Originally Posted by
dvhighdrive88
Wasn't Ameriflight always a time builder to get to the regionals in the past and certainly now to get to 1500 hours? Seems to me they would have a flood of people who needed to do this. I could see people choosing regionals over them if they already had ATP mins, that makes sense.
AMF is a good stepping stone to a regional. Gives you some professional experience flying complex airplanes. It is certainly not in the running to be as good as a regional, not even close. And now that regionals are desperate for fresh ATP min pilots, there isn't much of a reason to go to AMF or other freight companies. You can go fly a brand new E175 and upgrade in a couple of years, have a nice schedule and make comparable money. Or you can fly a ratty 99 that is held together with bubblegum, never have the ability to use your PTO and work 26 days a month.