Originally Posted by
LongRoadAhead
Thanks for the comment much appreciated. I would honestly be happy doing 20 years at a regional as a second career. I guess my question would be is this possible? I know you hear some horror stories on here regarding the regionals. If I were to eventually become a Captain with some seniority who resided in my domicile could I have an enjoyable career spent entirely at a regional airline.
Thanks Again.
To your first question of is it possible to become a regional captain, yes it is absolutely. As far as quality of life goes it really depends. If things continue going as they have been then you will be golden after 20 years at a regional and most likely will end up at a major. But as history has shown us we will have some sort of economic slide eventually that will stop hiring. You very well could end up a very junior regional captain when you retire with pay cuts. Most of the younger guys can ride these bad waves out but you won't have that luxury. Depends if you want to take that gamble or not.