Originally Posted by GrassLandings

Thanks for the info! LAX is my biggest concern. 25k? before taxes... So yeah, it will be rough. At best, my commute would be two legs. Likely 3. Thankfully I may have a free place to stay if needed in LA. Not full time, but a cousin has an apartment I could crash at. People at the CPZ office told me upgrade ikn LA is pretty much 1000 121 hours. Or 1.5 years. MSP a bit longer, but no factual number was given to me. Depends on how fast the attrition in that base is. But MSP would literally be a 40 min one leg flight, or a 3 hour drive for me.
If MSP is attainable between training and six months. Id likely, choose compass. CPZ has been my goals since starting flight school. SO either way its gonna be hard to convince me otherwise.

121 isnt necessarily my #1 goal. But a major/legacy is on that list. QOL with a good balance of pay is truly my goal. (like everyone mostly) Whether its 135, 91 or 121
I will be logging lots of TPIC at the other job. So I mean, I wont be checking the 121 box, but it will be jet time and sounds like any major or legacy in the next 10 years just will be looking for TPIC. Heck most of them already posted that as their mins. Thats really what id be betting on. Plus in 2-3 years I could leave the 135 world anyway and do a regional if needed.

A few things they told me I want to confirm are true. Are 1.5-2 year FO's really checkairmen? I was told that alot of young junior guys are getting time as checkairmen. That would be a huge plus.
And are most trainee's getting Dallas or the other sim site for training? If you get MSP, due to the contract they dont pa for housing, but if you got Dallas for example, they would.