Originally Posted by gon2fly

Heard a new hire on the van at TK recently talking about how he could have come over to CAL in '06...."But they were sending new hires to GUM at the time, so I passed". Well yes, they probably sent 20 of the 500 new hires that year to GUM. But you know what?.... Odds were pretty slim you'd go if you didn't want it....and....he'd now be holding CA or widebody FO in 12 year pay....instead of having spent the past 12 years flying E-145s. 12 extra years flying an RJ, because he didn't want the remote possibility of having to go to GUM.

Two years assignment in GUM? Make the most of it. Enjoy the flying, see a new part of the world. Stay a few extra years in RJ land to avoid it? Nope.