Originally Posted by
Servian
Lol, I never mentioned cockpit noise. In fact, I have the chance to do a transition for the 737 for the company I fly for right now (a mainline in South America) and I'm willing to give up on that and even get a big pay cut in order to fly in the US as you guys say, a regional airplane that is basically the same thing as a CRJ or a E145, which I may agree, but right now those are not my priorities (that's why I mentioned it would be better for me but not a must) if I have to do a transition I'm willing to do it, we all have a long career and will be flying lots of different airplanes so who cares. Right now in this particular moment, changing countries, new company, new procedures, new peers and new everything in my life, I'd rather feel somewhat comfortable with what I'm flying at first, what's the big deal anyway, I just asked Envoy or Republic?
The big deal is lots of people on here want to jump on other folks' motivations if they don't exactly match a prescribed set of parameters. And the only people who get to set those parameters are the jumpers. Find the regional that best suits your quality of life and basing desires would be my input. If you don't mind early starts/late finishes, some of Republic's outstation bases have lower costs of living. We used to have some of the best pay out there, until the American wholly owned companies bumped their new hire bonuses. $40/hr and $12,500 (current 121) bonus is still a pretty good deal for your first year. End of the day, you probably can't go wrong. I personally think Republic is a better choice but I work here so take it with a grain of salt.