Alright guys, I need your help here. I am currently employed by a 135 operator. I have been there for barely 3 months and like the job but don't get any kind of monthly guarantee. I never can count on a day off and I am finding out now that come fall I will be flying 3 days a week on call if I am lucky, so getting a job to supplement my income is out of the question. I am currently flying single engine aircraft there but I was told that I will be upgraded sometime in the next several weeks to a C-402 ( They are willing to do this with me having very little multi time). With that I will enter into a 6 month contract. I was recently contacted by a 121/135 operator to come and work for them who provide fantastic benefits (monthly salary, jumpseat privies, retirement, uniform allowance, health bennies, the works). I would start out as a FO in a twin-turbine a/c but was assured that I would be upgraded very quickly to a captain. So I guess I have two questions... 1) am I better off roughing it and getting that multi PIC time or flying SIC in multi-turbine with the possibilty of upgrading to a captain in short time? 2) If I were to leave my present employer would it come back to haunt when applying for jobs in the future?

My gut tells me to not burn any bridges however I do need to be able to pay the bills. With the way things have been going so far I can't really count on my current employer to follow through on any promises. They seem to put me on the backburner all the time when they hire additional pilots and bring back previous pilots when we have more pilots than a/c already.