Originally Posted by
threegreen
Since most good (respectable) regionals require 100multi hours, which I don’t have. Would it be bad to go to one regional (lets say Colgan, TSA, E9, XJ), get my 1000 and 100, and then re-apply to a good regional? I just don’t really want to screw anyone, because airlines have a business to run.
I am at 400tt and 35multi rt now
3GRN
Well you know, that's exactly what a ton of people are doing right now... look at PDT for example, which is basically a training school for RAH and maybe Xjet. If I could go back and do it all over again, I probably would've stuck it out at my part 91 job longer to get at least 1000 TT and have a wider range of choices available to me. Simply because it's much easier and much more hassle-free to do that than to go to a regional, and then make the move to another regional.
I guess I could do a couple months here and move on to a "better" regional if I really wanted to... but this is the thing - and this is what you should consider too, before deciding to use a regional as a stepping stone to another regional -
1. does the regional have a training contract? (I know people walk out on these contracts all the time, but I would personally still feel iffy about it.. who knows if it will ever come back to bite me on the rump.)
2. would you really want to go through 121 training again in such a short period of time. I know I wouldn't... plenty of people do it, and it should be easier the second time around, but still, being stuck in training for 2 months sucks. if you jump ship within a year, that's being in training 4-5 months out of the year! yuck. (of course if it was another 121 training for a major, then I would gladly and happily and joyously endure it again! but for me personally, going through that torture for another regional is not really worth it.)
PLUS there is a financial part of it too... e.g., if you decide to jump ship to Xjet, I think (?) they only pay you 1500 during training (which probably takes 2-3 months.) Which is extremely hard to live on for several months unless you have no bills whatsoever.
AND don't forget... some regionals you mentioned (e.g. TSA) have bad reputations for high washout rate... so your risk is high... you have to wonder if it's worth using as a stepping stone when the washout risk may be higher than usual.
as far as screwing these businesses due to ship-jumping, I'd say dont even worry about it... regionals are completely screwing us too right now anyways so there's really no need to be considerate... not like a mom and pop deli store.