Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Why are you not interested in the legacy carriers? You do realize that you missed the growth cycle at Spirit right? We are on the back third of our planned growth. You will stagnant for a long long time here. The legacies have thousands of retirements, you don’t need growth.
Also you’re saying you would commute to Spirit over living in base at Delta given the opportunity? I think your post doesn’t pass the sniff test or you need your head examined
At first it may seem crazy yes. A.) even if I were to take a gig at the big D, I'd be commuting for some time. ATL isn't available right off the bat. B.) If you get ATL, it's on the mad dog or 717 where you are basically doing very short hops all day long. No biggie, just not what I'm looking for. C.). Trust me, the big D isn't for everyone. There's a big difference in culture within these companies. Not sure I could conform. D.) Delta only hires what they see as the elite of the elite. Even if you were of the elite, if you don't look like it on paper, you aren't their type of material. Gotta do a lot of embellishing and over compensating to get their attention. Again, not for me.
I'd like to make the next step of my career, the last. It needs to happen in the next few months. So long as the upgrade isn't another 10 years, I'm game for what ever. Lasted 10 years as a regional FO before my CA number was pulled. I'm sure I could do 5-6 at a major.
I totally get your point though. It's all relative these days. We've all got our own little plans in our mind.