Originally Posted by
skwcrj
Snacky,
Yes. DTW is the most junior Captain base in the CRJ. But, we hire lots of people from all over the country. A lot of them come from the East coast and want to get back there. The most junior captain award is 1.5 years seniority. That's not a bad thing in this environment when you want turbine PIC in a hurry so you can move on. If I had been able to get that kind of experience when I was hired, I would have jump on it.
BTW, Newhires got West coast ERJ. (BOI, SAN, DEN). The most junior ERJ FO in SEA has 4 months online. PDX most junior ERJ FO 3 months.
If you have 0 time your QOL will be much better on the E-jet with a west coast base, however once you upgrade at OO you're going to be commuting to reserve in DTW which just isn't an option for a lot of people. A zero time pilot coming to Horizon will upgrade as soon as they hit 1000 121 (most likely) and can stay on the west coast instead of having to go back east at Skywest until they get hired by a major.