Some of the newbies have walked their resumes into someone on the inside who has told them..."when you're ready, call me".

That is the situation my buddy is in with AE and he offered to walk my resume in at the same time. I'm not too concerned about it, because the worst thing that can happen is they turn me down. Big deal.

My buddy at Mesaba got moved to DTW for the first 3 months after he passed his IOE, but life is "as good as can be expected" until they reposition him at MSP. That stuff doesn't bother me so much as sitting reserve for 12 months. Mesaba seems like a good fit for me, but the fact that NW is having so many issues worries me. At the same time, I don't want to sit in the right seat for 10 years.