Originally Posted by
Squallrider
I think you should factor in how much longer to upgrade at RAH? It's just under 4 years here, like anywhere it may go up or it may go down. First year pay here should soon be around $30...so you're taking a paycutmto not commute. IAH is a great base for us, all 700 flying nowadays I believe but slow moving seniority wise, it's not super senior but not as junior as ORD or MSP. Might be better off trying to get PIC time and getting on with mainline. Of course you can get hired without TPIC but less likely.
Thanks for the quick reply. Right now upgrades are pretty high. Flew with a captain the other day who was fresh off ioe on the 170 and it took 7 years. The 145 has about a four year upgrade. That would require a move to shuttle and I'm not interested in any of their bases. I've only been with RAH for a year. So it wouldn't be too big of a paycut. Especially with the current contract. We're supposed to get a new contract soon. But we've been told that before. And we've got orders for more 175s but I'm not sure how we will staff them.