Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
That maybe but some regionals have definitely better QOL and pay. I have seen quite a number of AE pilots jump ship. I am not saying everyone should leave their airline for a better one but at some point you have to decide whether it would be worth it for you to stick it out for a few more years or change your airline now before you feel it is too late. Getting on Majors is not as easy as some make it out to be. Maybe for some it is, but I know very few Regional FOs who got hire by Majors lately. Almost all of the ones getting hired by Majors that I have seen are Regional CAs with a couple of thousand turbine PIC time, in addition to having more than 5000 hours total time.
He's right. While some FO's do get to the majors most don't. Delta has hired a handful of FO's (mostly women or offspring of Delta Captains or both), but i stuck my head into one of our new hire classes a while back and the average flight time was over 6,000 with over 2,500 turbine pic. That average figure included some fighter guys in the high teens. Some civilians had much more than the average.