Originally Posted by
prior121
You really just have to ignore it. They're butthurt.
You can't blame them... How would you feel if you were a 5+ year FO at Skywest or Expressjet and you saw these guys upgrading at another regional in 16 months.
I'm jealous of their quick upgrade but what can I bash them on. Oh yeah, I've never really examined their contract but I hear all over the internet it's not as good as ours so I'll use that.
"Hey I might be a 6 year FO at Skywest but at least my contract is better!" (See I got those Mesa guys good!)
Listen Bruh,
I get the quick upgrade thing, but I'm not jealous. If I was looking to get hired right now I would, look at Compass and Maybe Mesa because of the upgrade time. But guess what? when I got hired neither of those airlines were hiring and for sure didn't have a quick upgrade, so I chose the airline with the base where I live. Now I drive 20 min to the airport a fly 2/3 days on the 700/900. Life is alright. I'm happy.
I have a good feeling I will get hired elsewhere before I even upgrade. I'm not too concerned about PIC being a big factor in a year or two.
You timed it perfectly, good for you! Me on the other hand had horrible timing, I was furloughed from Eagle and came to SkyWest where the upgrade is seven plus years. oh well. like I said life is good for me. Not much else I can do. I'm not going to leave where I'm comfortable just to chase an upgrade and work for my third airline.
So please don't tell me I'm jealous. Because i'm not.
Thanks.