Originally Posted by
BE24pilot
It seems to be a fair question in todays Regional hiring environment. Is it better to pursue a company with a quick upgrade, or one with a pathway to a Legacy partner? With the ultimate goal being the opportunity to land an interview, is there still a benefit to chase a quick upgrade. We are seeing more and more FO's hired directly into LCC airlines for fear that the Captains will leave to a Legacy carrier once they get an Airbus or 73 type rating. American Airlines is not looking at pilots outside of their wholly owned regionals, and Delta is hiring 70%+ of their Endeavor SSP applicants. I see a number of FFD Captains with thousands of hours of PIC time still waiting to get a call. Just wondering what others thoughts are on the subject.
I think what's happening is the FOs are more motivated to go anywhere, like a low paying LCC. That's why it seems like FOs are being hired more. Most regional CAs would take a pay cut for a year or two by going there so they are more willing to wait it out for the best offer. I've heard many guys turn down spirit or frontier for example.
In my experience with recruiters, personality is really a smaller percentage of getting the job compared to the actual experience you offer. PIC is definttley still golden.