Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
Also, people here will use the terms "scabs" and "bottomfeeders" to speak poorly of certain regionals they have an emotional beef about.
There's generally a good reason that certain regionals get that sort of reputation. If you get in, get your PIC, and get out fast it might not matter much...but if theings slow down and you get stuck, you'll have years, perhaps decades, to regret your decision.
Originally Posted by
Da40Pilot
Ignore that and just go with the one that is closest to you and with a fleet of 76 seaters as opposed to 50-seaters. Those are the regionals that have a brighter future.
You always need to look several moves ahead in this game. The airlines with 50-seaters will soon be falling all over themselves to take massive pay cuts in exchange for the opportunity to trade in their 50's for 70's...at the expense of whoever currently holds the (short-term) contract for said 70's.