Originally Posted by
MoovenUP
Yikes Boys and Girls. I am really excited to get into OO. I didn't realize I could fire so many people up so easily. Thanks to those of you who posted something with information. To those of you who think I have no idea... I am coming from night freight with one day off a week, before this I was aerial mapping and sat in a C-172 up to 7.5 hours(long range tanks and a low power setting). Before that I flew corporate for 1.5 years when the economy tanked and then I was out of flying for 3 years. I have commuted on my "weekends" for funerals, missed all holidays in the last 2 years and seen some pretty cool stuff around the finest country in the world and Caribbean. I am optimistic about my future, and I talk to more pilots in person industry wide than the avg aviator (from single engine 91 including but not limited to flight instructing, new hire at Delta while I was in the jumpseat, many friends and new acquaintances in the regionals, fortune 500 corporate pilot friends, and all shades of the freight world).
I picked OO after doing A LOT of talking to pilots at almost all other regionals and interviewing at others. I really like how OO started, the corporate side is sound. And I believe OO is the best fit for me in regards to the easiest commute with MSP, pay, training program and growth outlook.
I definitely don't look at another pilot and think they are lesser or greater than I am, we all make decisions which we believe will be a good fit for us with the information we have in front of us.
I came on this forum to gain specific information about MSP/ORD.
Yes, the MSP trips suck but at least you wont be on reserve long, if at all.