@DavidM
You definitely have some good points as well. But by you saying that the pilot Moral is up at Surf Air and there is a small dissatisfied group of Pilots, that is were you are wrong. According to my friend, 3 FOs and 2 Captains are leaving in a 2 week span, and more on the way. If pilots are so happy here, why does 90 percent of the captains have Apps to try to go to the Majors, brainwashed by management thinking that the PIC Turbine is going to get them into a major? Also totally False that Surfair tries to put their pilots at their desired base. There is a handful of Captains in Hawthorne alone who have to commute 2-2:30 hours to come to HHR for work and then are obligated to get a room or crash pad because it isn't worth driving home because they have to go to work the next morning, so the quality of life, sleeping in your own bed is totally irrelevant. Also maybe you should go to Hawthorne, maybe you will get a feel for what's going on in the company. This isn't a RUMOR, According to 2 Captains and 2 FOs, they have flown the Cheif Pilot and the CEo and they have stated to the Pilots that there is a "Close Agreement to having a Flow Thru with Virgin America". Very credible and Professional Pilots by the way. Even in the past, the CEO has try to pull the same tactic. It doesn't hold well with a Pilot Group that A chief Pilot who is never around making thousands of dollars and has no presence in the company what so ever, he is too busy flying a Gulfstream out of the country. Why do you think Surf Air has a Laundry List of things to fix with the FAA or has the possibility of having their certificate revoked?Why hasn't Surf Air received anymore airplanes in the last 2 months?
They need to have 4,000 members before the end of the year to present to investors to get the next round of Funding and they only have maybe around 1700. Maybe a little Financial Trouble?
Yes you are right, the pay is a little better than the regionals, but I guess it all depends on what you want to do with your career. If you want to fly PC12s making 65k a year Surf Air is perfect, if you want to go to the Majors or fly big corporate jets to make big money, it is a place to start but need to be on the move. Also the Captains are overworked at base either way you look at it and are very under paid. But having access to see the schedule, these captains don't have a lot of time off and QOL isn't there. But everyone has a opinion