Originally Posted by
veewan
The reasons listed for going to Mesa apply to all regional airlines today, SkyWest which used to have a long upgrade has people in the left seat in under a year...street captains recently. Even Envoy had a 3 month upgrade. Calmwinds reason for not going applies to all airlines that are not Mesa or GLA. Every other regional offers better QOL.
Good group of pilots, I’m sure, but management, not so much.
I find management alright. Management upped the FO pay over what our ALPA reps were asking for. Pilots can make 300% regularly and credit well over 100 hours, some over 160 hours, per month.
QOL depends on one’s commute if a pilot has a family. There isn’t a better regional at IAH than Mesa.
As far as upgrades, not all regionals are equal. ExpressJet is still upgrading at 9 years. SkyWest is 3 years on the Ejet. There are regionals like Compass where you end up in LAX, or some other expensive city, after your upgrade.
If he wants a quick upgrade, go someplace and fly the equipment where he will be upgraded in less than a year. If he goes SkyWest, that is a commute or moving to DTW and flying the CRJ. If he goes with Envoy, that is a commute to ORD and flying the E145.
If he has a family, wants to live in CRP, then QOL arguments are different. He needs to sort through what is a priority to him.