Originally Posted by
jugheadf15
Might be a long wait, I have a friend that is currently in training. He has been told by IPs and company management that they are not doing well financially and the threat of pink slips is realistic. He has resigned his seniority # and taken another job.
This is absurd. Our training department is one of the most professional out there. Yes there are a couple sour apples, but they are manageable. If you are worried about a pink slip coming to training, obviously you don't belong in the 121 world. Bring your A game and work hard! The people they are pink slipping/failing out of IOE have some bad landing issues. Possibly even fudging numbers.. who knows?
Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
Regionals open and close bases constantly, especially this one. Don't go to any airline based on base, especially a regional! Go to a regional that can get you PIC time as quickly as possible, then get out! "Legacy" regionals like XJT and Eagle are stagnant. Upgrade time her is 8+ years and increasing as we shrink! This would be a horrible career move right now!
Tony, you should know TPIC is not everything now days. The risk/reward of going to a low end regional is not worth it. That is why we are losing 2x as many FOs as captains. Network! Network! Network! Plus we are losing 10% of our seniority list and increasing. This will even out with the planes leaving. I expect the 7 year upgrade to stay even for a while. But definitely not increasing.
Originally Posted by
Hurryage65
Don't go to an airline based on upgrade time either, if they can't staff, those 1 yr upgrades go away. Either way any regional is any body's guess but I am with you if there was a regional in my hometown I would go for it to make reserve infinitely more bearable.
QoL is huge. Great advice. Ask Mesa new hires how that 2 year upgrade is coming along? Even better, ask the 2007 hires at Mesa how that 2 year upgrade is coming along? Oh yeah... some of them are here because they got furloughed.