Originally Posted by
sublime259
So what is your solution then, go to a regional with a potential quick upgrade rather then a place with a flow? By your own estimation, for the flow to not succeed then hiring at mainline would have to slow or stop. If that were the case, then where is one to go with that precious 121 PIC time?
My solution ?
For whom?
Personally, I wouldn't leave another regional to come to Envoy SOLELY on the projections in one Flight Dept. manager's letter. If I was an entry-level pilot, I wouldn't come to Envoy SOLELY on that basis either. I'd look at where I would be based, the airline's stability, how it treats its employees, the advancement potential based on past behavior, things like that.
Flow-throughs are likely to be an industry standard concept in the future, that is if each of the 3 legacies plan on having viable regional feeders. That means even though Envoy is blowing their horn on this aspect, they likely will have much company in the future. 6 years is a life-time in this industry and considering the future morphing of the regionals which is a virtual certainty, a blue carrier today can easily be red in a few years and vice versa.
This 'sniff' test should alert ANY pilot that when the smell of desperation is in the air accompanied by ambiguous promises, there is a STRONG likelihood someone is trying to sell you a bill of goods............or the Brooklyn Bridge for the interests of themselves or others and not necessarily for you.
Caveat Emptor.