Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
I agree. I did the same thing and didn't leave for the regionals until it was for a place I wanted to go (XJT). Had a lot of friends from CFIing who jumped at the first thing to come along and they are now either here at XJT 6-12 months behind me on the seniority list or at another "top level" regional, again 6-12 months behind the guys who waited a couple months to go there in the first place. Or they are miserable while they stick it out at some of the crummier regionals out there. To each his own.
I can't agree here...Hired on with Trans States at 500TT, built another 200 in the Jet over two months and another 100 in Cubs and Champs on my days off. Came to SkyWest after two months on the line and got hired at 802TT.
I was ahead of all my buddies at Trans States, and I'm ahead of all my buddies thinking of SkyWest. Like most things in life - it all depends upon your situation. There's no "Golden, rule-of-thumb" here!