Originally Posted by
justintime
Ok, I'm not in the regionals right now and I don't know how it all works exactly, all I can go by is what I read on these forums and from what friends in the regionals have told me. In the last month I have applied and interviewed and given a class date at Skywest, express jet, envoy, Mesa, psa, air Wisconsin, and republic. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. From what I have seen, read and heard I like express jet the most out of all of them so far. Yes I am worried about the upgrade time but that's a risk I'm willing to take. As for PIC time, if I'm going to be given a PIC type rating and if the CA and FO switch roles each leg wouldn't the FO also be able to log PIC then?
FYI, I have been moving up the list nicely in the past few months. I'm on the ASA side. I'm not sure how many 200s we are losing vs 145s, but attrition should increase even more in the next year. Baring any unforeseen factors, you should move up fairly "quickly". That being said, I'd still strongly consider other carriers do to the uncertain future here at XJT for the sake of job security.