Originally Posted by
Iregretnothing
I haven't found many positive comments on this thread so it is hard to form an opinion. Maybe someone can help me out? Is it worth leaving an AA WO regional to fly for JetBlue? The pay is better and I am like 8 years from the flow if I can do math correctly. I understand that JetBlue pilots should get paid more but should I even bother getting my foot in the door or just stay where I am at? JetBlue seems better than Frontier or Alaskan.
Originally Posted by
Armybeatnavy
I am in the same boat man. Roughly 5 years till I flow. I am wondering the same thing. I have a feeling, pay negotiations for both JetBlue and the wholly owned are going to be stalled for a while.
Essayons
Yes absolutely... in many cases the math works out that you’ll make more over a career by going to JetBlue and upgrading on the Airbus vs staying at an AA WO regional for 5-10 years before you flow to AA and then waiting another 7-9 years to upgrade to NB Captain there.
The two big things that could really make your flow estimates worthless are AA shutting down new hire classes 2 months a year or any other time the training center gets backed up and a merger amongst the WO (which is being discussed at two of them) and how the ALPA merger policy (seniority determined by DOH) is going to affect flow timelines after a SLI.