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Old 05-05-2016 | 05:26 PM
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MartinBishop
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Originally Posted by Lyon188
I live in Orlando and I flew with Silver Airways for a year. I left in March. I was MCO based and they do day trips. Great job to be home a lot and I had a blast flying to the islands and around Florida. It's also a great pilot group. Unfortunately you get abused pretty bad from crew scheduling (not their fault). Their running extremely short on pilots because their not doing anything to retain them. There's no flow/interview setup and it's very difficult to go from there to a major. On top of that it's very poor pay. They are in the middle of renegotiating a contract but who knows how long it could take. I left for Endeavor and I'm VERY happy here. All their bases are easily commutable from MCO and the future/pay/growth is fantastic.
I am not trying to be rude or down on Silver, if I were 10 years younger I would seriously consider doing that once I get my certs, but seriously, why would anyone fly for that airline when they could fly for a regional instead?

Flying around the islands sounds awesome, but you can make nearly twice what they pay, if you were go to a regional instead. Just trying to understand....
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