Originally Posted by
Bzzt
There are abnormal situations where people did very little time at regionals, no one denies that. For the vast majority of regional pilots at any regional the career has been a long one, much longer than they expected. You're absolutely foolish to treat this career as a stepping stone, you're setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment.
If it was truly a stepping stone do you think there would be so many 10 year regional pilots? Yes some of them want to retire at a regional, but what about the others?
I'm confused on what you're trying to get at?
Yes, 9/11, recession of 2008, its been a hard 10 years for this industry.
However, for all the guys that are stuck right seat 5+ years at a Regional or regional CA that hasn't moved on there are A LOT of guys that did it right, (internal recs in order, networked, good attitude, etc) that are sitting right seat at a major and did only 3-4 years at a Regional.
This thread is titled "MESA" and at Mesa we are about to have sub 2 year upgrade times and a TON of movement.
The title of this thread is not "Most Regionals haven't had much movement in the last 5 years."
If you want to get in and out and move on this IS the place to go right now.
I'm beating a dead horse as I've said this multiple times but Mesa IS way better than Republic. My first year pay is the same, and here I have a chief pilot that will go to bat for me, not against me.