Originally Posted by Flysafeeveryone

Do you want to eat steak or dogfood?

I would say this thread provides valuable information, a chance to look at the pros and cons of the low end airline. I would not call this "Gojet Bashing", it is better categorized as "Gojet Education". Gojet is unique and it is not a place someone should go without knowing what it is like. Things can be fine over there for a year or 2 but you had better keep your fingers crossed. When they got their new contract TA they were trying to get support by saying how grievances would actually be heard in the future and the company would not just fight everything. I understand there are still grievances from years ago sitting, aren't there!

Everyone is not trying to "get out, Gojet or not." At some companies the bigger complaint is that people like it there and people stay a long time, so movement is slowed. bkey79 has been there 10 months and has moved up 143 numbers, that is a lot of numbers for such a small airline. A few went to bigger and better things but I am sure a large percentage of people did not.

At Skywest, upgrades are about to hit 18 months and with all the new planes coming it should stay like that for a long time. I would look to Skywest before Mesa or Gojet. Envoy might be Ok if you want to be in NY. There is just too much opportunity out there that it is not necessary to risk your career by going to an airline that does not treat their people fairly.

Look to the reasons that airlines are having quick upgrades. At Skywest it is from growth. But when an airline is not growing yet they are hiring street captains, you will probably find some big problems.

Go for quality. You can buy an Apple that will still be operating great in 7 years, as mine is, or you can buy the cheap Compaq, or Attari, or Surface things that last 2 years and never work very well to begin with.