes older? Yes. Do the schedules suck a little bit more than an airline? Yes. Is pay and promotion as good or quick? No.
But, you will also fly with some great people, not the snot nose low time college to cockpit, back stabbin, selfish jack ***, that fill the right seat of soooo many regionals today. There's a ton of really good people out there making a living flying an aircraft that are not doing the "pay a bizillion dollars and buy your airline job" route.
My advice, spend as little money as you can getting your ratings, finish your degree, take flying jobs when you can get them, and avoid long, expensive, hire contracts (like you can have this DC 10 job, if you sign a 5 year no quit contract or you pay back 35,000)
Stick